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Glasgow
I Quiz Night 8: Killer Kitty I)elinoiuca‘s. (1S Virginia Street. 552 ISIH Ilpm. l-iee. Regular tlllll night. now with party games and hingo to kick oII your weekend Ill this popular gay lilaltlslay,
I Pink Devotion ('luh I)c\ollolt. l3 Jamaica Stlccl. S17 “320. I lpln ialn. Li iI-iee passes ayailahlc truth the nearby Itili’l centiel. lil weekly Inn and Irolics loi lliosc ol a paitlculai tic [)lllkl hcnl.
I Fresh Ilk‘ l’olo lounge. 34 Wilson Sticcl. 55i I22I. ||pin iam. [5. Michelle and .-\lid_\ arc lll charge ol the musical duties at this delicious gay/unset! .\Ierchant ('ity cluh. I’crl'cct whether you're inst passing through. or making a night oI it.
GAY CINEMA ICONS What makes a cinema icon appeal to a gay audience? Come along to a gossip-filled day at the GFl' where the lives and loves of three of Hollywood’s greatest stars are celebrated. Extracts from the best movies of actress- par-excellence Bette Davis, tortured homo Montgomery Clift and all-rounder Judy Garland are projected onto a big screen throughout the day. Bette Davis’ romantic melodrama Now Voyager (1942) directed by Irving Rapper, is shown in its entirety. Bring a hanky for one of Hollywood’s great tear-jerkers. Duncan Roy’s fascinating autobiographical 2002 feature AKA is about an 18-year-old gay boy fleeing his working-class background and transforming himself into a high society darling. Filmed in triptych, it features a rivetting performance from Matthew Leitch from TV’s Band of Brothers. Full of 1970s period details and gritty acting, AKA is well worth a look.
(John Binnie)
I Now Voyager, GFT, Glasgow. Sat 19 Mar and Sun 20 Mar; AKA, Mil/ivres Multimedia DVD/video retail
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I Lush 'I'he I’olo Lounge. S4 Wilson Street. 55i l22l. Ill. illpin ialn. £5 In the place where cyeryone's on lirstrname terms. Andy 's m the Trophy Room with hits lroin the oils to the Hlls. while 'Iom ploy ides a dance selection III the main
I Karaoke at Delmonica’s I)c|lnonlcais. (MS Virginia Street. .552 430%, ‘lpm. I‘rec, With your hosts John and Scott. introducing all the wannahe Iieyonces and Britneys. Why does no one want to he (‘elme the sealion any more" I Cabaret 'I‘he 'I unneI. S4 Mitchell Street, 204 llillll. I lpln ialn. L31 iii). The 'I'unnel's second gay club night. ’I‘hings are delinitcly. inlinitely lahulous at this Sunday night party. Leaye your weekend trouhlcs al the door and dance into Monday.
I Pink Devotion ('Iuh I)e\otion. IS .Iamaica Street. S47 0320. Ilpm iain. U lI'ree passes ayailahle Iroin the nearby
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Mondays
I Passionality ('uhe. 34 Queen Street. 22(18‘Nll. ll..i(lpiii iam. £2 £3. I’Ieasing charlisli'y lrom I)J Shawn Roberts. helping you shake oil the new- w cck blues and start oy er alresh like Monday neycr happened.
Edinburgh Thursdays
I cc Blooms (‘(' Blooms. 23 24 (il't'cllsidt‘ I’ltlc‘c‘. 5.50 955 I.
|(I._illpm 3am. I‘ree. l'hiquitous. legendary and downright intuitions. (‘("s needs no introduction. unless you're hlind. deal. dumb and completely new to Iidinhurgh. In case you're wodnering. it’s at the top ol' Lcith Walk.
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 34 (irccnsidc I’lacc. Bio 933 I.
It)..illpin 3am. I-‘ree. Sec 'I'hu.
I Blaze Iigo. l4 I’icardy Place. .553 l.i7l. l Ipm 3am. £4. Start the weekend as you mean to go on. as [M James Longw’orth ignites your liriday with a chart and I'unky house soundtrack.
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 34 (ireenside l’lacc. 55o 933 I.
Il).3()pm 3am. Free. See 'I‘hu.
I Luvely The Liquid Room. ‘)c Victoria Street. 22.5 2.564. |().3()pin 3am. L'Il) (£8 members). A saucy Saturday soirec. with a music policy ol‘ lull-on. driving house from residents 'I'oinmy K. (il’. Newton & Stone and Jared.
I Mingin’ The Venue. 17 2I (’alton Road. .557 3073. I lpm 3am. 1.5 before midnight; to alter. Residents Brian I)empster and Alan Joy host the Usual Mingin' madness. Plenty of drinks promos than I lpm so turn up early. Mingers and non-Mingcrs welcome.
