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LGBT Highlights from the SF Film Fest By Gary M. Kramer– Naked Singularity, and closes on April 18 with a screening of the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street . In between, the legendary Rita Moreno will introduce her documentary Rita Morena: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It. There are also a number of LGBTQ shorts, features, and documentaries available for screening online or at the Fort Mason Flix drive-in theater. Here is a rundown of the queer films playing at this year’s fest. A centerpiece film at this year’s festival is Bo McGuire’s bold documentary

Two Lesbian Dramas Available for Streaming This Month By Gary Kramer– Two lesbian dramas set in the past—one stirring, the other enervating—are available on demand this month. The World to Come is a beguiling film set in upstate New York, 1856. Abigail (Katherine Waterston) is mourning the recent loss of her daughter and eking out an unhappy life with her husband Dyer (Casey Affleck) on a farm. Her dull life changes, however, when she meets her new neighbor Tallie (Vanessa Kirby), the wife of Finney (Christopher Abbott). Director Mona Fastvold chronicles how these two oppre...

Gripping Documentary Chronicles LGBT Lives at Risk in Chechnya By Gary Kramer– Shortlisted in both the Best Documentary Feature Oscar as well as in the Visual Effects category, the urgent, cogent film, Welcome to Chechnya, is now available on DVD and streaming services. One of the most powerful moments in this documentary has a young gay man recalling his arrest and torture. When he went to visit a guy he met online, policemen hiding in the bathroom arrested and detained him. They tortured him in hopes of getting the names of other gay men. He was subjected to electric shocks ...

By Gary Kramer– A Skeleton in the Closet, out January 12 on DVD, is out gay Argentine filmmaker Nicolás Teté’s poignant drama about Manuel (Facundo Gambandé), a gay man who has been living in Buenos Aires, where he is studying architecture and dating Maximo (Ramiro Delgado). When he returns to his hometown of Mercedes for his parent’s wedding anniversary, however, his mood changes. He has not felt comfortable with his parents, Clara (María Fernanda Callejón) and Luis (Diego De Paula), since coming out last Christmas. Moreover, Maximo soon breaks up with him. To cope, Manuel begins ...

A Look Back on the Year 2020 in Queer Cinema By Gary Kramer– 2020 was unlike any other year for moviegoing as most of it was done at home. But that doesn’t mean there were not great films. Looking back at the year in queer cinema, here are ten highlights—all available for home viewing. Out gay writer/director Levan Akin’s tender romantic drama And Then We Danced was the first queer feature from Georgia. Merab (Levan Galbakhiani) is a closeted dancer in the Georgian National dance company who falls for Irakli (Bachi Valishvili). They soon initiate a clandestine affair, ho...