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Greg Garrett

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All-American Avengers Take on Aliens, Alienation

Greg Garrett | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: The Avengers, Avengers Assemble, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Captain America, Iron Man, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Jr., Nick Fury, Robert Downey, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannsson, Black Widow, Firefly, Hawkeye, Joss-Whedon-Avengers, Loki, The Hulk, Thor, Tony Stark

I saw The Avengers (British title Avengers Assemble) last week with a multi-ethnic audience in Edgeware Road, London. They went gaga over it, as have critics (it is one of the best-reviewed films of the past year, with a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 97...

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Jessica Yu

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We Are Not Immune to the Water Crisis

Jessica Yu | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: Climate Change, Last Call At The Oasis, Water Crisis, Clean Water, Drought, Epa Water, Last Call, Last Call Documentary, Last Call Film, U.s. Water Crisis, Water

I grew up in Northern California. We never had a lawn; we let the hillside go brown in drought years. We had a bucket in the shower to catch the water that came out before it got warm. In starting Last Call at the Oasis, I was somewhat smug in...

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Charlotte Robinson

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LGBT Filmmakers Speak Out on Our Issues (AUDIO)

Charlotte Robinson | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: Bishop Gene Robinson, Boston LGBT Film Festival, Jamie And Jessie Are Not Together, LGBT Filmmakers, Taking a Chance On God, Film, Lgbt Directors, Lgbt Film Directors, Lgbt Films, Lgbt Movies, Love Free Or Die, Video


2012-04-30-Filmmaker1Huff.jpgIn this audio montage I talk with Bishop Gene Robinson and director Macky Alston about their groundbreaking documentary, Love Free or Die. Then I speak with director Wendy Jo Carlton about her film Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together, and I conclude the...

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Noah Tsika

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Queering Military Media

Noah Tsika | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays In The Military, Act Of Valor, Dadt, Dadt Repeal, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Military

What will it take, besides gumption, to make a post-gay military film? An exceedingly profitable and prominent, military-approved drama, the recently released Act of Valor, doesn't make much of the death of "don't ask, don't tell." Instead, it singles out straight fatherhood as a motivating force for soldiers. At a...

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E. Nina Rothe

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Beth Murphy's The List at Tribeca: Out Beyond Ideas of Wrong Doing

E. Nina Rothe | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: International Institute Of New England, Iraq War, Kirk Johnson, The List Project, Beth Murphy, The List, Tribeca Film Festival 2012
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Is a war over the day the president proclaims it's over, or when the very last man comes home? Those were the contrasting principles I found myself silently debating while I watched Beth Murphy's latest film The List, a world...

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Nell Scovell

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The Avengers -- Red, White and/or Blue

Nell Scovell | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: The Avengers, The Avengers Movie, The Avengers Trailer, Marvel's The Avengers Trailer, Politics Avengers, The Avengers Politics

As the race for president heats up, so does the competition for high-impact celebrity endorsements. The stars of The Avengers -- Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk --a re true American heroes and gaining their support would boost either candidate. Yes, they're comic book characters. But so is Ted Nugent....

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Jackie K. Cooper

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The Five Year Engagement Has More Depth Than Expected

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: Five-Year Engagement, Jason Segel, Judd Apatow, Emily Blunt

Watching the unique story of a complex relationship in the new romantic comedy The Five Year Engagement is a purely pleasurable experience. Jason Segel and Emily Blunt lift the words from Segel and Nicholas Stoller's screenplay and make this a story come to life on the screen. Some might carp...

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Ryan Gosling

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Watch I Am Congo -- Because We're Not in It

Ryan Gosling | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: The Enough Project, Enough Project, Enough Project i Am Congo, Fidel Bafilemba, Fidel Bafilemba i Am Congo, I Am Congo, I Am Congo Video Series, I Am Congo Videos

On our second trip together to Africa last Thanksgiving, we decided to go to the place where the deadliest war in the world was occurring: the Congo. The entire time we were there, we traveled with an extraordinary Congolese guy named Fidel Bafilemba. His video profile is the first in...

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Marshall Fine

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Catching Up: The Three Stooges, Girls, Tribeca

Marshall Fine | Posted July 1, 2012

Read More: The Avengers, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Diamantopoulos, Farrelly Brothers, Lena Dunham, Marshall Fine, Marshall Fine Commentary, Sean Hayes, Sean Penn, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Tribeca Film Center, Tribeca Film Festival, Will Sasso, Curly, Girls, Hbo, Hysteria, Jersey Shore, Larry, Moe, Slapstick, The Three Stooges, The Five-Year Engagement, Tiny Furniture, Youtube

Catching up with a few things I've been thinking about but haven't had a chance to get around to:

Let's start with The Three Stooges, which I didn't catch up with until a couple of weeks after it opened.

Frankly, I felt lucky that I had a conflict with the...

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