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Retake (2016 Film)
''Retake'' is a 2016 American LGBT drama directed by Nick Corporon and starring Tuc Watkins and Devon Graye. It premiered at San Francisco's Frameline Festival in 2016 at the historic Castro theatre. The film went on to screen at multiple film festivals and was picked up for distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures, playing in Los Angeles in January 2017. It was released on VOD and DVD later that month. Plot The mysterious Jonathan (Tuc Watkins) travels to San Francisco and looks to hire a male escort. He initially hires Scotty (Kit Williamson) and it does not go well. He returns to the streets and finds an unnamed hustler (Devon Graye). After a night of sex and polaroids, Jonathan offers to pay the escort to accompany him on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, no questions asked. Eager to leave his own life behind, the escort accepts and the two start out on a road trip through the American Southwest. Jonathan asks the hustler to go by the name “Brandon.” The two have an immed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Corporon
Nick Corporon is an American filmmaker who directed the feature film ''Retake'' (2016) and the short films ''Barbie Boy'' and ''Last Call''. Early life and education Corporon was born in Parsons, Kansas and raised in Lexington, Missouribr>Film Festival Celebrates Its Kansas City Roots - OutVoicesHe attended Missouri State University and received his Master of Fine Arts from Chapman University. Career Corporon wrote and directed the short film ''Last Call'' (2009) as his graduate thesis at Chapman University. It played at the Frameline Film Festival, CineGear Film Festival, and Palm Springs International Shortfest. It was distributed by Peccadillo Pictures in the UK. His short film ''Barbie Boy'' (2012) played at The Austin Film Festival. It won the prestigious Alfred C. Kinsey prize for "Continuing the Discussion on Gender" and the audience award for Best Short at Dances with Films. His feature directional debut ''Retake'' premiered at the 2016 Frameline Film Festival and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castro Theatre
The Castro Theatre is a historic movie palace in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The venue became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, it was built in 1922 with a California Churrigueresque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window surmounted by a scrolling pediment framing a niche—to the basilica of Mission Dolores nearby. Its designer, Timothy L. Pflueger, also designed Oakland's Paramount Theater and other movie theaters in California during that period. The theater has more than 1,400 seats (approx. 800 downstairs and 600 in the balcony). Location and history The Castro Theatre originally opened at 479 Castro Street in 1910. It was subsequently remodeled into a retail store (currently occupied by Cliff's Variety, since 1971) in the mid-1920s after the larger Castro Theatre was built at 429 Castro Street, its current location, only a few doors up from the original theatre. The Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuc Watkins
Charles Curtis "Tuc" Watkins III (born September 2, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles as David Vickers on ''One Life to Live'', Mr. Burns in ''The Mummy (1999 film), The Mummy'', Bob Hunter (Desperate Housewives), Bob Hunter on ''Desperate Housewives'', Congressman Roger Harris on ''Black Monday (TV series), Black Monday'', Hank in ''The Boys in the Band (2020 film), The Boys in the Band'', Troy on ''The Other Two (TV series), The Other Two'', and Colin McKenna on ''Uncoupled''. Early life and education Charles Curtis Watkins III was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Parkway West High School (Missouri), Parkway West High School in 1985. He then attended Indiana University Bloomington where he majored in Bachelor of Communications, communications with a triple minor in theatre, psychology, and French. He has a younger sister, Courtney, born in 1968. Career Watkins started his career with guest appearances on various television series including ''Baywatch' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Williamson
Kit Williamson (born November 13, 1985) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for creating, writing, directing, and starring in the dark comedy series ''EastSiders'' on Netflix. For his work on the series, he has been nominated for several Indie Series Awards and Daytime Emmy Awards. Early life He was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi and attended Interlochen Arts Academy, an arts boarding school in northern lower Michigan. He later attended Fordham University and received his MFA from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Career ''EastSiders'' In 2012, Williamson created the web series ''EastSiders''; two episodes were launched on YouTube in December 2012. Williamson crowdfunded the remaining episodes on Kickstarter, raising over $25,000. The subsequent second and third seasons were also successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter. In 2014, Wolfe Video became the series official distributor. The series was sold to Netflix in 2016, and a third s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Graye
