Minnesota governor signs marriage equality, Stefon leaving SNL, and Bret Easton Ellis is still delusional
I’m not entirely sure what I’d want to do on a date with Prince Harry, but I’m sure what’s on the first guy’s sign would figure into it somehow.
The Timbers Army did something amazing at the game. Now we just have to get the Big Four sports in the U.S. to do the same.
In what has to be the end of civilized society, rich Manhattanites are hiring people with disabilities to go with them to Disney so they can skip the lines for the rides.
The National Organization for Marriage has announced plans to sue the IRS over whoever leaked their 2008 tax return. Blindly suing the government without anything except suspicion and a convenient time of scandal isn’t really a legal strategy, but it’s probably great to fundraise on.
I’m not entirely sure what I’d want to do on a date with Prince Harry, but I’m sure what’s on the first guy’s sign would figure into it somehow.
The Timbers Army did something amazing at the game. Now we just have to get the Big Four sports in the U.S. to do the same.
In what has to be the end of civilized society, rich Manhattanites are hiring people with disabilities to go with them to Disney so they can skip the lines for the rides.
The National Organization for Marriage has announced plans to sue the IRS over whoever leaked their 2008 tax return. Blindly suing the government without anything except suspicion and a convenient time of scandal isn’t really a legal strategy, but it’s probably great to fundraise on.
- 5/15/2013
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
It's not every day a famous gay porn star offers a master class at one of New York City's esteemed museums. But that's exactly what will take place on Saturday, November 19, at the Museum of Arts and Design (Mad).
French porn star and actor Francois Sagat will lead a "a rare and intimate master class," which will include insights into "his personal career experiences [and] his approaches and processes in tackling each [of his roles]." The class is part of Mad's retrospective entitled "Francois Sagat: The New Leading Man,"
Sagat, who is famous for his massive muscles (among... ahem... other parts) and a distinctive full-scalp tattoo, gained a loyal following thanks to his immensely popular porn films. But in recent years he's branched out into mainstream film, including a role in director Bruce La Bruce's "La Zombie."
In addition to acting, Sagat has cozied up to the fashion world and was chosen by...
French porn star and actor Francois Sagat will lead a "a rare and intimate master class," which will include insights into "his personal career experiences [and] his approaches and processes in tackling each [of his roles]." The class is part of Mad's retrospective entitled "Francois Sagat: The New Leading Man,"
Sagat, who is famous for his massive muscles (among... ahem... other parts) and a distinctive full-scalp tattoo, gained a loyal following thanks to his immensely popular porn films. But in recent years he's branched out into mainstream film, including a role in director Bruce La Bruce's "La Zombie."
In addition to acting, Sagat has cozied up to the fashion world and was chosen by...
- 11/17/2011
- by Noah Michelson
- Huffington Post
New: Gay zombies vs. Bette Midler Bad-boy Canadian filmmaker Bruce La Bruce has previously explored the world of porn (Skin Flick, Super 8 ½) and zombies (Otto, or Up with Dead People), and now he brings those two seemingly disparate genres together in L.A. Zombie (Strand Releasing Home Video; now available), not for viewers who are squeamish about sex or violence, much less the two put together. Labruce teams up with international adult-film star François Sagat for a film that mixes chills, erotica, and a satirical view of urban gay culture. For those of you who prefer your gay icons more old-school, there’s Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (Image Entertainment; available October 4), the Emmy-nominated special that captured Midler’s besequined...
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- 9/27/2011
- by Alonso Duralde
- Movies.com
Le beau Serge
"The story of Les cousins could be straight out of one of the Balzac novels that the film's lead character Charles peruses at a second-hand bookshop," suggests Andrew Schenker in Slant: "Ambitious provincial comes to Paris and receives his moral education in the hotbed of corruption and/or decadence that characterizes life in the capital. In Claude Chabrol's film, his second directorial effort following his 1958 debut, Le beau Serge, the milieu in question is the debauched world of students, young women, and older hangers-on that the director delineates with superb specificity of detail and a virtuoso display of sickening verve." Criteron's presentation, he adds, "is a fitting testament to the late director's brilliance."
