LGBTQ Film Reviews: Reel Affirmations’ “I’m Coming Out” Shorts Program

Power Trip vocalist Riley Gale.It’s the second Dallas Hope Charity location to be named after Gale after he passed away aged 34 in August this year – last month they announced The Riley Gale Memorial Library, set to be housed at the Dallas Hope Center.The new transitional home will be called ‘Dallas Hope Center – Riley Gale Location’.

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Reel Affirmations is here!  Time for some good, ol’ affirming LGBTQ movies!And as has been our tradition since the inception of this magazine in 1994, we review every film in the festival that we could get our paws on — from feature to short. You’ll find assessments of the films by our critics Rhuaridh Marr, Sean Maunier, Doug Rule, John Riley, and me, starting on page 46.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe winners of the 2020 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards were announced last night, with Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson pic Ordinary Love winning Best Film, presented by Martin Scoresese. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor won Best Actor in Film for Rialto, which also scooped the Scriptwriter prize for Mark O’Halloran.

For more information and reviews of every film screening at Reel Affirmations 27, check out our Complete Guide here!This gathering of uplifting, often funny shorts opens with Blocked (★★★★☆) an uber-gay parody in which filmmaker Kevin Yee tussles with writer’s block. With a not-so-subtle nod to The Sound of Music and a sharply funny, unexpected ending, it captures the simplicity and artfulness of the short movie format in under 4 minutes.

For more information and reviews of every film screening at Reel Affirmations 27, check out our Complete Guide here!Reel Affirmation’s Cultures of Queer program celebrates identities — be they hidden, unexplored, or erased by those who refuse to accept them.

For more information and reviews of every film screening at Reel Affirmations 27, check out our Complete Guide here!The descriptor for this cluster of shorts claims the films are “sci-fi, fantasy, surreal, alternative reality.” That’s a pretty loose definition of what’s on offer here — don’t expect phasers set on stun. Still, the movies in this program manage to stun in their own ways, being sharp, interesting, and intelligent, even if their meaning isn’t always entirely accessible.

Ed Meza @edmezavarThe pandemic, although disastrous for most parts of the economy, had one minor upside: a boost in online viewing. The number of subscribers of Portugal’s VOD platform Filmin, for example, has tripled compared with last year, due in part to the lockdown.

Angelique Jackson Michael B. Jordan’s award-winning films “Just Mercy,” and “Fruitvale Station” will serve as opening night screenings for the inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (SJNFF).Both films will play on Wednesday, Oct.