Tag Archives: homosexuality

The Life of Reilly

Posted on May 7, 2007 by James McNally

The Life of Reilly (Directors: Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson, USA, 2006): If you grew up in the 1970s like me, you couldn’t avoid Charles Nelson Reilly. He was on Match Game, Hollywood Squares, Lidsville, Uncle Croc’s Block, and made … Continue reading →

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Inside Out 2007

Posted on May 6, 2007 by James McNally

It seems that when one film festival ends in Toronto, another begins. From May 17-27, the Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival will celebrate its 17th year by showing 276 films and videos exploring the queer experience … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Skin

Posted on April 11, 2007 by James McNally

Mysterious Skin (Director: Gregg Araki, USA, 2004): Two boys share a dark secret until their paths cross again ten years later. If it sounds a bit melodramatic, well, it might be, except that the two boys smother their pain in … Continue reading →

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Beyond Beats: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs In On Manhood In Hip-Hop Culture

Posted on April 30, 2006 by James McNally

Beyond Beats: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs In On Manhood In Hip-Hop Culture (USA, 2006, Director: Byron Hurt, 62 minutes): Byron Hurt is a former college quarterback and a huge hip-hop fan. But after he begins a job as a college … Continue reading →

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Who Was Lonnie Frisbee?

Posted on June 14, 2005 by James McNally

I’m not really old enough to remember it, but the “Jesus People” movement was a full-blown phenomenon in the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. Centred mostly in northern California, hippies began getting into Jesus and these “Jesus Freaks” … Continue reading →

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