Powered by Max Banner Ads Can-do Attitude by Erin McCalla   “We have become a disposable society,” Chuck West Carnahan says as he starts to explain his newest endeavor, Canned. Carnahan, an outlook design intern and community ally, has decided to embark on a two-part project that combines film, recycling and philanthropy. First, he plans on collecting 1 million aluminum cans, which... 

Eye Contact: The Videos of Dani Leventhal by Chris Stults After my first encounter with the overwhelmingly powerful videos by Columbus native (and current Brooklyn resident) Dani Leventhal, I wondered if she was the fulfillment of a long-standing wish of a certain strain of filmmaking: the dream of the obsessive cinematographer, filming every aspect of their life in hope of obtaining… what, exactly?... 

Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis Justin & Mila: Our Friends… With Benefits Timberlake and Kunis talk being allies, getting naked and breaking gay stereotypes by Chris Azzopardi When Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis stroll into a hotel suite in Santa Monica, it’s clear why they’re in a movie about having emotionless, just-for-fun sex – they’re both ridiculously hot. He’s all dapper... 

Role/Play by Gregg Shapiro Rob Williams’ 2009 gay holiday romp Make the Yuletide Gay was a delight. Sexy and side-splittingly funny, it was a gift that keeps on giving. Unfortunately, the same doesn’t hold true for the overly chatty and unsexy Role/Play (Guest House Films). Nothing if not ambitious, Williams attempts to tackle far too many topics (ranging from the death of the gay media and the... 

Shank by Adam Lippe Opening with a coke-filled clandestine internet hook-up in the woods, quickly followed up with a painful headbutt, Simon Pearce’s Shank successfully treads the line between sweet romance, gay soft-core porn, gang violence, and aimless exploitation. The combination of all of these elements is the only way the movie is unique, otherwise it’s just a coming-out story where the lead... 

Is there a market for gay films anymore? by Adam Lippe Is there a market for gay films anymore? Obviously there’s an audience for it, but how does that audience find the material to satiate their desires? This year’s sparsely attended Philadelphia QFest housed a glut of mediocre films (such as BearCity, which I reviewed in outlook back in the July issue) all basically following a few well-worn... 

Howl Review by Adam Lippe Recently, I interviewed Noah Buschel, the director of The Missing Person, for a podcast on the various ways the independent film world works and how it has changed over the past 10 years. Noah would know better than most about this subject, because he made three films in three different eras of independent films, always having to change his approach to selling the film to... 

Too Gay or Not Gay Enough? by Mikey Rox Sixteen years ago, actor/playwright Travis Michael Holder embarked on a cathartic journey that has finally come full circle. His original, semi-autobiographical play, “Surprise Surprise,” – about a closeted gay actor with a much younger, disabled lover and an estranged teenaged son – is now a full-length feature releasing on DVD Aug 31. In a... 

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an englishman in new york by Adam Lippe As a divisive figure in the then-burgeoning gay rights movement, writer-actor Quentin Crisp is worthy of being given a lengthy biopic, or at least one that gives equal time to arguing the ways he both helped and harmed the gay cause. An Englishman in New York, which covers Crisp’s life as a latter day theater and television provocateur from the mid-1970s to...