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Hamish Downie’s Playlist for June
Hamish Downie has a column that started back in December of 2021 as his Holiday playlist. It was so popular that he decided to make it a monthly recurring column with a movie playlist for each month. Thanks, Hamish, for creating a new concept for TG Geeks. If you have seen any of these films,…
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Andrea’s Angle | “Inside” – Artistic Performance
For this film, I admit to wanting to watch it merely to see Willem Dafoe, who is an excellent actor. I did wonder briefly if he could carry an entire film by himself, but after watching the movie, he had a masterful and artistic performance that was more than sufficient. I would say this is…
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Hamish Downie’s Five Questions with Daniel “Dusty” Albanese
TGG: Could you tell us about yourself? DA: For the past 15 years, I’ve mostly been known for my work as a street photographer through my blog TheDustyRebel. There I’ve documented various urban subcultures—such as political movements, buskers, and street artists. In fact, street art is what I’m most known for. I’ve contributed to dozens…
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Why is Independent Film Making (Indie Filmmaking) Important?
ED: While Keith is recovering, it was decided to share this wonderful insight from him regarding why independent filmmaking is so important to us. We hope you enjoy this little blast from the past. Independent filmmaking could be considered a rather broad category of filmmaking, from shorts to feature-length films to web series. In fact,…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 411
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about the TG Geeks year in review. Please forgive our voices, we visited the cold for Christmas and came back with sore throats and stuffiness (Not COVID). We had so many things we did besides us just chatting on the podcast, we had a…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 408
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Sean Lionadh, Director of a short film entitled “Too Rough.” This film comes to us from Scotland and has qualified for Oscar consideration on two separate occasions, as well as won numerous film festival awards and a BAFTA. We chat with Sean about how he got…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 407
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Trisha from Winter Horror Fest and the event they are producing later on this month, A Fright Before Christmas. This event is in support of Mulligan House, a group home for at-risk LGBTQ+ kids about to age out of the Foster system. It is a worthy…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 403
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 chatted about several things that were planned over this last weekend, such as attending the Los Angeles International Film Festival for a screening of “Montréal Girls” with our good friend Patricia Chica and several cast members. We also discussed several items soon to be released, albeit they were all Disney-related…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 400
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with the one and only, Gini Koch, author of the “Alien Katherine ‘Kitty’ Katt” series among a plethora of other wonderful reading material from Sci Fi to Western style and beyond. We chat about what has been happening in her life and the life of her works.…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “TÁR” is a Masterpiece That is Both Horrifying and Beautiful
Lydia Tár is a composer and world-class conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. She is one of those rare conductors who has shattered the ceiling for both women and those in the LGBTQ community. Lydia is a lesbian and in a relationship with the orchestra’s concertmaster Sharon Goodnow. Lydia has won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 395
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about our experience at CoKoCon 2022. Since we decided to just register as congoers and not work, per se, we were able to experience the con in a different light and actually enjoy ourselves. So we chatted about several highlights for us and some…
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Ben’s Breakdown | CokoCon 2022 Thoughts
CoKoCon is a local Phoenix valley convention that came about from merging Copper Con and ConKopelli Convention starting in 2018. CoKoCon is not a big convention like San Diego Comic-Con or Phoenix Fan Fusion. Instead, CoKoCon is a good-sized “fan gathering” of geeks coming together and relishing in their geekdom. One might call it a…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 393
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about several television series that we have watched and re-watched (in some cases re-watched numerous times). We look at if the series holds up under a re-watch and discuss how we approach certain series for re-watching; we consider the time period a series was…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Montréal Girls” is a Crowning Achievement for Patricia Chica
Films that deal with self-discovery are not new. From high art to pop culture, seeing protagonists achieve their potential and even self-actualize has been a part of mainstream cinema for decades. But never before have I seen it told so plainly and honestly that it would shake my very soul. I experienced that after watching…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 367
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a (spoiler free) chat with each other about a couple of new series that we are watching; The Endgame on NBC and Peacock as well as Severance a new Apple TV+ series from Ben Stiller. We also chat briefly about the debacle that will be the Academy Awards presentation…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 363
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with our good friend Brian Webber, also known as Arkle. Brian has an exciting anniversary coming up, the Fifth Anniversary of his Youtube show, Shameless CashGrab. We talked about Brian being one of our first listeners. We also chatted about his long experience with podcasting and then…
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“The Hourglass Throne” by KD Edwards Cover Reveal
The Two Gay Geeks are very excited to participate in the Cover Reveal for KD Edwards’ new “Tarot Sequence” Novel, The Hourglass Throne from Pyr Books. This is such a great piece of art and evokes a tremendous amount of emotion (we may be biased since we have already seen a copy). The artist who…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 356
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Carl Thiel, Director and Taylor Wallace, Star of the short film, “Displaced”. We find out how Carl and Taylor came together to make the film and talk briefly about Carl’s involvement with film making prior to making this film. Have a listen and we hope you…
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DaVette “Sees” Movies | WEST SIDE STORY REVIEW – It’s Art, for Steven’s Sake
West Side Story opens tomorrow night, and all of us who love either the stage version, the original film version, or both, can relax: it is a very good film. This is one of those movies that is referred to as “one of the most anticipated films of the year”, for many reasons, the main…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 353
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Ryan Gebhart about his “Jewel of Life” series and the entry, Shadow of the Lost. Ryan tells us how he got into writing and eventually wound up as an architect in the Washington, DC area, along with all the twists and turns. Have a listen and…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 352
