My Top Three This Week - PRIDE EDITION
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. It is that time of year again. Pride. We made it a whole year and things are opening up. We said good bye to some of our favorite series like Pose and Special and we will be sad to see them go but new things are on the horizon. If you have not joined Frameline Film Festival and gotten a streaming pass -get it NOW.
1) Everybody's Talking About Jamie will officially be out in September but I was able to see a premiere in San Francisco and it was fantastic. Based on the smash London musical, Jamie which is also based on a television documentary Jamie : Drag Queen at 16. This is a boy who lives his life out loud .. with music numbers. He wants to be a star and famous drag queen and his first step is getting through high school with his best friend Pritti and his drag queen mentor Loco Chanelle The score is pop music at it's finest with some great numbers and the cinematography and wardrobe is eye-popping. Max Harwood as Jamie is electrifying and Lauren Patel as his best friend Pritti is a scene stealer. Richard E. Grant as Coco is a heartfelt performance as is Sarah Lancashire as his mother as well as Sharon Horgan as the misguided Miss Hedge. A great film.
2) Language Lessons ( a Frameline event) i-directed by Natalie Morales and starring Morales and Mark Duplass as a terrific story for our time and an unexpected love story between a gay man and an online Spanish teacher. Duplass is Adam who receives 100 Spanish online classes from his husband Will.During the beginning lessons with Cariño (Morales) his husband his killed in an accident . He is devastated and Cariño helps him heal through speaking Spanish during their classes. He is in Oakland and she is in Costa Rica. Their bond continues until he becomes concerned when she appears with mysterious bruises on her face and then begins the deepening of their story. Heartfelt and funny with genuine tearful moments that will punch you in the gut.
3) Supernova streaming now on Prime is beautifully shot and Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are completely believable as Sam and Tucker a long time couple are traveling across the English countryside for one last time before Tucker finally succumbs to his dementia, There are few laughs in this heartbreaking and realistic view of what it means when you vow " in sickness and in health" for any relationship - gay or straight. Watch this with someone you love.
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