Queerchatter

Queerchatter With Desi del Valle

Notstraight caught up with Desi del Valle on Facebook to ask her what’s her favourite LGBT movie and more.

Notstraight: What was the first LGBT movie you watched?

Desi del Valle: Probably The Rocky Horror Picture Show. (I think.)

Notstraight: What is your favorite genre for movies? Coming Out / Camp / Romance / Suspense / Action / Horror

Desi del Valle: Documentary

Notstraight: What is your favorite LGBT movie?

Desi del Valle: That’s a tough one. I honestly can’t say.

Notstraight: What is your favorite Heterosexual movie?

Desi del Valle: It was Casablanca for a long time, but I think I’ve […]

Queerchatter with Beth Mairs

Notstraight caught up with Beth Mairs on Facebook to ask her what’s her favourite LGBT movie and more.

Notstraight: What was the first LGBT movie you watched?

Beth Mairs: Two years before I came out, I desperately wanted to see Personal Best but imagined that expressing an interest in the film would “out” me so I avoided it. The closest I ever got to seeing Personal Best was a hilarious skit by SCTV called “Chariot of Eggs” – a mash up between PB and Chariots of Fire with Catherine O-Hara and Andrea Martin. On the other side of coming […]

Queerchatter with Thom Fitzgerald

Notstraight caught up with Thom Fitzgerald on Facebook to ask him what’s his favourite LGBT movie and more.

Notstraight: What was the first LGBT movie you watched?

Thom Fitzgerald: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Notstraight: What is your favorite genre for movies? Coming Out / Camp / Romance / Suspense / Action / Horror

Thom Fitzgerald: Any genre is good with me if the movie is good.

Notstraight: What is your favorite LGBT movie?

Thom Fitzgerald: Gosh. What a question. Just one? Maybe All About My Mother…… I love the yearning and deep respect that permeates that movie.

Notstraight: What is […]

Queerchatter with Nicole Conn

Notstraight caught up with Director Nicole Conn on Facebook to ask her what’s her favourite LGBT movie and more.

Notstraight: What was the first LGBT movie you watched?

Nicole Conn: "Desert Hearts" which made me know that I wanted to be a filmmaker and that’s when I made "Claire of the Moon".

Notstraight: What is your favorite genre for movies? Coming Out / Camp / Romance / Suspense / Action / Horror

Nicole Conn: I love beautifully crafted films in any genre – but I’m also a huge fan of European cinema where tiny moments that don’t drive the […]