Monthly Archives: July, 2012
“FOOTNOTE”— Father and Son
“Footnote” Father and Son Amos Lassen I have waited a long time to be able to see Joseph Cedar’s new movie “Footnotes” so when my copy came yesterday, I cleared my schedule and sat down to watch. After it was over, I found myself still sitting, unable to move and unable to think about anything …
“TWISTED ROMANCE”— Love, Jealousy, Fear
“Twisted Romance “ Love, Jealousy, Fear Amos Lassen We all know people who either or have been in relationships that should not have been and in “Twisted Romance”, director Jose Campusano shows us one such relationship and it does not make for comfortable viewing. That statement is not to be taken negatively because we learn …
“THE BEAT HOTEL”— Paris, 1957
“The Beat Hotel” Paris, 1957 Amos Lassen A cheap Paris hotel in the Latin Quarter in 1957 became a shelter for the new kind of artists who left American conformity and censorship. This same hotel became the center of the writing that characterized the Bear Generation and it was from there that some of the …
“THE BOY NEXT DOOR”— Friendship
“The Boy Next Door” Friendship Amos Lassen When Mark, a 25 year old hustler accidentally meets the young son of one of his clients, a friendship develops. The youngster tells Mark that he is looking for his father and this surprises Mark who wants nothing to do with the kid. It seems that both guys …
“THE BEATLES: THEIR GOLDEN AGE”— 1960-1970
“The Beatles: Their Golden Age” 1960-1970 Amos Lassen There is no question as to the influence The Beatles have had on the world and not just musically. We never tire of hearing about them and we always are ready to learn some more. I just find it hard to believe that half of the four …
“THE TEMPEST”— Derek Jarman Takes on Shakespeare
“The Tempest” Derek Jarman Takes on Shakespeare Amos Lassen Before I say something about the way Derek Jarman interprets Shakespeare, let me give you a short summary of what “The Tempest” is about. “Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He’s in exile, banished from his duchy by …
“POSITIVE YOUTH”— AIDS and the Young
“Positive Youth” AIDS and the Young Amos Lassen Sometimes I think that we in the gay community have forgotten about AIDS. I am not saying that we have forgotten about those people that we have loved and lost to the terrible disease. I think that we have forgotten that there is no cure and AIDS …
“My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan” by Seth Rudetsky— A Funny and Human Novel
Rudetsky, Seth. “My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan”, Ember, 2012. A Funny and Human Novel Amos Lassen If you have ever read Seth Rudetsky, you know that he is a very witty writer and now he turns his humor on his first young adult novel. And there is plenty of humor in this book. Justin is a …
“I AM WOMAN NOW”— The Older Woman
“I Am a Woman Now” The Older Woman Amos Lassen If ageism is a problem in the gay community and we know that it is, we can just imagine how it affects members of the trans community. Director Michiel van Erp takes a look at a group of trans women who are in their seventies. …
“Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out” by Funny Gay Males— Still Very Funny
Funny Gay Males. “Growing Up Gay: From Left Out to Coming Out”, Hyperion Books, 1995. Still Very Funny Amos Lassen There are some books that can be read over and over and “Growing Up Gay” is one of those. Its humor is not only wonderful but here it is seven years after publication and I …
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