Criterion's also releasing Le beau Serge today and the essays by Terrence Rafferty that accompany each have been posted in Current. When Le beau Serge premiered out of competition in Cannes, notes Rafferty,...
"The story of Les cousins could be straight out of one of the Balzac novels that the film's lead character Charles peruses at a second-hand bookshop," suggests Andrew Schenker in Slant: "Ambitious provincial comes to Paris and receives his moral education in the hotbed of corruption and/or decadence that characterizes life in the capital. In Claude Chabrol's film, his second directorial effort following his 1958 debut, Le beau Serge, the milieu in question is the debauched world of students, young women, and older hangers-on that the director delineates with superb specificity of detail and a virtuoso display of sickening verve." Criteron's presentation, he adds, "is a fitting testament to the late director's brilliance."
Criterion's also releasing Le beau Serge today and the essays by Terrence Rafferty that accompany each have been posted in Current. When Le beau Serge premiered out of competition in Cannes, notes Rafferty,...
- 9/22/2011
- MUBI
Paris' menswear week wrapped on Sunday. While some designers played it conservatively, it was the risk-takers that caught our eyes. Walter Van Beirendonck's line was so cool that we dedicated an entire gallery to it, which you can see here . Some designs were so outlandish it seemed at times it seemed more freakshow than fashion. Thomas Browne's models wore flapper dresses, fringed hats, and sock garters. Bernhard Willhelm employed porn star Francois Sagat and wild prints. Juun J.'s models looked like they walked off a Romulan starship from "Star Trek." Click the "Launch Gallery" button below to see all the fashions. Be sure to come back next week for TooFab's coverage of the Haute Couture shows. Plus, for more male models, check out our gallery of shirtless studs from the Milan runways here . Read more...
- 6/28/2011
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Hey there kids! Here is an updated list of releases for 2011 by Strand Releasing. Enjoy!
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Drama/Fantasy)
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century, Tropical Malady, Blissfully Yours). Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave . the birthplace of his first life. In his signature cinematic style, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker delivers a strange and mystical world of visionary beauty. Winner of the Palme d.Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Thailand.s Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Drama/Fantasy)
Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century, Tropical Malady, Blissfully Yours). Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave . the birthplace of his first life. In his signature cinematic style, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker delivers a strange and mystical world of visionary beauty. Winner of the Palme d.Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Thailand.s Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
- 3/9/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
The director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival was fined $750 for an illegal screening of Bruce Labruce’s avant-garde horror film La Zombie.Richard Wolstencroft was sentenced to pay the sum to the Royal Children’s Hospital as punishment for screening the film, starring gay porn model François Sagat (pictured), in defiance of the Australian government’s film classification board. The film was initially slated to be screened at the festival in July 2010, but Classification Australia refused to grant classification to the film, making it illegal to screen publicly in Australia. Rejecting the prohibition, Wolstencroft held a screening, which he called a “public disobedience freedom of speech event,” on August 29. In November, police raided his home and threatened to confiscate every DVD and computer in the home until they were satisfied with his claim that he destroyed the only DVD copy he had. “I am giving some serious thought to...
- 2/25/2011
- The Advocate
Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie, in which gay porn star François Sagat is a Los Angeles zombie (or a schizophrenic homeless man?) who uses (really kinky) sex to bring the dead back to life What's a democracy? A place where police can raid someone's house because its resident has dared to show a banned movie? Nah. Those things would never happen in a democracy. By the way, one such instance has just taken place in Australia. For holding a public "protest screening" of Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie, a cinematic mix of sex & gore, at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (Muff) back in August, Melbourne police have raided the home of filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft, Muff's founder and director. You'd think Melbourne police would have better things to do, and you're undoubtedly right. But attempting to confiscate kinky "gay zombie porn" — which had already been destroyed — sounds like so much more...
- 11/12/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Police have raided the home of Australian filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft after he allegedly broke the law by holding a public screening of banned horror movie L.A. Zombie.
