Gay culture both high and low can be found in a collection of documentaries this week: Just in time for Mardi Gras season comes the story of New Orleans’ queer history in The Sons of Tennessee Williams (above). Meanwhile, halfway around the world, a queer Peruvian searches his soul in the documentary Paolo. And in Man 2 Man , some of our relationship habits are put under the microscope. Then there’s David DeCoteau’s latest fleshy fantasy, 1313:Cougar Cult, which makes us wonder what’s going on in the director’s head. Enjoy!
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Tiny Furniture
($39.95 BluRay, $29.95 DVD, The Criterion Collection)
In both this, her breakthrough film, and HBO’s upcoming Girls, writer-director-actress Lena Dunham captures the zeitgeist of early 20-somethings. Here Dunham plays Aura, a flaky, self-entitled college graduate who moves back in with her artist mom and insufferable younger sister. As we see Aura sleepwalk through her hostessing job and two ill-conceived relationships, Dunham—a sort of anti-Kardashian—exploits her least flattering angles and neurosis for comedic effect. This Criterion Collection DVD really packs in the extras: A conversation between Dunham and idol Nora Ephron, plus an essay by critic Phillip Lopate, four of Dunham’s previous shorts and her first feature film, Creative Nonfiction.
ALSO OUT ON DVD:
The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict)
The Debt (Focus Features)
Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence (IFC Films)
Bros on Bikes (MVD Entertainment)
American Teacher (First Run Features)
