Damn These Heels Film Festival: Tom at the Farm

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Tom at the Farm
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Tom at the Farm, Xavier Dolan’s fourth feature (preceding this year’s Mommy), retains the striking visual storytelling and smart dialogue of his other films, yet takes them into a different realm altogether—that of the psychological thriller. … read more

Damn These Heels Film Festival: To Be Takei

Damn These Heels Film Festival: To Be Takei
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Even if you’ve never seen a Star Trek episode in your life, Sulu’s … ahem … George Takei’s visage and deep voice is surely seared into your memory nonetheless—he’s a gay national treasure and a damn fine social activist, too. … read more

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck Story

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Lady Valor: The Kristen Beck...
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In 2013, former Navy Seal Christopher Beck came out as Kristen, a transgender woman. After 20 years of serving in combat missions in war zones across the world, her new mission—to find inner happiness and to raise awareness of trans issues in the military—has been one of her most exhausting and most challenging. … read more

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Appropriate Behavior

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Appropriate Behavior
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This Brooklyn-20-something-hipster comedy sparkles with Lena Dunham–like wit and relies heavily on the kind of unapologetic humor made famous by Girls, so it’s fitting that the film’s Iranian-American writer, director and actor, Desiree Akhavan, will join the show’s cast for its upcoming fourth season.  … read more

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank

Damn These Heels Film Festival: Compared to What? The Improbable...
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The doc serves up Frank in all of his Wildean wittiness, showing how he could demolish his political adversaries in hilarious, rapid-fire debate, while never backing down from his convictions. … read more

FanasyCon 2014: Larping, Simon Pegg, The Hall of Heroes & How It All Shaped Up

FanasyCon 2014: Larping, Simon Pegg, The Hall of Heroes &...
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The final day of Fantasy Con got off to a bit of a quiet start. The holiday hangover was in full effect, and the crowds on the convention floor were a bit thinner than expected, but that just made the aisles and halls easier to navigate and made everything more accessible. … read more

FantastyCon 2014: Simon Pegg, Mark Sheppard, Cosplay & Awards

FantastyCon 2014: Simon Pegg, Mark Sheppard, Cosplay & Awards
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My prediction that Saturday would beat Friday in terms of numbers was absolutely correct. What I was not expecting, however, was that the production and glitz aspect of FantasyCon would also beat the previous two days. The spectacle was bigger, as there was more audience to entertain. … read more

FantastyCon 2014: Summer Glau, Cosplay, Sylvester McCoy & Fighting!

FantastyCon 2014: Summer Glau, Cosplay, Sylvester McCoy & Fighting!
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Friday, the second day of Fantasy Con, had the lucky opportunity to occur on a national holiday: Independence Day. The idea of a Con happening on a holiday where people should have nothing better to do had me worried. The floor would be packed. The parade, any parade in the valley, would make getting to the Con difficult, but deciding to stroll into the Salt Palace around mid-afternoon proved surprisingly easy. Salt Lake streets were empty, as everyone was busy (presumably) barbecuing and setting fires … read more

FantastyCon 2014: Jed Brophy, Jonathan Rhys Davies & Panels Galore

FantastyCon 2014: Jed Brophy, Jonathan Rhys Davies & Panels Galore
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With all the panels and guests, it’s hard to decide which panels to go to. One of the first panels of Fantasy Con on Friday was with one of the memorable characters from Lord of the Rings – Gimli, the gruff, lovable Dwarf played by John Rhys-Davies. He’s a good six feet without the movie magic but he’s still got the gruff voice and he’s definitely lovable. … read more