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Crystal Manich, Director of The Copper Queen film. Crystal shares her background and how she came to Arizona Opera to direct the then stage production of The Copper Queen and then on to the film version and how this film is on the forefront of transforming…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 349
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with author, Rory Michaelson. Rory has written two books that perfectly fit in with the Halloween theme, Lesser Known Monsters and The Bone Gate. He tells us how he got into writing and how these books got their start. There are some interesting tidbits in this interview.…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “Dune” is an artistic achievement, but is also dull
There have been science fiction books that were so epic that people either tried to adapt them to the big screen and failed or wouldn’t even attempt it. This very year we have already seen two such epics make it to the big and small (or “not quite as big” for those with large screen…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 340
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with David R Slayton about his new book, “Trailer Park Trickster,” due out October 21st from Blackstone Publishing. We also get a rundown of “White Trash Warlock” for those that may not be familiar with David’s books and a little information on his background. As always, it…
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Andrea’s Angle | “The Lost Leonardo” – Fascinating Portrait of the Art World
One of my primary interests, when I went to college, was art and music, ending with a minor in fine arts. So any film about art is going to intrigue me and make me want to watch it. But this film is a step beyond that. It documents the inside story of the most expensive…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 332
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat about Pride Month and a few of the items we have watched for Pride. We also celebrate the actual day of the Stonewall Rebellion with some thoughts on where we have been and how far we have come in the quest for LGBTQ+ Equality. We hope you…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 329
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Marcy Rockwell who writes under the name Marsheila Rockwell. We chat about how she got into writing as well as her current work. Marcy writes in the fantasy genre and also writes poetry and she tells us where her work can be found. Have a listen…
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Hamish Downie’s Five Questions With Belle Adams
Editor Note: Hamish has another in his series of Five Questions With… Hamish came up with this idea because he was accumulating too much material for his Famous News Sushi column and asked if he could do these mini-interviews. Why would we say no? Thank you Hamish for being such a trooper for us. We…
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TG geeks Webcast Episode 324
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with John Berardo, director of the new film, Initiation, out May 7th. We chat about what caught his attention about horror and how he got into filmmaking. We also chat about the film and what spurred him to make this film. John and keith also have something…
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Hamish Downie’s Five Questions With Ace Artemis
Editor Note: Hamish has another in his series of Five Questions With… Hamish came up with this idea because he was accumulating too much material for his Famous News Sushi column and asked if he could do these mini-interviews. Why would we say no? Thank you Hamish for being such a trooper for us. We…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 306
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat among themselves about 2020 as our year in review. The year that saw a number of milestones for us as well as a few sad items. The year known as The Great Pause. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 303
The Two Gay Geeks have a chat with a guest we have had on in the past, our good friend, Russ Emanuel about his new film, Staycation. He tells us about the film and the Indiegogo campaign that is currently running for finishing funds. There are a lot of great perks for contributing. We catch…
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Ben’s Breakdown | There Is Power With Silence In “Sound of Metal”
As a child, I had the enormous pleasure to be introduced to students who were deaf. They were in the classroom next to mine, and because my teacher was learning American Sign Language she thought it was a good idea to be introduced to these students. There was also a student in my class who…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 285
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Olivia and Nonir, who are the writing team of OE Tearmann who write Aces High, Joker’s Wild a queer cyberpunk series. We discuss both of their careers and how they came together to write the Aces High, Jokers Wild series. It was a fascinating conversation. Have…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 284
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about their re-watch of the entire 7 years of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as well as the documentary “What We Left Behind” about the series. We chat about the many social issues they touched on and the move to make the series more…
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Ben’s Breakdown | “The Absence of Presence” shows the greatness of Kansas
I have written the odd review here and there about music or a recording. I don’t do it very often unless motivated by something that gives me that special, giddy feeling. It’s rare and I never thought it to happen to me again. Well, as I’ve said many times, I love a good surprise and…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 248
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Scott J. Ramsey, writer and Director of the new film X. He shares how he got started in the film world and what is in store in the future. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did. About Scott…
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Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Arizona Opera takes a heartbreaking look at history with “Fellow Travelers.”
It is the era of McCarthy. The “Red Scare” is in full effect and the country is whipped up in anti-communist fever. A young man is sitting at a park bench. He is busy writing when he is spied upon by an older man, who then makes friendly overtures towards him. They introduce themselves to…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 241
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Camille Hollett-French, a director who was featured at Slamdance Film Festival this year. We chat about how she got started in filmmaking and how she created her film, In the Absence of Angels. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we…
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The 28th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Announces Film Lineup
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release form our friends at David Magdael & Associates about the 28th Annual Hot Springs Film Festival. As everyone knows, we are high fans of film festivals and independent creators. This lineup of films looks to make this year a great success. This is the longest running all…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 237
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Riley and Angela the creative force behind Pactless Patrons, a new mini web series with a fascinating premise. They tell us how they came up with the concept and how everyone can be a part by helping with the Kickstarter. Have a listen and we hope…