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...Billed as "The strangest vengeance ever planned!" Touch of Evil also provides some fairly strange casting (yes, even beyond the choice of Heston as Mexican). Among the cameos dotting the border landscape are Marlene Dietrich as a gypsy, Zsa Zsa Gabor as a madam, and Mercedes McCambridge as a lesbian gang leader...

Author: By Jen S. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bye Mancini, Hello Mariachi | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

...queer cinema movement--which began among independent filmmakers in the early 1990s and was introduced at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992--differs from traditional gay and lesbian cinema by treating sexuality and other issues with increased complexity...

Author: By Gregory S. Krauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: VES Course Explores Queer Cinema | 9/24/1998 | See Source »

Endorsements from the Cambridge Chronicle and the Boston Phoenix, as well as political groups like the Cambridge Lavender Alliance-a gay and lesbian group-and the state chapter of the National Organization for Women helped boost Barrios's profile...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wolf Beats Galluccio Again; Barrios Upsets Incumbent Thompson | 9/16/1998 | See Source »

Case in point: The race's only openly gaycandidate, former State Representative Susan M.Tracey, failed to garner the endorsement of theGay and Lesbian Political Alliance ofMassachusetts, and was the target of a damningshrug-off by the major gay newspapers. Instead,they endorsed former radio personality, MarjorieO'Neill Clapprood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republican Congress Will Likely Await 8th Winner | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...reach of either of these genres--happy-gay or sad-gay--is limited. They appeal to people who are open to gays and to modestly experimental films. Jenni Olson, whose PopcornQ website compiles data on gay and lesbian movies, warns against expecting one with Titanic or even Full Monty box office. "They can cross over to a straight art-house audience," she says. "We're not talking about an 'Oh, let's take the kids to a gay movie' crossover." The point isn't that everyone needs to see these films. It is that "out" films are finally and fully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Objects Of Our Affection | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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