Author Archives: queerlefty

Harvey Milk, I’m Here To Salute You

Posted on February 21, 2009 by queerlefty

With the Oscars (which we all pretend to ignore, but ultimately don’t) just days away, Gus van Sant’s Milk has finally come to Norwegian movie theaters. For months I’ve been hearing great things about this movie, and over the last … Continue reading →

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Pretty And Pale Vs. The Sexiness of Smarts

Posted on February 14, 2009 by queerlefty

It probably only serves to prove that I’m not that young anymore, that I only first heard of the Twilight juggernaut through the Arts section of The New York Times. Since I consider myself more than a little interested in … Continue reading →

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The Next Best Films of 2008, And Two Cases of Belated Recognition

Posted on January 30, 2009 by queerlefty

Fellow cinephile Franz encouraged me to post an appendix of Honorable Mentions to my list of The Best Films of 2008 (take the time to read Franz’s list, too). Those ten film were of course singled out for a reason, … Continue reading →

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The Gay I Am

Posted on January 27, 2009 by queerlefty

I’ve written about how I feel about being gay from a variety of different angles before, from the more traditional coming-out story to the the hints of the Early Gay Crushes series, or how I’m somewhat uncomfortable with comforming to … Continue reading →

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With New Year, Jesse McCartney Is Back As Sexiest Male

Posted on January 24, 2009 by queerlefty

After a several months long absence the SMA list is back , and as has become rather common by now, we have a new man at the top. Not that he hasn’t been up there before: Jesse McCartney finally gets … Continue reading →

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Early Gay Crushes: Joshua Jackson

Posted on January 14, 2009 by queerlefty

When I see what movies are offered to moviegoing kids these days (seriosly, Beverly Hills Chihuahua?!), I’m sometimes surprised by what you can get away with in today’s Hollywood, and how the kids themselves seem to be perfectly fine with … Continue reading →

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Baz Luhrman’s ‘Check All That Apply’ Approach To ‘Australia’

Posted on January 10, 2009 by queerlefty

Slate’s excellent movie critic Dana Stevens said of Noah Baumbach’s Margot at the Wedding (which I wrote about last week) that it looked like a promising first draft of a movie, the only hitch being that this was also the … Continue reading →

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What I Loved Last Year: The Best Films Of 2008

Posted on January 5, 2009 by queerlefty

From Norway, the year in cinema might look a little different than how it looks for American critics and moviegoers trying to summarize 2008. The Oscar contenders are still weeks or even months away from our movie theaters, which means … Continue reading →

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Squid, Whale, Meet Margot At The Wedding

Posted on December 23, 2008 by queerlefty

From a professional standpoint I’m more interested in directors than actors, and therefore it won’t necessarily take more than one good movie for me to strike a loyal relationship to a film-maker. Thus, when I first saw Gregg Araki‘s Mysterious … Continue reading →

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Sex, Politics And Cinema Is The Holy Trinity In ‘The Dreamers’

Posted on December 16, 2008 by queerlefty

Last week, I read an interesting opinion piece in a Norwegian weekly, arguing that this year’s 40th anniversary of the protests of 1968 should mark our final goodbye to this mythical milestone of political and cultural opposition. Even though the … Continue reading →

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