Devon Graye Fleming is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for portraying teenage Dexter in the TV series '' Dexter'', as well as the second Trickster in ''The Flash''. He also wrote the 2019 horror film '' I See You''. Early life Graye was born in Mountain View, California. He was homeschooled by his parents, while moving around California. Although Graye is American, he lived in the United Kingdom for all four years of high school before moving back to Pleasanton when he was 16. He studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Career Graye began his career on the stage, leading as Stanley in a stage adaption of Louis Sachar's '' Holes''. The show played at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from September to October 2005. He then moved to Los Angeles at 18 in hopes to begin his acting career. After just three months, he was cast in his first role with ABC's ''A House Divided'' alongside Dylan McDermott. Just a few months late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Phillips (actor)
Derek Phillips (born April 18, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Billy Riggins in the NBC sports drama series '' Friday Night Lights'', as well as providing the voice and motion capture of Jerry Anderson in the action-adventure survival horror video game ''The Last of Us Part II''. He has also voiced characters in video games such as ''Dishonored'', ''The Last of Us'', ''Life Is Strange'', ''Battlefield Hardline'', ''Fallout 4'', and ''Rise of the Tomb Raider''. He currently voices Heron on the Netflix animated series ''Blood of Zeus''. Early life Phillips was born in Miami, Florida, on April 18, 1976. He attended Westminster Christian School in Palmetto Bay, Florida, where he played football alongside future MLB baseball players Alex Rodriguez and Doug Mientkiewicz. He later attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he received a BFA in acting. Career Upon graduating, Phillips moved to New York City to look for acting roles. He performed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydelle Noel
Sydelle Noel (; born July 16, 1985) is an American actress and former athlete, best known for her role as Cherry "Junkchain" Bang in '' GLOW''. Early life Noel was born in Hollywood, Florida. She studied at the University of Georgia on a track scholarship. Her professional running career lasted for several years, but ended due to a stress fracture A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over time. Instead of resulting from a single severe impact, stress fractures are the result of accumulated injury from repeated submaximal loading, such as running .... Career Noel moved into sports modeling, moving to California in 2004, before starting acting. Filmography Television Film References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noel, Sydelle 1985 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses Noel, Sydelle University of Georgia alumni 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Pasqualino
Luca Giuseppe Pasqualino (born 19 February 1990) is a British actor. He is best known for portraying Freddie McClair in the television series '' Skins'' (2009–2010), d'Artagnan in the television series '' The Musketeers'' (2014–2016) and Elvis Harte in '' Our Girl'' (2016–2020). Early life Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to Italian parents from Sicily and Naples. His father is the owner of a chain of salons. He attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough. There he joined the drama club, attended weekly workshops in the area, and performed in local productions. Career In 2008, Pasqualino was cast in his first role at 18 when he became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series '' Skins.'' He portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil. The following year, Pasqualino made his film debut as the protagonist in the low-budget film ''Stingers Rule!'' about a local f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frameline Film Festival
The Frameline Film Festival (also known as San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival and formerly known as San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival; San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) is an annual event that screens and celebrates films by and about LGBTQ people, established in 1976. The festival is organized by Frameline, a nonprofit media arts organization whose mission statement is "to change the world through the power of queer cinema". It is the oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world. With annual attendance ranging from 60,000 to 80,000, it is the largest LGBTQ+ film exhibition event. It is also the most well-attended LGBTQ+ arts event in the San Francisco Bay Area. The festival is held every year in late June according to a schedule that allows the eleven-day event's closing night to coincide with the City's annual Gay Pride Day, which takes place on the last Sunday of the month. History The festival began as a storefront event i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
