You have one chance to figure out what “Gayby” is about. If you said “gay baby,” ding ding ding, you got it! Or maybe it should be “baby with a gay,” but at any rate, “Gayby” treads the familiar narrative path of the contentious relationship between the single woman and her biological clock. Much like Madonna and Rupert Everett in “The Next Best Thing,” college buds Jenn and Matt (Jennifer Harris and Matthew Wilkas, real-life college buds -- check out their snapshots in the title sequence) decide to make a go of this whole babymaking business (yes, the old-fashioned way). “Gayby” is a slight little comedy, definitely amusing enough while exploring well known territory. Director Jonathan Lisecki throws you into this world without a lot of intro to the characters, so it can take a moment to warm up to them, including the sassy effeminate bear Nelson (played by Lisecki...
- 10/11/2012
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
You have one chance to figure out what “Gayby” is about. If you said “gay baby,” ding ding ding, you got it! Or maybe it should be “baby with a gay,” but at any rate, “Gayby” treads the familiar narrative path of the contentious relationship between the single woman and her biological clock. Much like Madonna and Rupert Everett in “The Next Best Thing,” college buds Jen and Matt (Jennifer Harris and Matthew Wilkas, real life college buds, check out their snapshots in the title sequence) decide to make a go of this whole babymaking business (yes, the old fashioned way).
“Gayby” is a slight little comedy, definitely amusing enough while exploring well known territory, and audiences may enjoy the aggressive gay-ness director Jonathan Lisecki has brought to the material, both in his direction and in his performance as Nelson, one of Matt’s BFFs. Matt is a decidedly non-stereotypical gay,...
“Gayby” is a slight little comedy, definitely amusing enough while exploring well known territory, and audiences may enjoy the aggressive gay-ness director Jonathan Lisecki has brought to the material, both in his direction and in his performance as Nelson, one of Matt’s BFFs. Matt is a decidedly non-stereotypical gay,...
- 6/19/2012
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
If ever there was a film that needed a warning sticker on the package for “inducing possible outrage,” Training Rules is it. A documentary about the infamously homophobic head coach of Penn State Women’s basketball, Rene Portland, and her witch hunts against student athletes she suspected to be gay, it’s a powerful, righteously angry production.
Produced and directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker, it stands as one of the strongest documentaries about homophobia in women’s sports that we’ve ever seen.
During her 23-year reign, Coach Portland’s not-so-secret policies were among the longest standing and most openly hateful in the world of athletics. Her training rules were as insidious as they were simple: “No drinking. No drugs. No lesbians.”
The film wastes no time getting started. After a few quick sound bites from ex-players and Penn State employees, we begin with the central narrative arch...
Produced and directed by Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker, it stands as one of the strongest documentaries about homophobia in women’s sports that we’ve ever seen.
During her 23-year reign, Coach Portland’s not-so-secret policies were among the longest standing and most openly hateful in the world of athletics. Her training rules were as insidious as they were simple: “No drinking. No drugs. No lesbians.”
The film wastes no time getting started. After a few quick sound bites from ex-players and Penn State employees, we begin with the central narrative arch...
- 2/4/2010
- by danieller
- AfterEllen.com
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