The controversial film, directed by Bruce Labruce and starring gay porn actor Francois Sagat, was due to be shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July, but the premiere was cancelled after officials at the Australian Classification Board refused to sanction the picture, which has been described as "gay zombie porn".
The Beautiful and The Damned director Wolstencroft, who runs the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, allegedly defied the ban over the summer by hosting a public screening of the film.
Under Australian law, films which are refused classification may not be imported, sold, or distributed, which includes screening at public events.
Cops searched the director's Melbourne home on Thursday morning and questioned him in connection with allegedly "exhibiting and possessing an unclassified film". Wolstencroft will appear in court at a later date to face unspecified charges.
The director tells the Aap, "Obviously we are really surprised that this has happened. We are talking to lawyers and we will prepare a defence... We have exhibited lesbian films, gay films, controversial political films. (L.A. Zombie) is people acting. Bruce Labruce is a well regarded international filmmaker... I'm not sure what the problem is here."...
The controversial film, directed by Bruce Labruce and starring gay porn actor Francois Sagat, was due to be shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July, but the premiere was cancelled after officials at the Australian Classification Board refused to sanction the picture, which has been described as "gay zombie porn".
The Beautiful and The Damned director Wolstencroft, who runs the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, allegedly defied the ban over the summer by hosting a public screening of the film.
Under Australian law, films which are refused classification may not be imported, sold, or distributed, which includes screening at public events.
Cops searched the director's Melbourne home on Thursday morning and questioned him in connection with allegedly "exhibiting and possessing an unclassified film". Wolstencroft will appear in court at a later date to face unspecified charges.
The director tells the Aap, "Obviously we are really surprised that this has happened. We are talking to lawyers and we will prepare a defence... We have exhibited lesbian films, gay films, controversial political films. (L.A. Zombie) is people acting. Bruce Labruce is a well regarded international filmmaker... I'm not sure what the problem is here."...
- 11/11/2010
- WENN
François Sagat in Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie The 18th MixBrasil Film Festival of Sexual Diversity (a longer but much more appropriate moniker than "queer") will take place Nov. 11-18 in São Paulo and Nov. 26 (only one day) in Rio de Janeiro. MixBrasil will open with a screening of Javier Fuentes-León's Peruvian drama Contracorriente / Undertow, World Cinema (Dramatic) Audience Award winner at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and Peru’s 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission. This supernatural romantic drama has been described as "Ghost meets Brokeback Mountain." Among the other screening films featuring people (and a few zombies) of various sexual orientations are: Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie, a psychological, socially conscious, sexually explicit trip through decadent Los Angeles, where XXX superstar François Sagat's flesh-eating zombie brings back to life the dead men he finds on his path. Danish-based Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Oliveira's feature-film debut Rosa Morena,...
- 11/5/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Just in case you guys need any help planning your next vacation, this guide to the six creepiest places on Earth should help you decide exactly where Not to go. Just as a general rule, but if there's a deserted island inhabited by thousands upon thousands of creepy dolls strung up to make it look like they were tortured and killed, Do Not Go On The Island. (Cracked)
Alright, full disclosure here: I actually kinda like the Saw movies. I fully realize that you can drive a shortbus through the plot holes in that pile they call a narrative, but I just like seeing all the overly-complicated traps. Which is why this list of the 10 best traps in Saw makes me all happy inside. Although I'm still pissed Francois Sagat was only in Saw VI for like five seconds. Ugh, at least get him to take his shirt off, you assholes.
Alright, full disclosure here: I actually kinda like the Saw movies. I fully realize that you can drive a shortbus through the plot holes in that pile they call a narrative, but I just like seeing all the overly-complicated traps. Which is why this list of the 10 best traps in Saw makes me all happy inside. Although I'm still pissed Francois Sagat was only in Saw VI for like five seconds. Ugh, at least get him to take his shirt off, you assholes.
- 10/28/2010
- by Jeremy Feist
Given that there's not really enough to Bruce Labruce's La Zombie to fuel a detailed review I present instead a series of loosely organized thoughts on the latest from Canada's reigning enfant terrible.
