Movies Are My Life

Straight woman impregnated by her gay friend: Don't worry, Lisecki knows what he's doing in Gayby

By Joe Leydon

07.30.12 | 6:46 am

On a Boston movie location years ago, David Mamet shared with me these words of wisdom he had gleaned from Lorne Michaels: “A guy comes home from college and finds his mother is sleeping with ...

Five days, 30-plus movies

"Not just another white gay male movie": QFest looks to shake things up and celebrate everyone

By Joel Luks

07.26.12 | 3:17 pm

After 31 years of being in love, New England lesbians Dot and Stella find themselves eloping to Canada to get married and live out their golden years. One is almost deaf, the other is blind. They p ...

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Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events

By Joel Luks

07.25.12 | 6:47 am

On tap this week: A convergence of two organizations that each does its part to keep the city beautiful, the beginnings of a new party series, a farewell for a popular musical meetup, a space odyss ...

QFest Closing Night Screening: Violet Tendencies

08.01.11

Director Casper Andreas returns to QFest with another sparkling, fast-paced, ribald comedy done in the best tradition of Hollywood’s Golden Era of Screwball Classics. Mindy Cohen (Natalie, Th

QFest Screening: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor: Boom!

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

07.31.11

From the director of Secret Ceremony and Mr. Klein comes this brilliant but underrated, over-the-top adaptation of Tennessee Wiliams’ play The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore.

QFest Screening: Poison

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

07.31.11

The feature-film debut of Oscar-winner Todd Haynes is an unforgettable triptych combining drive-in sci-fi horror, a disturbing family documentary and a seedy prison melodrama. Poison is a provocati

QFest Screening: Short Films by Kenneth Anger

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

07.31.11

Legendary and iconic director Kenneth Anger’s most memorable work is featured in this timeless collection of recent 35mm restorations from The UCLA Film and Television Archive. The program co

QFest Screening: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor: National Velvet

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

07.31.11

Reintroduce yourself to Elizabeth Taylor’s star-making debut as a young lass who wins over a wild stallion and takes a shot at winning England’s Grand National Sweepstakes. Trailer:

Screening of Xanadu

Discovery Green

07.30.11

ELO and Olivia Newton John team up with Michael Beck and Gene Kelly in this tale of a muse on roller skates who inspires a sad sack graphic artist to follow his dreams and open a mega disco club/ro

QFest OutFest: Screening of "Boy Shorts"

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

07.30.11

This screening is a compilation of the best short films from the “Boy Shorts” program featured at Outfest Los Angeles. Titles include Gayby; Gaysharktank.com; The Very Best of Pretty Th