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[Critic's Pick] WEEKEND On a Friday night, young Brits Russell (Tom Cullen) and Glen (Chris New) meet in a Nottingham bar, go back to Russell's flat, have drunken sex, then fall asleep. Saturday morning brings awkwardness, coffee and, then, a peculiar conversation starter from Glen, a budding artist. Russell, a semicloseted swimming pool lifeguard, reluctantly plays along and starts talking about what he's been feeling from the instant he first saw Glen. And so it begins — a two-day conversation that's filled with intimacy and revelation, interspersed with increasingly intense sex, a heated philosophical argument or two, and a growing awareness between the two men that they are sparking change in one another. Which is terrifying. The debut feature of writer-director Andrew Haigh, Weekend is a small, perfect thing, a likely classic, I think — and not just a gay one. (C.W.)
[Critic's Pick] WE WERE HERE It's impossible for a single film to capture the devastation wrought by AIDS, or the heroism with which many in the LGBT community responded to it. But director David Weissman's documentary is such a powerful achievement because he just about does it. Focusing on the arrival, detonation and devastation of AIDS in San Francisco (after first reminding viewers how and why the city was a queer utopia), Weissman employs standard documentary tools — stock footage, home movies, smart talking heads — to wonderful effect. It's that last component that makes the film: Armed with just their voices, wit, humor and memories, the film's interviewees break your heart with their stories. (E.H.)
Weekend, screening Wednesday, July 13, at Outfest
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Directors Guild of America Theatre
7920 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
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Region: Hollywood
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REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
631 W. Second St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Region: Downtown
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OUTFEST 2011: THE 29TH LOS ANGELES GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL | July 7-17 | DGA Theater, REDCAT, Sunset 5 and other venues around L.A. | Screening times and location information at outfest.org
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