Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Wonderfully eccentric odysseys in Shit & Champagne, Saint-Narcisse

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Wonderfully eccentric odysseys in Shit & Champagne, Saint-Narcisse

ByLes RokaJul 13, 2021

Two wonderfully eccentric odysseys popping with 1970s aesthetics along with an enlightened sense of sex positivity are part of the slate for the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival are generously entertaining — Shit & Champagne, directed by D’Arcy Drollinger, and Saint-Narcisse, directed by Bruce LaBruce. The films are available … Read more

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Masterful examples of queer historiography and archival activism in Cured, No Straight Lines, P.S. Burn This Letter Please documentaries

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Masterful examples of queer historiography and archival activism in Cured, No Straight Lines, P.S. Burn This Letter Please documentaries

ByLes RokaJul 12, 202116 min read

Call it archive activism. The historiography on the topics of social change in the U.S., queer rights and…

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Innovations in narrative treatment shine in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Madalena

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Innovations in narrative treatment shine in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Madalena

ByLes RokaJul 10, 20217 min read

Outstanding innovations in thematic treatment are prevalent in numerous feature-length narratives in the Utah Film’s Center’s 18th annual…

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Stories from the former Soviet Union, Republic of Georgia highlight oppression queer citizens have faced and continue to do so

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Stories from the former Soviet Union, Republic of Georgia highlight oppression queer citizens have faced and continue to do so

ByLes RokaJul 9, 20217 min read

The oppression that queer citizens faced in the former Soviet Union and continue to do so in the…

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Finding empathy in difficult reunions: See You Then and Ma Belle, My Beauty solid additions to feature narrative lineup

Utah Film Center Damn These Heels 2021: Finding empathy in difficult reunions: See You Then and Ma Belle, My Beauty solid additions to feature narrative lineup

ByLes RokaJul 8, 20218 min read

Two excellent queer cinema entries — one which received its premiere at this year’s SXSW festival and is…