The fine folks at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival have filled us in on some of the Asian and Asian American films screening there from June 17 to 28. Most particularly, don't miss Margaret Cho's new comedy concert film "Revolution," screening Friday, June 18 at the Castro! Read on for more info:
Frameline 28, the 28th San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, will run from June 17-27, 2004. The 28th edition of the San
Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival will delight over 80,000
attendees with nearly 80 features, including many world and US premieres,
and over 150 shorts.
PURCHASING TICKETS
Tickets are on sale May 28th for Frameline members and June 4th for the
public at:
http://www.frameline.org/festival, call 925.866.9559, or visit our ticket
outlet at Superstar Satellite, 474 Castro Street, San Francisco.
Purchasing in advance is highly advised, as shows will sell out! Discounted
group tickets are available, as well as our special GOLD PASS, CASTRO PASS
AND HERBST PASS.
Films of interest include:
OPENING NIGHT FILM: Touch of Pink
Thursday June 17 | 7:30 pm | Castro
TOUCH OF PINK celebrates classic gay romantic-comedy territory. Alim, a
Muslim photographer, is about to have his cosmopolitan life in London with
his boyfriend upended. A family wedding is announced, and "Mummy" is coming
to visit. As he desperately tries to de-gay his life and hold on to his
boyfriend, Alim's only guide is his imaginary friend, Cary Grant (Kyle
MacLachlan). Dashing and debonair, Grant fits very well in Alim's closet as
friend, philosopher, and style guide, though his relationship advice is a
little suspect.
Alim's "Mummy" lives in a world where mothers want grandchildren and perfect
weddings. And, this one will be a drag queen's delight, with her tart
one-liners and melodramatic laments.
As with most wedding films, nothing goes as expected, yet everyone gets what
they need (or deserve). With digs at race, colonization, and the eternal
brown-person question ("Where are you from? No, I mean originally?"), TOUCH
OF PINK is about the many identities we juggle each day, not always
successfully.
In this year of the gay wedding, this is the film to see to plan your
nuptials - pheasant samosas, anyone? After the film, come celebrate the
joys of marriage and cinema at ground-zero, San Francisco's City Hall.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: REVOLUTION
Friday June 18 | 6:00 pm | Castro
It's Cho time! San Francisco homegirl Margaret Cho is out to change the
world in her third comedy concert tour. Cho returns with the same
no-holds-barred humor, but now she's ready to incite a REVOLUTION.
THE ADVENTURES OF IRON PUSSY
Wednesday June 23 | 9:00 pm | Grand Lake
Friday June 25 | 10:15 pm | Roxie
In this spy-thriller-kung-fu-musical-western, Iron Pussy is a male
convenience store clerk by day and a fabulous drag queen/ secret agent by
night who will sing, dance…and love… her way to a safer world!
ARISAN!
Saturday June 26 | 7:00 pm | Herbst
The first gay film from Indonesia, this charmer offers a rambunctious romp
through gender assumptions and love pangs-all set at an arisan, a unique
Indonesian social gathering full of gossip and bragging.
IRON LADIES 2 (SA TREE LEX 2)
Saturday June 19 | 10:30 pm | Castro
In this raucous sequel to the 2000 smash hit IRON LADIES, trouble is brewing
with the glamorous, tough-as-nails real-life superstar athletes, as
infighting and fame-whoring threaten to tear the team apart.
LILY FESTIVAL (YURISAI)
Sunday June 20 | 4:00 pm | Castro
Monday June 21 | 9:15 pm | Parkway
From the leading director of Japanese female-centric adult films comes this
lush celebration of the sex lives of older women as a female household has
their passions re-ignited by a mysterious visitor.
MORE INFORMATION
The Festival opens with TOUCH OF PINK (starring Kyle McLachlan),
Indo-Canadian-British director Ian Iqbal Rashid's film about the many
identities we juggle each day, not always successfully. After the film, come
celebrate the joys of marriage and cinema at San Francisco's City Hall. The
Festival closes on a fun, upbeat note with Angela Robinson's D.E.B.S., a
bubbly, sexy, fun-filled, irreverent send-up of espionage movies, action
thrillers, and teen angst. After the film, celebrate the hottest film
festival and pride season in memory at the swanky SOMA hot spot, Terra.
For more information about the Festival, visit the website at
http://www.frameline.org/festival.
