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Exclusive: Frank Lloyd Wright, the man dubbed the “greatest American architect of all time” by the American Institute of Architects, is set to have his iconic work turned into its own television series and films.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Los Feliz creation The Ennis House was used in Blade Runner. Now, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has struck a deal with Galisteo Media to develop and produce content based on his work. This includes scripted series and films as well as non-fiction projects.

Galisteo Media, which was co-founded by Rob Rosenheck and Cindy Capobianco, stewards of The Ennis House, will have access to the IP of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, including exclusive rights to produce content featuring Wright’s life and works in Los Angeles during his years there in the 1920s, the period when Wright created his iconic Mayan Revival textile block houses including The Ennis House, The Millard House in Pasadena,...

The flair for the theatrical is at the core of “Lavender Men.” The film is set in a small theater where a rather mediocre play about Abraham Lincoln is being staged. But no sooner has the proverbial curtain come down on that self-serious proposition (with but a handful of people in the audience) than Lovell Holder’s film, co-written by creator and star Roger Q. Mason, truly begins. Described as a “fantasia” created within the mind of Mason’s Taffeta (the play’s stage manager), “Lavender Men” is a heady and meta-theatrical excavation of Lincoln’s long-rumored gay affair that’s wildly ambitious if a tad overstuffed.

“Lavender Men” began, as seems obvious from its logline, as a play. With Taffeta, a self-described Black, Filipinx, queer plus-size character, Mason devised a theatrical conceit wherein the stage would help recast the sanitized version of Lincoln the U.S. has been presented in schools.

Exclusive: Indie distribution company Entertainment Squad has acquired dormant LGBTQ+ label PrideFlix and appointed former Odin’s Eye exec Martin Gallery as Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions.

Gallery will spearhead acquisitions for the revitalized label and focus on Entertainment Squad’s international sales slate, meeting with buyers at EFM Berlin next month.

Entertainment Squad has previously been active in the LGBTQ+ space with releases such as Summoning Sylvia, Exteriors, and Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln. Under Gallery’s leadership, the label aims to expand its number of acquisitions.

“We’re thrilled to breathe new life into PrideFlix,” said Shaked Berenson, CEO of U.S. outfit Entertainment Squad. “Martin’s expertise in international sales and acquisitions, coupled with his deep understanding of the evolving industry landscape, makes him the ideal person to lead this effort. Together, we aim to amplify LGBTQ+ voices and stories that inspire,...

Look over the menagerie of LGBT movies and TV shows released in 2024 carefully enough, and you’ll find as many hidden gems as you will worsening cracks. In others words, there’s good news and bad news — but in the year’s overall impressive lineup, also a glimmer of hope.

On the small screen, the seemingly unending aftermath of the streaming bubble burst from 2022 saw the “Cancel Your Gays” trend push forward as LGBT series ended abruptly, and fewer projects were green lit to take their place. Stand-up comedy specials, particularly those at Netflix, continued to platform contradictory political voices with hugely disparate views about human rights — which created some bizarre situations, for good and for bad.

There have been reported declines in onscreen queer representation across film too, albeit not as stark as those impacting actors on television. Still, looking back at a year that included several remarkable success stories from throughout queer cinema,...

The filmmakers behind Lover of Men, the new documentary examining whether former President Abraham Lincoln may have been gay, are proud of the film that they made, regardless of the trolling from conservative pundits.

Director Shaun Peterson’s feature Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln is now playing in theaters and will be available via VOD on Oct. 8. The movie uses interviews with prominent Lincoln scholars, in addition to dramatizations and access to never-before-seen photographs and letters, to suggest that the revered politician had romantic relationships with men. The film focuses on four men — including close friend Joshua Speed — with whom Lincoln shared a bed at separate points in his life, according to this research.

“I’ve been researching this for a very long time, since around 2007,” Peterson tells The Hollywood Reporter. “[There was] fluidity that existed throughout human history, before the words and ideas ‘homosexual’ and ‘heterosexual’ were...

In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer.

The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and historians and never-before seen photographs and letters that argue that there is no denying that Lincoln had sexual relations with men. The film presents a plethora of evidence that the former president was involved with a series of men — four of significance. One of those men was Joshua Speed, with whom Lincoln shared a bed with for four years, according to the film which says it is widely documented.

“Lover Of Men’ explores not just Lincoln’s sexual preferences but the history of human sexual fluidity and the profound differences between sexual mores of the nineteenth century and those of today.

The doc, which makes its theatrical debut on Friday, recently partnered with Special Occasion Studios and the Human Rights Campaign...

The upcoming Abraham Lincoln documentary, Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln, explores the relationships former President Lincoln had with the men in his life. Special Occasion Studios, who is producing the film, has announced a partnership with the Human Rights Campaign. Announced on Thursday, Variety reported the partnership between the two. If tickets are purchased through the Human Rights Campaign link, a portion of the proceeds from the purchase of tickets will benefit the Hrc. HRCs vice president of membership Dane Grams spoke about the partnership, saying he was proud to be part of the film's release and be the exclusive beneficiary of the documentary.

"It is an important conversation, at an important time in our nation as we barrel toward a consequential election in which our freedoms including our freedom to love who we love and be who we are and live openly with pride are on the line.

Special Occasion Studios and the Human Rights Campaign (Hrc) announced Thursday a partnership with the new feature documentary film, “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln.”

Opening Sept. 6 and directed by Shaun Peterson, “Lover of Men” examines Lincoln’s intimate and romantic relationships with men throughout his life.

A portion of tickets sales from “Lover of Men” will benefit Hrc when moviegoers use the organization’s custom ticket purchase link.

“The Human Rights Campaign is proud to be the exclusive beneficiary of ‘Lover of Men,’” said Hrc’s vice president of membership Dane Grams. “It is an important conversation, at an important time in our nation — as we barrel toward a consequential election in which our freedoms — including our freedom to love who we love and be who we are and live openly with pride — are on the line.”

The documentary features Lincoln scholars and never-before seen photographs and letters.

Was Abraham Lincoln gay? That’s the thesis behind the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln.” From director Shaun Peterson, the film stays away from gossips and sticks with facts as told by historians such as Professor John Stauffer and Professor

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