In short, if you like gay, undead penis then LeBruce has the film for you. He actually has two, having now gone into this territory twice, but we'll stick to the one at hand.
Porn star Francois Sagat stars as the titular zombie - a sometimes tusked, sometimes not, sometimes pasty, sometimes not beast that rises from the sea and proceeds to fuck a variety of dead people back to life. An open chest cavity, bullet wounds to back and head, if you have an orifice and are no longer among the living, he'll make use of it. And once he's done, presto! You're undead!
There's really no more to it than that, no attempt at narrative at all,...
In short, if you like gay, undead penis then LeBruce has the film for you. He actually has two, having now gone into this territory twice, but we'll stick to the one at hand.
Porn star Francois Sagat stars as the titular zombie - a sometimes tusked, sometimes not, sometimes pasty, sometimes not beast that rises from the sea and proceeds to fuck a variety of dead people back to life. An open chest cavity, bullet wounds to back and head, if you have an orifice and are no longer among the living, he'll make use of it. And once he's done, presto! You're undead!
There's really no more to it than that, no attempt at narrative at all,...
- 9/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
With the release of Man At Bath in France this fall, François Sagat will break new grounds as he crosses a difficult frontier between pornography and cinema. The French porn actor, who started his career filming pornographic videos with the french studio Citébeur (under the pseudonym Azzedine), was the picture perfect fantasy of a beefed up suburban young man. His now trademark head tatoo gave him an immediately recognizable figure amidst an industry that tends to produce clones. While his porn career strived internationally, with an exclusive contract with Titan Media, Sagat was striking the imagination of art photographers, fashion designers (such as Bernhard Willhelm) and graphic artists, who liked for example to show his buttocks as a cake missing a slice. Sagat is actually no stranger to the fashion industry, where he started his professional life, and he explores...
- 8/13/2010
- by Maxime Donzel
- Huffington Post
German company to distribute gay porn zombie movie? No surprise.
Just when it seemed like you couldn't make a gay porn movie with zombies in it and not cause a controversy anymore, Canadian director Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie was picked up for distribution by a Berlin production company M-Appeal which will release L.A. Zombie through their specialty label Raspberry & Cream, intended for projects "outside the art house mainstream." And boy, does L.A. Zombie fit that description.
Starring French porn star Francois Sagat as a schizophrenic homeless man who thinks he can bring the dead back to life by sticking his penis in their orifices, L.A. Zombie just had its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where a 63-minute, soft-core version. IndieWire's review claims L.A. Zombie "unquestionably works as a meditation on the urban vapidity of Los Angeles" though also says the "five sexual encounters inspire laughter at first,...
Just when it seemed like you couldn't make a gay porn movie with zombies in it and not cause a controversy anymore, Canadian director Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie was picked up for distribution by a Berlin production company M-Appeal which will release L.A. Zombie through their specialty label Raspberry & Cream, intended for projects "outside the art house mainstream." And boy, does L.A. Zombie fit that description.
Starring French porn star Francois Sagat as a schizophrenic homeless man who thinks he can bring the dead back to life by sticking his penis in their orifices, L.A. Zombie just had its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where a 63-minute, soft-core version. IndieWire's review claims L.A. Zombie "unquestionably works as a meditation on the urban vapidity of Los Angeles" though also says the "five sexual encounters inspire laughter at first,...
- 8/12/2010
- HugAZombie
Cologne, Germany -- Berlin world sales outfit M-Appeal is launching a specialty label Raspberry & Cream for titles outside the art house mainstream, kicking off with Bruce La Bruce's horror/gay porn mash up "L.A. Zombie."
The new feature from the controversial Canadian director features adult film star Francois Sagat as an alien zombie who screws dead men back to life. The soft-core version of "L.A. Zombie" will screen at the Locarno Film Festival (Aug. 4-14).
M-Appeal's managing director Maren Kroymann says the R'n'c label will focus on more "extreme and radical" films including genre titles. Raspberry & Cream won't be solely genre-based but the approach is similar to ventures by several world sales agents including Celluloid Dreams, whose Celluloid Nightmares shingle handles horror titles and Jinga Films' genre brand Uxb (Unexploded Bomb).
