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It’s here, children! We’ve finally arrived at the premiere of season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race! Not that we should complain about waiting considering we got a bonus All Stars season last fall, but when you’re talking the most joyous show on television enough is never enough.
So it doesn’t please me to say that this season premiere left me begging for more in the worst kind of way. While the episode starts out with the usual high energy and first day of school nerves as we meet every queen entering the workroom, we don’t get much of the queens beyond this introduction. The energy flatlines right around the second commercial break when much hyped presence of guest judge Lady Gaga establishes the challenge: a non-elimination Miss Charisma Uniqueness Nerve & Talent Pageant, each queen presenting a look representing their home city and a Gaga recreation.
Chris here. We're only one week away from the return of RuPaul's Drag Race on March 24, one of our favorite shows here at The Film Experience! As if the news of Lady Gaga guest judging and a stellar interview in Vanity Fair with Mama Ru herself weren't enough to bring our anticipation to a fever pitch, we just got our first extended look at the coming season!
And while Gaga may bring the masses, the full guest judge lineup is built to produce a chorus of gay gasps in perfect harmony. Lisa Kudrow is our most gagworthy guest and hopefully giving us all the Valerie Cherish we need to survive on her episode (though I'm the slightest bit bummed she doesn't share her episode with Mira Sorvino). The B-52s will hopefully be there for a singing challenge or "Love Shack" lipsync. However, I'm most excited and intrigued for Andie MacDowell's appearance - feel free to revive that Magic Mike XXL character, Andie!
But don't get sidetracked by the star wattage as the show's popularity continues to increase (seriously: name any other show that has steadily built its fanbase in its ninth season). The show is for the queens! And the contestants this season already promise to bring a range of fresh talents and plentiful drama. From the Meet the Queens interviews, my heart already belongs to Nina Bo'Nina Brown and Sasha Velour, even if my instincts tell me they'll be the type of queens that we adore before a contoversial elimination. Check out the new trailer and tell us in the comments what queens and guest judges have you most excited!
Every day, different angles on a 2016 wrap up. Tonight Nathaniel with the year's best musical short films...
It's true. They're more commonly referred to as "Music Videos" but since they have their roots in the Movie Musical, we think of them as short film descendants of that greatest of film genres. Music videos, which exploded so spectacularly in the 1980s with the dawn of MTV but experienced something like a midlife death rather than crisis, when MTV dropped the music part of music television, have roared back to life in the past decade with YouTube Vimeo and other saviors. The medium is alive and well and arguably healthier than ever (until the next platform crisis at least).
Though Beyonce's Lemonade dominated the conversation, 2016 actually produced a remarkable number of musical shorts that one might include under the umbrella of "Women Gone Wild," a subgenre equal parts political, erotic, and psychological...
Comics AllianceThe Flash movie, starring Ezra Miller, loses its Dope director MNPP Matthias Schoenaerts and Jane Fonda on set together! The New York on The Handmaiden and lesbian historical fiction EW will give us an extensive first look at Beauty and the Beast in the new issue
The Film Doctor on Woody Allen's Cafe Society - have you caught up with this on dvd? i09 because once you are all about being on-brand, like Johnny Depp, you can't ever leave franchise-verse, he'll be joining the Potterverse for a Fantastic Beasts sequel /Film speaking of Ezra Miller is giving a history of the Potterverse to promote Fantastic Beasts Time Out Two time Tony winner Tammy Grimes (mother of Amanda Plummer) dies at 92 D List after a brief internet freakout Idris Elba denies that he's dating Madonna Superhero Hype set photos from The Defenders (Netflix's answer to The Avengers) though for now its mostly just Jessica Jones in her trademark leather jacket, blue jeans, and perma-scowl
NY Times "Warren Beatty wants six hours of your time" a profile Jezebel ,,,Rich Juzwiak on the write-around of that piece I Like Things That Look Like Mistakes Kyle Turner on the camp value of Lady Gaga's "Joanne" IndieWire you can now stream Michael Giacchino's Dr Strange's score in its entirety Reel Talk time for reunion TV to go?
Towleroad Jack O'Connell will star in Andrew Haigh's Alexander McQueen biopic. Good casting MTV Is Jon Hamm funny... when the punchline is always just, "Jon Hamm" Guardian Tom Hardy to play famous Antartica explorer in 1914 set film /Film Scott Derrickson says he wants to make a Doctor Strange sequel 'in the vein of The Dark Knight'. First the Inception inspired visuals than this? Someone take his Chris Nolan dvds away pronto! Tracking Board Catherine Keener joins Del Toro & Brolin for the Sicario sequel called Soldado The Talkhouse Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce sings the praise of...wait for it... John Travolta & Lily Tomlin in infamous Moment By Moment (1978)
Express Susan Sarandon in costume as Bette Davis for Feud Interview talks to rising star Alden Ehrenreich - great photoshoot too Comics Alliance shares concept art from Suicide Squad that wasn't used. Too colorful and fantastically gorgeous (Enchantress) - not grimy and ugly enough for Warner Bros / DC comic aesthetic! Nerds of Color grades the reviews for Doctor Strange on how they deal with the Swinton casting as The Ancient One i09Star Trek: Discovery just lost Bryan Fuller as its showrunner Variety Apparently Jude & Robert are going to make yet another Sherlock Holmes movie. Wasn't 2 enough? /Film Shaun The Sheep Movie is getting a sequel. Hopefully this one will have a less awkward title Coming Soon lots of photos from the set of Thor: Ragnarok as it wraps filming
Gay Gay Gay People Trevante Rhodes talks about playing gay in Moonlight (straight stars are getting much better at these interviews but one wishes gay actors could get a crack at some of these key gay roles) VarietyWill & Grace considering a possible TV revival after their election special reunion THR Sean Hayes apologizes for not coming out sooner while receiving a prize from OutFest Kenneth in the (212) Stonewall Fundraising Event gets help from icons like Cher, Madonna & Steve Nicks
TV Playbill Patti LuPone on joining Crazy Ex Girlfriend YouTube John Cleese recap of The Walking Dead's first six seasons - it's funny and I don't even watch the show Vulture reminds me why I don't watch the show by discussing its more exploitative qualities when it comes to the violence Fusion a great piece on the non-sexualized dude robots on Westworld
Just 4 Fun Gothamist best dog costumes at Halloween in Thompson Square Park including movie spoofs like Human Centipede, The Little Shop of Horrors, and Harry Potter Vulture remembering the best Celebrity Vines
Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 8:00PM 
by Chris Feil
