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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 American biographical drama directed by Mariel’s Heller, inspired by the 1998 article “Can You Say… Hero?” by Tom Junod, published in Esquire. The film stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Cooper. It tells the story of Lloyd Vogel (Rhys), a journalist for […]… Continue reading A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) — Chloe the Critic

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American buddy drama film directed by John Schlesinger, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. It stars Jon Voight as Joe Buck, a young Texan dishwasher, who quits his job and heads to New York City to become a male prostitute and Dustin Hoffman […]… Continue reading Classic of the Week: Midnight Cowboy (1969) — Chloe the Critic

Being John Malkovich – 1999 The City of Lost Children – 1995 Alice – 1988 Big Fish – 2003 A Clockwork Orange- 1971 Get Out – 2017 Antichrist – 2009 Pink Flamingos – 1972 Funky Forest – 2005 Even Dwarves Started Small – 1970 Dogtooth – 2009 Holy Motors – 2012 Tetsuo: The Iron Man […]… Continue reading Most Bizarre Films of All Time Part I — Chloe the Critic

A Hard Day’s Night is a 1964 comedy film directed by Richard Lester, starring British Invasion band The Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr- during the height of Beatlemania. The film follows the band after they are swarmed by fans while boarding a train to London. The band get into […]… Continue reading Classic of the Week: A Hard Day’s Night (1964) — Chloe the Critic

American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming of age comedy film directed by George Lucas starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron HOward, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy WIlliams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins and Wolfman Jack. The film is set in Modesto, California in 1962 and follows the story of the early […]… Continue reading Classic of the Week: American Graffiti (1973) — Chloe the Critic

Baby Doll is a 1956 American black comedy film directed by Elia Kazan, starring Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach. It was adapted from the Tennessee Williams play 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. The film centers on a feud between two rival cotton gin owners in rural Mississippi; after one of the men burns […]… Continue reading Baby Doll (1956) — Chloe the Critic

Black, White and Gray: A Portrait of Sam Waggstaff and Robert Maplethorpe – 2007 AWOL – 2017 Taboo- 2000 Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free) – 1999 Head On – 1999 Edge of Seventeen – 1999 Parting Glances – 1986 Suddenly (Tan De Repente) – 2003 Boy Culture – 2007 Shortbus – 2006 I Killed My Mother […]… Continue reading Greatest LGBT Films of All Time — Chloe the Critic

Featured is the LGBT Pride flag. (Photo credit: MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images) A federal judge in a high-profile Title IX case has ordered lawyers representing four girls’ track stars to refer to two biological males who outraced them as “transgender females.” The lawyers from Alliance Defending Freedom who represent the four high school girls […]… Continue reading Judge in Female Athletes’ Case Forbids Calling Trans Competitors ‘Males’ — Randy Salars News And Comment

Pride is an annual celebration commemorate the Stonewall riots and gay rights movement, pivotal moments in history connected to gay liberation. Pride is inclusive to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT+) community as well as allies of the community. The Stonewall riots began in the early hours of June 28, 1969, after police raided the… Continue reading What you should know about Pride — Penny Lane Hippy