The Trip
True-Hearted VixenslBody
The Truth About Gay Sex
Thursday June 27 9:00 pm Castro $7.50 Meml$8.50 Gen (TTR/P27)
Saturday June 22 1 :00 pm
Friday June 28 6:30 pm Herbst $7.50 Meml$8.50 Gen (TRU TH28)
I n this a m bitious fi l m , writer-di rector M i les Swa i n uses t h e story of two gay Los Angelenos a n d the i r fri ends t o chronicle t h e evolution o f the q ueer com m u nity, from the dawn of gay l i bera tion in the early 1970s to the birth of A I DS activism in the early 1 980s. Wh i l e the cha racters move from the closet to the streets, from self re pression to self-respect, from life to death, Swa i n pai nts a sweeping pa nora m a of this tra ns formative era , with the help of a cha rmi ng cast a n d some eye-catc h i ng locations ( i n cl u d i ng Fa lcon's La i r, the Bened ict Ca nyon estate origi nally owned by R udolph Valenti no). Allan, who goes from being a cl oseted hatchet m a n for the right wi ng to an out gay a uthor, is played by Larry S u l l iva n , whose recent cred its incl ude a sti nt on "Wi l l & G race" as W i l l 's ha ndsome a nd h u n ky boyfriend , as wel l as a p pea ra nces i n "The West Wing" a n d R US H H O U R . Canad ian TV star Steve B ra u n plays Tom my, A l l a n's gay-activist boyfri end . A lexis Arq uette plays their outrageous best friend . And former Bond gi rl J i ll St. John, retu r n i ng to the big screen for the first time si nce 1 992, plays Allan's a lcohol i c but wel l-i ntentioned mom. As the h a i rdos a n d fas h io n s c h a nge (remember those h uge '80s mobile phones?) and the cha racters try to cope with their i n ner demons-not to mention rea l-world monsters l i ke An ita B rya nt, Jerry Fa lwell a n d Ronald Reaga n-Swa i n shows how this key d ecade in our history was a very strange tri p indeed .
CFA Theater $5.00 Meml$6.00 Gen (TV/XE22)
T R U E- H EARTED VIXENS fol l ows two women as they pursue their d ream to pla'y for the Women's P rofessional Footba l l League d u ri ng its ina ugu ra l seaso n . A pol itica l consu lta nt and a si ngle mom seem l i ke u n l i kely ca n d idates for the footba l l H a l l of Fa me, b u t these d etermi ned ath letes make the maverick l i neup for two gro u n d b reak i ng a l l-girl tea m s . The players have traveled fa r from home, leaving j o bs and loved ones for th is . shot at footba l l sta rd o m . Chal lenges off the field i nclude lack of pay ( u n less the league turns a profit), a shoestring operati ng budget, i nexperi enced promoters and a T&A-heavy p u blicity ca m paign com plete with sponsorsh i p by a loca l H ooters. Can the league succeed , a n d will these wo men rea l ize thei r d rea m? Five Bay Area women bodyb u i ld ers p u m p themselves u p i n prepa ration for the 1998 Gay G a mes i n Sharon Pellerin's d oc u menta ry BO DY. Bodyb u i l d i ng isn't j u st a va n ity sport for these women; it's a means by which they have d ra matica l ly tra n sformed the i r l ives. The u ltimate reward of a perfectly scu l pted body comes from self-d isc i p l i ne and focus. B ut they m ust a lso d ea l with a certa i n stigma . B u lgi ng biceps don't necessa rily go with a d ress, nor do butch buzz cuts go with ski m py b i ki n is. For one com petitor, the i ntim idation of her strong physica l presence has actu a l ly demanded the emergence of her fem i n i n e side. Honest personal accounts exa m i ne these women's passion a n d d rive for making thei r bod ies powerful works of art. -Sabrina A/ansa Body*
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S h a ron
Pel lerin
Face First d i r Todd Verow 2002 U S A 5 m i n video T h e Truth About Gay Sex d i r Kristiene Clarke 2002 U K 49 m i n video Hard Fat dir Frederic Moffet 2002 Canada 23 min video
The Trip d i r M i les Swain 2002 USA 92 min 35mm Eligible for the Levi's'" First Feature Award
I n FACE F I RST, Todd Verow ( FR I S K) gives u s a fast-paced su rvey of the images of sex ava i la ble on the I nternet via a m ateu r we b ca m s-as wel l a s a l o o k a t t h e wide ra nge o f m e n w h o enjoy p utti ng them there. THE T R U T H ABOUT GAY SEX opens with befudd led responses from stra ight people asked if they know the truth a bout gay sex, then goes on to tel l and show them more than they proba bly ever wanted to know. From the pa ins a n d pleasures o f anal sex t o blow j o b do's a nd don'ts . The mysterious va riety of penile sha pes and what to do when a d ick turns out to be too much, too big, too soon . R i m m i ng and kissing. Anatom ical d iagra ms a nd a cock's-eye view of a rectum via a n endoscopic ca mera . Crisco, the "connoisseur's l u be, " and the joys of fisting. Cottaging and cruising from Hem pstead H eath to Oxford Street to Sa nta M o nica Bou leva rd . Qu ickies, long-term relations h i ps a n d gay mar riage. It's a l l here in th i s surprisingly expl icit pro gra m made for B ritish TV, which rem inds us once aga i n j ust how prudish America n television rea l ly is. H A R D FAT takes viewers i nto the world of "ga i ners , " men who l i ke to get bigger, and the men who l i ke to encou rage them to get that way. These a re guys who reject the buffed idea ls of gay c u ltu re and fi nd l i beration i n glorifying beach ba l l bel l i es i nstead of was h boa rd abs.
2002
USA
53
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True-Hearted Vixens d i r Mylene Moreno 2000 USA 60 m i n video
Total Runn ing 'Ti m e : 77 m i n
* El igible for the Stu & Dave's Excellent Documentary Award
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