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QFest Wrap Up
Well, it looks like my QFest internship has come to an end, although I still need 60 hours to complete my credits. I’ll work that out. I’ve learned a lot from “top” to “bottom” and drank way too much QFest sponsored booze! The Jury Award for First Time Director went to Nancy Kissim, director of Drool, which I had already chosen as my favorite film of the festival. To view the list of Jury and Audience Awards click HERE The festival staff all seemed to agree, that the Loews Hotel was wonderful to work with for accommodations and the closing night party. I was on the door for the closing…
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Commentary – St. Trinian’s
Unbeknown to me, St Trinian’s is the sixth in a long-running series of films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle. The first four films form a series, starting with The Belles of St Trinian’s in 1954, with sequels in 1957, 1960, 1966, and then The Wildcats of St Trinian’s in 1980. The current version starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth has the potential to be entertaining, but if falls way short of the mark. Although, it’s so off, on every level, that it also has the potential of being a kitschy cult-like flick, you wind up seeing again and again on FX. Everett plays a dual role of…
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QFest Day 12
I’m so tempted to post the winners for tonight’s Jury Prize and Audience Awards before tonight’s Awards ceremony. I’d also like to post the e-mails of behind the scenes chatter regarding, Gail Shister’s interview of Sharon Gless before the screening of Hanna Free and Sharon’s displeasure. But posting either thing would be poor intern/journalistic integrity. (Edge Philadelphia does a great job of summing up what we in the audience were feeling during the Q&A) Saturday, I saw the second screening of Fruit Fly, debut feature of writer/composer/director H.P. Mendoza. Mendoza is Filipino and the movie musical was funded by the Center for Asian American Media, hence the predominantly Asian cast.…
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QFest Day 8 & 9
Attention students! If you must complete an internship before graduating, I highly recommend doing it with a film festival. And if you can find a LGBTQ festival, then I highly, highly recommend it! I’ve been cocktail partying, late night wine and cheesing, dancing, queer karokeing, learning the gayborhood and of course seeing films. (Oh, and yes, I have actually done some work, even some using html; so I’m in the clear in case my school internship advisor gets a hold of my blog). Chica Busca Chica (Girl Seeks Girl) is so fabulous! In some ways, because you’re getting a peek into these women’s lesbian lifestyle, it makes it more fabulous…
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QFest Day 7
“It only takes a sip of wine to tell if it’s a good bottle”- one of my favorite lines from Pillow Talk . It’s Thelma Ritter’s (Alma) response after Doris Day (Jan Morrow) says she barely knows Rock Hudson (Rex Stetson). I must have seen this film at least 15x, but it was a rare treat to see the 1959 actual film (not DVD) on the big screen! Followed the next day, by Grease Sing A Long, I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen Grease, but this was my first outdoor screening of it, while eating Jamaican Goat and Plantains! Tonight’s Outdoor screening at Jamaican Jerk Hut (Wed. July…
