Articles By david ehrenstein

Don Bachardy on Christopher Isherwood, the Man He Loved

Wed, Jul 2, 2008, 7:14 pm

L.A. portrait artist remembers the author, 30 years his senior, with whom he shared a life

Off-White Like Me

Wed, Mar 26, 2008, 5:00 pm

Biracial? Tell it to the hosts of Fox and Friends. Obama is black.

The Killing of a Gay Oxnard Student

Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 10:15 am

Lawrence King: Punch-drunk Hate

Todd Haynes: Far From Hollywood

Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 10:04 am

With his kaleidoscopic Bob Dylan anti-biopic, the director takes a bold leap back to his avant-garde roots

Skip the Movie, Wait for the Lawsuit

Wed, Dec 27, 2006, 7:00 pm

Factory Girl fudges the Warhol legend

The U.K. in L.A.

Wed, Nov 22, 2006, 12:00 pm

or, How to be Cary Grant

Phaidra Film Series

Wed, Oct 25, 2006, 6:00 pm

Gregory Markopoulos' Twice a Man and Jules Dassin’s Phaedra

Horsefeathers!

Thu, Dec 29, 2005, 12:00 am

Pundits can’t stop calling Brokeback Mountain a “breakthrough.” The question is: Why?

Foreign Affairs

Thu, Sep 1, 2005, 12:00 am

The box-office slump of 2005 is a reality, regardless of what language you speak

Trusting Gregg

Thu, May 26, 2005, 12:00 am

From Third Rock to Araki with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

David Ehrenstein, Meet David Ehrenstein

Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 12:00 am

It all began simply enough, as extraordinary things often do. About three years ago…

Cue the Fat Lady

Thu, Mar 17, 2005, 12:00 am

Cultural barriers go tumbling down the aisle

Directing With Bifocals

Thu, Jan 27, 2005, 12:00 am

The double vision of Head-On's Fatih Akin

The Isherwood Equation

Thu, Dec 9, 2004, 12:00 am

Peter Parker’s massive biography considers the life, the literature and Los Angeles

Breathing While Black

Thu, Sep 30, 2004, 12:00 am

Confessions of a 'post-Negro'

Time of Misery

Thu, Jul 29, 2004, 12:00 am

AIDS: Snoozing after the wake-up call

Swallow This, Deep Throat

Thu, Apr 22, 2004, 12:00 am

A case for silencing anonymous sources

Hollywood Splendor

Thu, Mar 11, 2004, 12:00 am

Gavin Lambert on Natalie Wood, Vivian Leigh and the meaning of stardom

Death in the Afternoon

Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 12:00 am

Before AIDS got its name

The Perp of Pop

Thu, Nov 27, 2003, 12:00 am

One more time, with feeling

Get Me to the Church on Time and a Half for Overtime

Thu, Nov 13, 2003, 12:00 am

The state of marriage, gay and straight, in a heterosexual dictatorship

Sexual Snobbery

Wed, Aug 28, 2002, 12:00 am

The texture of Joseph Epstein

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