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Documentary synopsis: Set against the dramatic backdrop of 9/11, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the tension between Jewish and Muslim students on college campuses, OF MANY focuses on the surprising and transformative relationship between an orthodox rabbi and imam, who serve as university chaplains in New York City. Through a series of voyages to communities struck by catastrophe, we witness young …

Longtime LGBT cinema advocate Lewis Tice died unexpectedly yesterday at the age of 44. Tice was well known in the indie film industry for his work with LGBT festivals in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and many other cities. Via IndieWire: Tice passionately worked in various capacities within the industry throughout his career. He launched and guided many films to success including …

 Via email from One Million Moms: Joe, Leading Christians who are faithful to God’s biblical account of the story of the flood are giving grave warnings regarding Hollywood’s worldly offering of “Noah.” Ken Ham writes an eye-opening forewarning that “there is barely a hint of biblical fidelity in this film. It is an unbiblical, pagan film from its start.” You …

“Nobody understands the cloud, it’s a fucking mystery.” This feels like a very long Apple commercial.

Over one million views already. (Tipped by JMG reader Elmo)

“My beef is not with the director of Noah. He’s an atheist—he doesn’t know better. My beef is with Christian leaders trying to guilt-trip us into going to see the film. It’s as if we have some sort of moral obligation to throw our good money at a movie that makes a mockery of the Bible. ‘It’s embarrassing to belong …

Faith Driven Consumer, a Christian group that organizes boycotts (which we homofascists are not allowed to do) today issued a press release declaring that Noah has flopped in the first weekend of its release. After an opening paragraph that praises the box office performance of Passion Of The Christ, their press release continues: By contrast NOAH, a film with a …

Ticket sales for Disney’s Frozen broke the billion dollar mark this weekend, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time and moving the title to tenth on the list for all movies. Variety reports: The competition to beat was another Disney/Pixar title, “Toy Story 3,” which grossed $1.063 billion in 2010. “Frozen” earned $398.4 million domestically and $674 million …

A documentary about the insanely (and some would say, inexplicably) popular electronic dance trio, Swedish House Mafia, who often performed before festival audiences in the tens of thousands before calling it quits last year while they were still topping the charts in dozens of countries.

Creationist Ken Ham and his fellow loony tunes are so upset about Noah being “biblically incorrect” that they held a two-hour live-streamed panel discussion about how real Christians should boycott the movie.

Just saw #Noah. Now I’m all nostalgic. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 29, 2014

Opening April 16th.

Among other topics, Waters chats with RuPaul about his coming book Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, which comes out in early June.

On his HBO show on Friday night, Bill Maher used the movie Noah as a springboard to denounce the concept of a loving God. According to Maher, the bible actually depicts God as a “psychotic mass murderer.” Enter, predictably, Bryan Fischer.

Especially relevant in light of today’s passing of former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, coming soon to PBS is a documentary about Anita Bryant and Miami’s famed battle for LGBT rights. The film premiered last week in Miami Beach. For those too young, some back story: As promotion of civil rights for African Americans, women and other disadvantaged groups expanded, a …

Via the New York Times: Hal Douglas, a voice-over artist who narrated thousands of movie trailers in a gravelly baritone heard by “audiences everywhere,” as he might have put it, “thrilled by images never before seen … until now!,” died on Friday at his home in Lovettsville, Va. He was 89. The flexibility of his voice, and the longevity of …