PinnedBrandon JudellGender Fluidity, Turkish Delights, and Richard E. Grant Has a “Lesson” for You: Tribeca 2023Have you ever wondered why you and your compatriots worldwide are so obsessed with entertainment big and small? Pauline Kael in “Trash…Jun 24, 20231Jun 24, 20231
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!Film Maudit 2.0 Returns: A Festival of the Absurd, the Perturbed, and the Deliriously InsurgentThe fifth edition of the Los Angeles-based Film Maudit 2.0, which began on June 12th and continued for three more jampacked days, clearly…Jun 21Jun 21
Brandon JudellMichael Shapiro Sings Up a Storm (and That’s Just for Starters)Here I’m sitting at the helm of the World Voyager. Day 3 of my itinerary. We left the coast of Spain yesterday. Tomorrow France.Jun 4Jun 4
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!“The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”: The “Worst” Title for a Great Little…If awards were handed out for the most impossibly difficult film title to remember, Joanna Arnow’s The Feeling that the Time for Doing…May 17May 17
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!“Blue Like Jazz”: Beer vs. ChristGet ready for a new cinematic trope: Boy loses religion. Boy goes to weirdo college, sleeps beside a lesbian, and starts drinking beerMay 14May 14
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!Rendez-Vous-ing with French Cinema at Lincoln Center: Egon Shiele, “My Mom’s an Animal!”I could never fathom why some folks in the past didn’t take to the French. I for one was already a Francophile by my late teens. Locale…Apr 1Apr 1
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!A “Norwegian [Queer] Dream” Gets Fishy in Yet Another Coming-Out TaleAs the closing credits of Norwegian Dream roll up the screen, Girl in Red sings forth in a gently loving voice:Mar 6Mar 6
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!“Disco Boy”: A ReviewWhy I Joined the French Foreign Legion in Search of BordeauxFeb 101Feb 101
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!Gene Wilder, “Challah If You Knead Me,” and “Love Isn’t a Potato”: The 33rd New York Jewish Film…The 33rd New York Jewish Film Festival began January 10th and runs until the 24th. It will present a total of 28 features, documentaries…Jan 191Jan 191
Brandon JudellinAn Injustice!Traveling Back to “Gun Hill Road”: A Trans Teen’s “Survival” Guide(Last week I screened Gun Hill Road for my Queer Film and Theatre course, the rare offering back in 2011 featuring a lead character who was…Nov 13, 2023Nov 13, 2023