This documentary explores the history of the vibrator from the Victorian era through the sexual revolution of the 1960s to the postfeminist present. It also uncovers the mysteries of the female orgasm. First Run Features (firstrunfeatures.com). — Preview: Suzie Lynde
The list of contributors to this animated series reads like a Who’s Who of contemporary comedy: Margaret Cho, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, and others take to the couch proving that laughter is the best medicine. Comedy Central (shop.comedycentral.com). — Preview: Nancy Ford
The flip side of the of the aforementioned shorts coin, this collection includes Waiting for Yvette, starring Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me), a special message from actor Alan Cumming (Reefer Madness, The L Word), and more. Wolfe Video (wolfevideo.com). — Preview: Nancy Ford
Julie Goldman (Big Gay Sketch Show), Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, The L Word), and other heavy hitters contribute to this collection of made-by-women-for-women short films. Sex toys and other dykely delights provide subject matter. Wolfe Video (wolfevideo.com). — Preview: Nancy Ford
What is it with former 90210 stars and gay DVD releases this month? Shannen Doherty suffers from amnesia in this thriller also starring Robert Gant (Queer as Folk). Bottom line, someone wants them both dead. Liberation Entertainment. Kissmedeadly-themovie.com. — Preview: Nancy Ford
This sophisticated yet-not-too-cerebral comedy centers on a soon-to-be married couple (Tori Spelling, James O’Shea) who may be singing the wedding bell blues when the groom’s former male interest shows up. Liberation Entertainment. Kissthebridemovie.com. — Preview: Nancy Ford
When the so very odd Evelyn Waugh’s masterwork Brideshead Revisited last appeared on screen, the world was in the grip of a serious recession. The six-hour PBS version was a smashing success in 1981 in no small part because we were desperate for a little relief from a tattered reality. Nothing like a few long shots of a fabulous English country manor to take our minds off our paltry past-due mortgage. The 2008 big-screen version of Waugh’s conflicted story of class warfare, stifling religion, suffocating mothers, and lost love spends most of its flashback in and out of the magnificent Brideshead, ancestral home of the shattered family of Flyte.
Being a gay dancer has its pros and cons,” says Corian Ellisor. “The field of people I come in contact with are more willing to come out and support dance. With that being said, many people ask what I do, and I am always faced with the stigma of dancing on a poll.”
This queer romantic comedy is the first novel by Duplechan in 15 years and the fourth to feature his alter-ego Johnnie Ray Rousseau, a gay black man of Louisiana Creole stock. When we first met Johnnie Ray in the 1987 novel Blackbird, he was a gay teenager in love with the star of a high school play; now he’s 48, admittedly vain and looking down the short road to 50 with some chagrin. In the midst of midlife crisis, he falls for a much younger man with some serious Daddy issues; throughout it all, Johnnie Ray tries to look at love (and his life) from both sides now (to borrow a phrase from his idol, Joni Mitchell). — Preview: Tony Carrington
Indiana is clearly very smart and broadly educated, which is a sharp combination when you have a culture in need of dissection. This collection of essays covers a broad range of cultural and political subjects and no topic is given a free ride. Artists he admires fall victim to his pen as much as politicians he loathes, making this a good book when you’re in the mood for an argument. — Review: Neil Ellis Orts
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