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Rick Earl Stokes, famously "the other gay candidate" who ran against Harvey Milk for San Francisco supervisor in 1977, died May 3.

She burst on to the folk/rock scene in the 1960s and rapidly rose to the top. In a field dominated by men, she was the first genuine female rock star (she’s been called the “Beyonce of her day,” and a “musical Meryl Streep”). All the while she remained unaffected, humble, thoroughly professional and considerate of those around her. 

At a time when Ukrainians are being killed and dying for their freedom, Austrian writer/director Sebastian Meise's exquisite film 'Great Freedom' couldn't have arrived in Bay Area theaters at a more opportune time.

For 20 years now, Focus Features has been distributing and funding queer-focused movies, marketing them successfully to a wide audience even early on. As

‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ ‘Purple Rain,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and other classic movies playing in local theaters this week.

With an inventive visual style and freewheeling storytelling, 'Strawberry Mansion' is a triumph of unconventional filmmaking

New Yorker Films/Photofest The 1984 documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk” is one of three films being screened on Jan. 8, 2022, the second night of

The 12-date series marks a capstone of years of UCLA Film & Television Archive efforts to share LGBTQ media.

The Archive’s free winter offerings, which include a wide variety of screenings, talks and artist tributes, will run from Jan. 7 to March 26.

In a brave and subversive move that appealed to mainstream audiences yet was undeniably queer,