Tag: Paris Is Burning
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The Best LGBTQ Documentaries of All Time
Queer movies and TV shows are all well and good, but arguably even more important is the existence of great LGBTQ documentaries. Fiction can help provide great representation and tell moving queer stories, but documentary does something else entirely: it preserves entire communities’ stories as snapshots in humanity’s kaleidoscopic history.Documentary filmmaking has (almost) always been…
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Jonathan Oppenheim, ‘Paris Is Burning’ Editor, Dies at 67
Jonathan Oppenheim, the documentary editor behind the seminal ball culture film Paris Is Burning as well as multiple Oscar-nominated titles, has died. He was 67.Oppenheim died after a battle with brain cancer on Thursday, July 16 while in New York City, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.Born in 1952 in New York City to Oscar-winning actress…
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Jonathan Oppenheim, Editor of ‘Paris is Burning,’ Dies at 67
Documentary film editor Jonathan Oppenheim died July 16 in New York City, Sundance Institute confirmed to Variety. He was 67 and had been battling brain cancer .“Jonathan began his life in the arts as a painter which informed his sensibility in film,” his wife, Josie Oppenheim, wrote in a statement. “He was a talented and…
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Martin Scorsese-Produced Trans Drama ‘Port Authority’ Is Quietly Progressive — Cannes Review
Nearly 30 years after “The Crying Game” depicted a man’s revulsion at discovering his partner was trans, “Port Authority” sets the record straight. When Paul (Fionn Whitehead) learns that ballroom dancer Wye (Lenya Bloom) is a “femme girl” soon after their romance has blossomed, he doesn’t retch or try to flee. The pair engage in…
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Cannes Film Review: ‘Port Authority’
Selling realness. That’s the essence of Harlem’s tight-knit drag ball scene, where dazzling kiki competitions — made popular in 1991’s landmark Lgbt documentary “Paris Is Burning,” and still raging strong all these years later via “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and Ryan Murphy’s “Pose” on TV — celebrate the art of passing as something other than whatever…
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‘Pose’ Season 2 Will Culminate With the Historic Release of Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ in 1990
“Vogue.” “Paris Is Burning.” “Pose.” When it comes to the pop culture media that have helped to reveal the world of ball culture, FX’s musical drama will pay tribute to Madge’s world-shaking song.At the Television Critics Association press tour on Friday, co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed a rough outline of where Season 2 was heading. While…
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Tribeca Film Review: ‘United Skates’
Anyone who’s ever been to a roller-skating rink knows such establishments tend to bombard their patrons with rules — rules that dictate the kind of clothes, the kind of wheels, and the kind of moves permitted on the floor. For kids, it may be easy to assume that these restrictions are designed for everyone’s safety,…