Kroymann says the trend is in reaction to problems in the traditional art house market, where television revenues...
The new feature from the controversial Canadian director features adult film star Francois Sagat as an alien zombie who screws dead men back to life. The soft-core version of "L.A. Zombie" will screen at the Locarno Film Festival (Aug. 4-14).
M-Appeal's managing director Maren Kroymann says the R'n'c label will focus on more "extreme and radical" films including genre titles. Raspberry & Cream won't be solely genre-based but the approach is similar to ventures by several world sales agents including Celluloid Dreams, whose Celluloid Nightmares shingle handles horror titles and Jinga Films' genre brand Uxb (Unexploded Bomb).
Kroymann says the trend is in reaction to problems in the traditional art house market, where television revenues...
- 8/3/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We've seen about every kind of zombie film mutation you can imagine over the course of the past few years, but one new twist that film fans attending the Melbourne International Film Festival will not be seeing this August is "gay zombie porn." Controversial filmmaker Bruce Labruce's L.A. Zombie was set to screen at the fest next month but has been pulled after the Australian Film Classification Board found the simulated sex with the dead breached local taste standards. The irony in all of this? This was the softcore version and not the full-on X-rated release.
According to the Wikipedia page, the film follows a homeless schizophrenic (played by French porn star François Sagat -- apparently famous for his scalp tattoo. The more you know!) who's convinced he's an alien zombie -- apparently with a wicked case of rigor mortis. He wanders L.A. looking for dead beefcake to make sexytime with,...
According to the Wikipedia page, the film follows a homeless schizophrenic (played by French porn star François Sagat -- apparently famous for his scalp tattoo. The more you know!) who's convinced he's an alien zombie -- apparently with a wicked case of rigor mortis. He wanders L.A. looking for dead beefcake to make sexytime with,...
- 7/21/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
Toronto -- "L.A. Zombie," a Canadian indie film described by the Melbourne International Film Festival as "gay zombie porn," has been denied an Australian festival berth by local censors.
The banning decision followed a viewing of the Bruce Labruce film by the Australian Film Classification Board, which concluded that implied sex with corpses as alien zombies range across Los Angeles for dead bodies and gay sex breaches local taste standards.
"L.A. Zombie" will receive a world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival on Aug. 5, before the Canuck film receives a North American bow at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, according to the film's producers.
Labruce's latest film was to have screened in Melbourne on Aug. 7 and 8.
The Aug. 7 slot will now be filled with a screening of the French film "Rubber" by Quentin Dupieux, with a replacement for the Aug. 8 slot to be announced at a later date.
The banning decision followed a viewing of the Bruce Labruce film by the Australian Film Classification Board, which concluded that implied sex with corpses as alien zombies range across Los Angeles for dead bodies and gay sex breaches local taste standards.
"L.A. Zombie" will receive a world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival on Aug. 5, before the Canuck film receives a North American bow at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, according to the film's producers.
Labruce's latest film was to have screened in Melbourne on Aug. 7 and 8.
The Aug. 7 slot will now be filled with a screening of the French film "Rubber" by Quentin Dupieux, with a replacement for the Aug. 8 slot to be announced at a later date.
- 7/20/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Australian Film Classification Board refused classification for the Canadian film L.A. Zombie, which was scheduled to screen at the Melbourne Film Festival on August 7 and 8.
“Apparently the Australian Classification Board has no problem passing all manner of mainstream torture porn movies which feature, amongst other things, the rape and dismemberment of women, it’s interesting that they have no stomach for a movie that reaffirms life,” said director Bruce Labruce in a statement.
Board director Donald McDonald advised Miff executive director Moore that the film could not be screened because it would be refused classification.
Moore disagrees with the Board’s view of the film, saying it is not porn, but “verges on the edge of porn” as an extreme form of queer cinema with a high art background to it.
The filmmakers describe La.Zombie as a hardcore zombie splatter/gore porn movie, that exists in softcore and hardcore versions.
