That Music Moment: “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”

In “That Music Moment,” we take a monthly look at memorable or significant uses of popular music in film, and consider what that moment says about the film at large. During the summer of 1994, American audiences were treated to…

Rachel McAdams stars in Disobedience [Trailer]

Bleecker Street unveiled the first trailer for Disobedience, the Orthodox Jewish lesbian romance coming in late April.  Based on the Naomi Alderman novel of the same name, the film premiered in September during the Toronto International Film Festival. Sebastián Leilo…

Women in Film Wednesday: Saving Face (2005)

Written and directed by Alice Wu and released in 2005, the film Saving Face tells the story of an Asian-American woman, Wilhelmina (Michelle Krusiec), and her mother, played by Joan Chen, who are living in Manhattan and must confront their…