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    Movie Monday Matinee

    Monday, February 15,  
    3pm, and 5pm
    Presented by Stonewall Library & Archives
    Cinema Paradiso
    503 SE 6th St
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

    FREE
    954 525-FILM
    www.fliff.com


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    We’ve picked two classic gay films that we think you might have missed at the movies, and are bringing them back to the big screen so you can enjoy them in all their splendidness. What better way to spend President’s Day afternoon?

    3pm Connie and Carla (2004)
    by Michael Lembeck

    Written by and starring Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), as well as Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding), and David Duchovny (The X Files), Connie and Carla was not marketed as a “gay” film and enjoyed minimal success in its Theatrical release; but the film has gained a cult following since its release on DVD.

    After witnessing a mafia hit, aspiring performers Connie and Carla flee to LA to go undercover in a West Hollywood dinner theatre...as Drag Queens. Things go wrong as their show becomes increasingly more popular and Connie falls in love with Jeff, a straight man that thinks she’s really a man. You can’t help but laugh with the over-the-top musical performances and snappy one-liners. Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty) is hysterical as N’Cream, and Debbie Reynolds appears in a cameo as herself. Drag Queens, show tunes, and Debbie Reynolds all in one film- need we say more?

    View trailer:
    http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/connie-and-carla/trailer

     

    5pm Parting Glaces (1986)
    directed by Bill Sherwood

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    Director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990, but his 1986 film Parting Glances was one of the first American movies to address the AIDS-HIV pandemic and many film critics consider it an important movie in the history of gay cinema. The bittersweet romantic comedy is a realistic look at urban gay life in the 1980s, and the then relatively-new disease plaguing the gay community.
    With break through performances by Kathy Kinney (Mimi on the Drew Carey show) John Bolger (General Hospital) and Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs, Ghost World, Fargo) Parting Glances is a comedic yet touching drama, authentically portraying Manhattan of the 1980's. Four years before Longtime Companions and seven years before Philadelphia, the film was one of the first to mention HIV/AID, and does so with frankness and honesty, but with touches of humor that give the film subtext and levity. The story occurs in a 48 hour period as Michael prepares for his lover Robert’s departure for a two year work assignment in Africa. Michael must face Roberts true motives for leaving, while dealing with their eccentric circle of friends, including Nick, who is living with AIDS.
    AIDS claimed writer and director Bill Sherwood before he could make another film. Sadly this was his only movie, a somber example of how this disease robbed the world of a generation of talented individuals. In 2006, the UCLA Film and Television Archive announced the film's restoration and addition to its OutFest Legacy Project.
    View Trailer:
    http://www.fandango.com/partingglancesmovietrailer/1_1884/v37317

     

     


     

     

     

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