“Apparently the Australian Classification Board has no problem passing all manner of mainstream torture porn movies which feature, amongst other things, the rape and dismemberment of women, it’s interesting that they have no stomach for a movie that reaffirms life,” said director Bruce Labruce in a statement.
Board director Donald McDonald advised Miff executive director Moore that the film could not be screened because it would be refused classification.
Moore disagrees with the Board’s view of the film, saying it is not porn, but “verges on the edge of porn” as an extreme form of queer cinema with a high art background to it.
The filmmakers describe La.Zombie as a hardcore zombie splatter/gore porn movie, that exists in softcore and hardcore versions.
- 7/20/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
If mixing gay porn and zombies doesn't work as a film, no one's told Canadian director Bruce Labruce.
If mixing gay porn and zombies doesn't work as a film, no one's told Canadian director Bruce Labruce. After 2008's sexually explicit Otto; or, Up With Dead People, Labruce is retuning to mixing zombies and gay themes with L.A. Zombie, which was just accepted to the Locarno Film Festival, which runs August 4-14 in Locarno, Switzerland.
L.A. Zombie stars French porn star Francois Sagat as a schizophrenic homeless man who thinks he's a zombie aso he starts having sex with lots of dudes to bring the dead back to life. Sounds reasonable. Hey, if he has sex with them over some barrels of toxic waste and then snaps their neck, they might come back as a zombie?
As soon as blowjobs and bloody zombies hit hard in Europe, we're sure it's just...
If mixing gay porn and zombies doesn't work as a film, no one's told Canadian director Bruce Labruce. After 2008's sexually explicit Otto; or, Up With Dead People, Labruce is retuning to mixing zombies and gay themes with L.A. Zombie, which was just accepted to the Locarno Film Festival, which runs August 4-14 in Locarno, Switzerland.
L.A. Zombie stars French porn star Francois Sagat as a schizophrenic homeless man who thinks he's a zombie aso he starts having sex with lots of dudes to bring the dead back to life. Sounds reasonable. Hey, if he has sex with them over some barrels of toxic waste and then snaps their neck, they might come back as a zombie?
As soon as blowjobs and bloody zombies hit hard in Europe, we're sure it's just...
- 6/25/2010
- HugAZombie
Canada's Bruce Labruce is treading familiar undead territory. His upcoming film L.A. Zombie has just been accepted into the Locarno Film Festival. Similar to his 2008 Sundance entry Otto, or, Up with Dead People , the film explores not someone who is the walking dead, but believe they are. Francois Sagat plays a gay schizophrenic living in Los Angeles who seeks out dudes to have sex with believing it will bring the dead to life. If you've seen Otto , then you know what you're in for. A button-pushing and graphic experience.
- 6/23/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
With the Dqm in isolation after being infected by the H1N1 Contagion (he thinks. Drama Queen) it falls to me to post about another contagion: zombies. Most specifically, Bruce Labruce's new zombie porn film, L.A. Zombie.
Now, I have no idea why the porn studios are all gaga over supernatural porno. I'm sure there's some grand deconstructive zeitgeist to it but, frankly, I don't have the time to research it. And textual deconstruction is just so much mental masturbation anyway. And I like the real thing.
La Zombie stars pornstar Francois Sagat in a tale of a zombie lost on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Labruce is calling the this the latest in his zombie porn revolution. Apparently, zombie porn is the third wave of adult entertainment. I've never though of "waves" and "porn" together. Sure, "wet" and "porn" go together. But not waves. Well, maybe...
Now, I have no idea why the porn studios are all gaga over supernatural porno. I'm sure there's some grand deconstructive zeitgeist to it but, frankly, I don't have the time to research it. And textual deconstruction is just so much mental masturbation anyway. And I like the real thing.
La Zombie stars pornstar Francois Sagat in a tale of a zombie lost on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Labruce is calling the this the latest in his zombie porn revolution. Apparently, zombie porn is the third wave of adult entertainment. I've never though of "waves" and "porn" together. Sure, "wet" and "porn" go together. But not waves. Well, maybe...
- 11/2/2009
- doorQ.com
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