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Shortbus
''Shortbus'' is a 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The plot revolves around a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in an early 2000s New York City. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s. According to Mitchell, the film attempts to "employ sex in new cinematic ways because it's too interesting to leave to porn." ''Shortbus'' includes a variety of explicit scenes containing non-simulated sexual intercourse with visible penetration and male ejaculation. Plot In New York City, Sofia Lin, a couples counselor/sex therapist, is married to the handsome but unambitious and slightly dim-witted Rob. She comes into contact with a couple: slightly egotistical former child star Jamie and former sex worker James, the film's other lead character. At the outset, James suggests to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is a two-time Tony Award winning American actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director. He is best known as the writer, director and star of the 2001 film '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', which is based on the musical of the same name that he wrote the book for. He also portrayed the role of Joe Exotic in the Peacock limited series '' Joe vs. Carole'' in 2022. Early years Mitchell was born in El Paso, Texas and was raised on a variety of military bases in Kansas, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Germany. His father, John Henderson Mitchell, was a U.S. Army major general and the U.S. Commander of West Berlin from 1984 to 1988. His mother, Joan Cameron Mitchell, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, immigrated to the United States at a young age to become an art teacher. He had an older brother who died at birth and three younger brothers: Christopher Lloyd, Colin Mackenzie, and Samuel Latham, the last of whom died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dawson (actor)
Paul Dawson is an American actor, DJ, and writer. In the 2006 comedy-drama, comedy-drama film ''Shortbus'', written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, he played the secretly suicidal former prostitute James. Career ''Shortbus'' The film ''Shortbus'' is noted for its explicit depiction of sexual activity, and, though Dawson is featured in one of the film's most graphic scenes, it was his portrayal of depression that garnered the critics' attention. "Dawson's James haunts," said David Ansen of ''Newsweek'', "the bitter taste of his despair feels real;" and a reviewer for ''TV Guide'' said that James and Jamie (played by PJ DeBoy) were perhaps the "most adorable gay couple ever." Other film credits In 1999, Dawson played Tar in ''The Blur of Insanity'', an underground comedy written and directed by John Hussar about Recreational drug use, partying and drug use in higher education, college. The following year, he played a bellboy in ''The Big Kahuna (film), The Big Kahuna'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sook-Yin Lee
Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian broadcaster, musician, film director, and actress. She is a former MuchMusic VJ and a former radio host on CBC Radio. She has appeared in films, notably in the John Cameron Mitchell movie ''Shortbus''. Early and personal life Lee was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was the second daughter of a father from Hong Kong and a mother from Mainland China, Lee was raised as a devout Roman Catholic. Her father was a post-World War II orphan from Hong Kong, and her mother an escapee from Communist China who remained in and out of psychiatric institutions when Lee was young. She grew up within a strict, secretive and unstable family. When Lee was 15, her parents split up and Lee ran away from home, for a time living on the street before eventually living with a "community of lesbians and artists". In the mid-1980s, she became the lead singer for Bob's Your Uncle, a Vancouver alternative rock band. Lee often incorporated performance art techniques into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Brannan
Jay Brannan (born March 29, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Texas and briefly studied in Ohio, but moved to California to become an actor. Brannan appeared in the 2006 movie ''Shortbus'', which included one of his songs in its soundtrack, and began to build a fan base by performing on YouTube. He released an EP and acted in '' Holding Trevor'' in 2007. Since then, he has toured and released four albums. Early life and career Brannan was born 1982 in Texas in a middle-class family and grew up as the son of a petroleum engineer and a teacher. He described his family as conservative Baptists and mentions their beliefs on homosexuality. Brannan went to college for one semester in Cincinnati, Ohio, and went to California, first to Palm Springs and later to Los Angeles, trying to become an actor. In 2002, he was shown a casting notice and, after the end of a relationship, moved to New York City and submitted an audition tape. He also worked as a proofr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Bond
Justin Vivian Bond (born May 9, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Described as "the best cabaret artist of heir!-- MOS:GENDERID --> generation" and a "tornado of art and activism", they first achieved prominence under the pseudonym of Kiki DuRane in the stage duo Kiki and Herb, an act born out of a collaboration with long-time co-star Kenny Mellman. With a musical voice self-described as "kind of woody and full with a lot of vibration", Bond is a Tony-nominated (2007) performer who has received GLAAD (2000), Obie (2001), Bessie (2004), Ethyl (2007), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (2012) awards. Bond is transgender. Early life Bond grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland. As "a trans kid in a small town", Bond recalls feeling "I wasn't being accepted for who I was, but at the time I didn't even have the words to express who I was." Meanwhile, they were taking voice lessons and singing in church and in the local community theatre. Bond studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Beamish
