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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 2003)
October 3. 2003 Out onscreen Your color-coordinated guide to what’s playing when LEGEND Thursday, Oct. 9 7 30 pm Tipping the V elvet Daring, passionate lesbian love story set in 19th century British music hail Free screening at the Guild Theater When Michael (Macaulay Culkin, right) arrives in New York, he attaches himself— and later outshines— a flamboyant queen of the club scene (Seth Green) in Party Monster Friday, Oct. 10 7 30 pm G irls W ill Be G irls . 0 Three Hollywood actresses/ roommates (all played by men) campily fight for love, ambition See review on Page 33 Saturday, Oct. 11 |2 pm D on't Worry, it'll Probably Pass. Teen-age girls create video dianes documenting true emotions when discovering their sexuality Swedish; English subtitles, High drama Reality bites Campy fun Passionate politics Girls rule Boy toys Electric erotica Among the four programs of shorts is Sexo, a Tierce and furious take on pom and its perps = Reviewed 4 pm Kiss ft Tells G irls’ Shorts. Ten reels address gender, coming out, coupling, crushes, kissing, impossible love and high school girls cum spies 6:30 pm Gasoline. After accidentally killing one of their mothers, two young loves encounter hostility in Thelma & Louise road trip. Italian; English subtitles. 8 30 pm You'H Get Over It. 0 High schooler’s idyllic life fractures when he admires another boy. French; English subtitles See review on Page 33. 10:30 pm D ie, M om m ie, D ie. Hilarious soap opera that mixes whodunits and double-crossings of 1967 fallen pop diva (starring several familiar faces). 4 pm Dangerous Living. Janeane Garofato narrates heartbreaking yet triumphant documentary of coming out in the Third World. English and various other languages 5 30 pm B rother O utsider. Q True story of Bayard Rustin, an early civil rights leader and openly gay African American. See review 7:30 pm Radical Harmonies. Groundbreaking documentary explores the revolution in roles of women in music and culture, from early stars to contemporary crooners 9:30 pm The Event. Investigating unexplained suicides, a Manhattan D A reveals an emotional | of relationships explaining one man's life and death. Sunday, Oct. 12 1:30 pm Venus Boy*. Provocative interviews about gender identity with drag kings of New York, London and Zurich. English with some German. on Page 32. Monday, Oct. 13 — 7 pm Laughing Matter«. Lesbii comedians Kate Clinton, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Marga Gomez. Karen Williams tell it like it is both on- and off-stage. 9 pm 9 Dead Gay G uys. An outrageous manhunt ensues when two "straight" Irishmen who blow for dough find their biggest client murdered. Tuesday, Oct. 14 7 pm Yossi ft Jaggar. Israeli soldiers share secret love affair on remote base fighting for cause they don't believe in. Hebrew; English subtitles. 9 pm Saxot Boys' Shorts I. Ten gay vignettes look at relationships, pornography, gender, dating, the 1970s and, of course, sex. Various Wednesday, Oct. 15 7 pm Blue Gate Crossing. / • Taipei girl's matchmaking backfires and she ends up coming out herself. Mandarin; English subtitles. See review on Page 31. 9:15 pm Bulgarian Lovers. Financially secure Daniel takes in refugee KyrH only to succumb to Kyril's Bulgarian Mafia life. Spanish; English subtitles Thursday, Oct. 16 7 pm Gaydar. Boy«' Shorts II. Eight briefs examine the young, the elderly, coming out, Jobsite attractions, a skirt and unusual 9:15 pm M erc! D octeur Rey. Q Liaison turns to murder with w oddball encounters, intriguing twists. French and English; English subtitles See review on Page 31 Friday, Oct. 17 7 pm Party Monster. Macaulay Culkin stars in true-to-life big-city climb to fame— and tragic fall to drugs and decadence. An 1890s music hall is the scene of Tipping the Velvet, in which Nan slowly realizes she is attracted to women and falls for Kitty, a popular male impersonator 9 pm My Life on Ice. French bo; uses video camera to show the world through 16-year-old eyes. 11 pm El Paso W recking C o rp . Two buddies seeking work find more than blow jobs, Director Joe Gage will attend: see profile on Page 5 1 4 30 pm R uthie and C onnie. In 1974, two longtime Brooklyn friends leave husbands and children, struggle with homophobia, achieve happiness as political activists 6:30 pm G ypsy 83. Two left-out Goths leave narrow-minded Midwest on road trip to Gotham, accompanied by a great '80s soundtrack 9 pm Close to Leo. Leo, 21. sees profound effect on family relationships when he tells them he has AIDS. French; English subtitles 5 pm Suddenly. Punk girls "kidnap'' straight chick from Buenos Aires streets later reveal vulnerability tenderness under tough-girl stance Spanish; English subtitles 7 pm Prey fo r Rock ft Roll. Gina Gershon stars as no-bull rock ‘n roller who holds her band together through hardcore hang ups 915 pm A.K.A. Three-frame view splits layers of young ^ Brit's runaway life, from abuse to aristocracy. See review on Page 30. In Prey for Rock & Roll, Gina G ershon stars as Jacki, a tough-as-nails musician and true survivor, despite her fear that aging will kill her career Saturday, Oct. 18 2 pm Body Beautiful. Close-up of queer self-image through shorts examining physical differences, weight gainers, disabilities, pornography, tobacco and contemporary attitudes 11 pm L.A Tool & D ie. Construction workers put their tools to good use Director Joe Gage will attend, see profile on Page 51, Sunday, Oct. 19 2:30 pm The G ift. Louise Hogarth directs this controver- ^ sial documentary of bug-chasers— men who actively seek HIV infection. See review on Page 33. Qasoline is the Italian answer to Thelma 6? Louise, sending two girls-in-love on a road trip they won’t forget
