All That Heaven Allows: Review
All that Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson
by Mark Griffin
HarperCollins
Reviewed by Hank Trout
The title of Mark Griffin’s biography of Rock Hudson—All that...
Men Touching: Review
Men Touching
by Henry Alley
Chelsea Station Editions
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
In this beautifully wrought new novel, Henry Alley explores the complexities of a flawed leading...
America in Transition: Review
America in Transition
Created & directed by André Pérez
Revry
Reviewed by T.J. Banks
Tiommi Luckett is an HIV advocate living in Arkansas. Dezjorn Gauthier is a model,...
Target Zero: Review
Target Zero
Directed by Mary Potsako
MedCine
Reviewed by Mel Baker
Target Zero: Preventing HIV Transmission looks at how the array of HIV meds are preventing new infections...
Mapplethorpe: Review
Mapplethorpe
Directed by Ondi Timoner
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Reviewed by Hank Trout
Patti Smith: “What will become of the world when no trace of you remains?”
Robert Mapplethorpe: “I...
RENT Live: Review
RENT: Live
Directed by Michael Greif, Alex Rudzinski
Fox Broadcasting Company
Reviewed by Alina Oswald
Many years ago I went to see the award-winning RENT on Broadway. To...
The Underground Woman: Review
The Underground Woman: From Prisoner to Freedom
by Asha Molock
CreateSpace
Reviewed by T.J. Banks
Alice isn’t the only one to tumble down a rabbit hole and find...
30 Years Behind Bars: Review
30 Years Behind Bars: Trials of a Prison Doctor
by Karen Gedney, MD
DRG Consulting LLC
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
It’s 1987 and in this gripping, true-life...
Bohemian Rhapsody: Review
Bohemian Rhapsody
Directed by Bryan Singer
Twentieth-Century Fox
Reviewed by Alina Oswald
Many years ago, as a kid, I discovered the music of Queen, while listening to my...
1985: Review
1985
Written & directed by Yen Tan
MuseLessMime Productions/Cranium Entertainment
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
1985 is a film about secrets—the secrets we think we’re hiding, but are...
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Reaching Past Silence: Poetry by Joe Babcock
Reaching Past Silence
It was the summer we had to be smaller
than towns where boys with pretty smiles
get their teeth knocked out.
To be blood brothers...