Lindsay Beamish is an American actress and professor, best known for her roles as Severin in ''Shortbus'' and Jamie in ''Forgetting the Girl''. As of 2015, she teaches at Emerson College and graduated from UC Santa Cruz. Early life Beamish was born and raised in Los Angeles. Career Beamish began acting early, starring in TV movies as a child during the 1980s, before finding series work on television in the 2000s, making appearances on ''CSI'', ''Gilmore Girls'', and ''Six Feet Under''. From the late 1990s to the mid 2000s, Beamish starred in Miranda July's ''Nest of Tens.'' Her role in ''Shortbus'' was praised by David Ansen in ''Newsweek'', who said "Beamish's conflicted dominatrix stands out for her understatement, she understands nuance and stillness." Beamish was nominated for a Gotham Award and made appearances at the Cannes International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and the Bergen International Film Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stickles
Peter Stickles (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as the voyeuristic Caleb in the John Cameron Mitchell film ''Shortbus'' and as Damian, leader of a gay vampire cult, in the Here TV original series ''The Lair''. Career Stickles was cast in ''Shortbus'' in 2003 from amongst some 400 actors who submitted audition tapes for the film, which was initially known as "Sex Film Project." No script had been written prior to casting and the story was built out of improvisational sessions once the cast was in place. The voyeuristic aspect of Caleb's character grew in part out of Stickles's own interests at the time. "I was exploring sex clubs at the time and not necessarily participating but watching from afar. I think John Cameron Mitchell was attracted to the idea of this whole voyeuristic aspect of the character. ... How far would you go to touch somebody from afar?" Stickles, along with others in the cast, was nominated for the Gotham Independent Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortissimo Films
Fortissimo Films is a Dutch sales, film production company specializing in the production, presentation, promotion and distribution of feature films, founded in 1991Wouter Barandrecht, Michael J. Werner - co-chairmen, Fortissimo Films ''Variety''; retrieved 2007-11-24 with offices in . Fortissimo Films’ library includes feature films, feature-length documentaries, animated films, and short subjects. The company represents over 100 films from every corner of the globe. These included features by (''2046'', ''Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungry March Band
The Hungry March Band is an American brass band with approximately 15-20 active musicians and performers. In performance, the group's size can vary from five to fifty: from a quintet to a large corps of musicians, dancers, baton twirlers, and hula hoopers. HMB has a repertoire of originals and traditionals that borrows from global brass band traditions, including Balkan Gypsy music, Indian wedding bands, and New Orleans second line. The band also references punk rock; techno, hip hop; various jazz traditions, including free jazz and bop; reggae; and chance music. They cite Sun Ra, Charlie Parker, John Cage, the Shyam Brass Band, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Rebirth Brass Band, the Skatalites, Sonic Youth, Weird Al Yankovic, and Black Sabbath as influences. History The Hungry March Band was formed in 1997 at the Happy Birthday Hideout for the purpose of performing in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Some early members were Scott Moore on sousaphone, Cuzn Johnny, Dreiky Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PJ DeBoy
Paul J. "PJ" DeBoy (born June 7, 1971) is an American actor and talk show host. Early life DeBoy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He shares his name with his cousin, actor Paul DeBoy. He and Paul are cousins of Delegate Steven J. DeBoy Sr. Career DeBoy started his career in New York, where he performed with Miss Coco Peru and Kiki and Herb. He moved to Toronto in 1998. There, he hosted the show ''Locker Room (TV series), Locker Room'' on PrideVision and the late-night talk show ''Last Call'' on CKXT-TV, Toronto 1,"Pop goes the news; Zev Shalev, the brain behind Toronto 1's current affairs shows, admits to being celebrity obsessed". ''Toronto Star'', December 20, 2003. and has appeared in various feature films such as ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2001)'', DoUlike2watch.com'' (2003), and ''Shortbus'' (2006). References External links * American male film actors American television talk show hosts American gay actors Male actors from M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). In 2015, original guitarist Dave Schramm rejoined the band and appears on their fourteenth album, '' Stuff Like That There''. Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintains a strong cult following. Though they mostly play original material, the band performs a wide repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record. History Formation and early history, 1984–1985 Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley formed the band as a couple in 1984. They chose the name Yo La Tengo, Spanish for "I have it". The name came from a baseball anecdote that occurred during the 1962 season, when New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unsimulated Sex
In the film industry, unsimulated sex is the presentation of sex scenes in which actors genuinely perform the depicted sex acts, rather than simulating them. Although it is ubiquitous in films intended as pornographic, it is very uncommon in other films. At one time in the United States, such scenes were restricted by law and self-imposed industry standards such as the Motion Picture Production Code. Films showing explicit sexual activity were confined to privately distributed underground films, such as stag films or "porn loops". In the 1960s, social attitudes about sex began to shift, and sexually explicit films were decriminalized in many countries. With movies such as ''Blue Movie'' by Andy Warhol, mainstream movies began pushing boundaries in terms of what was presented on screen. Notable examples include two of the eight ''Bedside''-films and the six ''Zodiac''-films from the 1970s, all of which were produced in Denmark and had many pornographic sex scenes, but were ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