I Wiggle ligo. I4 I’icardy' I’Iace. 5.53 l37l. Sat 26. Ilpm 3am. U). Maggie (S: Alan Joy 's montth least ol giggly. jigeg l'rolics. 'I‘rendy Wendy and Jon I’Ieascd are upstairs. I)J Dale and Michelle are downstairs. Iiy'erything from R&B. hip hop. indie and chart tunes. plus the talented and truly scruiiiptiotis I’enny l’ornstar on hand.
I CC Blooms Karaoke ('(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (ireenside Place. 5.56 93.“.
6pm 3am. liree. (iet your throat oiled up for the capital's loudest and most raucous karaoke session. Regular club night from I Ipm.
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BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Various venues. Thu 10—Sun 20 February
Cockles and Mussels
What constitutes a queer film? That was the question on luscious lips after this year’s Berlin Film Festival, one in which queer cinema finally came of age and grew out of its small niche. It was the same kind of wind of change to that which saw African American cinema become part of the mainstream after the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.
The films at this year’s festival labelled ‘lesbian and gay’ were cut from a different cloth. They were no longer obsessed with the fact of being ‘homosexual’ and instead were primarily concerned with using queer characters as a tool to tell a story. A good example of this new approach was Elle Flander’s documentary Zero Degrees of Separation. It showcases two relationships, gay and lesbian, in which one partner is a Palestinian Muslim and their lover an Israeli Jew. But Flander is not concerned with the impact of being homosexual in Palestine or Israel, but uses the relationship as a means to critic Israeli expansion into the West Bank. If the couples were straight it would not have mattered one iota to the telling of the story.
Two French films, Andre Techine’s Les Temps Qui Change (Changing Times) and Oliver Duscastel and Jacques Martineau’s marvellous Crustaces et Coquillages (Cockles and Mussels) both feature parents who deal with the news that their sons are gay. The melodramatic song and dance that one has come to expect in these type of films does not materialise. Similarly the reaction of Patricia Clarkson to news that her husband (Campbell Scott) is having an affair with another man in Craig Lucas’ The Dying Gaul, is not met with an outcry about his homosexuality but a desire for revenge over his cheating.
Even the films that treated homosexuality head on did so with a knowing wink that clearly put the films in a context of an era. The best and most obvious of these films was That Man: Peter Berlin, Jim Tushinki’s tribute to
the international gay icon of the 19705.
The real outcry was left with the announcements, at the International Cinema close to Alexanderplatz, of the winners of the Teddy Awards. A Teddy, with prize money, is awarded for best feature film, best short film and best documentary/essay. Two out of the three prizes went to straight directors who had made queer films. The best film Teddy went to a seven months pregnant Argentinian, Anahi Berneri, for her graphic look at the S&M practices of a dying AIDS sufferer. Straight man Jay Duplass picked up the prize for best short film for his tale on outing, The Intervention. For my money, the Teddy jury were spot on, as they acknowledged that the traditional view on what is and isn’t a queer film needs to be given a work
over. (Kaleem Aftab)
I BootyLUSHous Medina. 45 47 Lothian Street. 225 (1313. 10pm .5ain. £2 hel‘ore midnight; £3 alter. Laid hack Sunday Social with DJ I)ale Lash. Simmone Black and occasional guests mixing tip R&B. hip hop. soul and tank.
I Taste The Liquid Room. ‘lc Victoria Street. 225 2564. I Ipm 3am. 1.5 below I 1.30pm; £8 alter «to members). The capital's infamous Sunday night session continues to ol‘ler the perfect end to the weekend. Fisher ('4; I’rice supply a progressiye mix of house and garage in the main room with a lull on Iiaster Weekend Special.
I Polysuper Mood. ()inni. (ireenside Place. 5.50 1640. Illpm—3am. £4 t£2i. With I)J I’ete Himsworth. I)J Niniey and DJ Midi. The place where anything. and almost anyone. goes. In case you I'orgot.
your social lile needn't end when the week begins.
I CC Blooms (.(i Blooms. 2‘ 24 (irecnsidc Place. .556 (l H I.
Ill.3llpin 3am. I'iree. See Tho.
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23 24 (irecnside I’lace. 55o 93} I.
IIIRlem 3am. I~ree. See 'Ihu.
I Vibe Iago. I4 I’icardy Place. .553 l37l. I lpm 3am. £3. James Longworth keeps a check the decks. while the Dancing Stud Mullins. the Singing Hairy Bloke and the Miming Nun take weird to a w hole new Ieyel. I)on't say we didn't warn ya.
Wednesdays
I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23. 24 (ireenside Place. .556 933]. III.3Ilpm 3am. I‘rec. See 'I'hu.