Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Most likely, you're kind of like me when it comes to Little Richard: you grew up with his name floating around in the background of your music history knowledge: one of the rock n' roll pioneers, sang a few of those oldies you hear in movies sometimes, and you can probably guess that he got …

I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing

Patricia Rozema is not a household name, and she's made an odd smattering of films, including one for the American Girl series... and yet she's been a fiercely independent filmmaker in every sense of the word since the 1980's, the decade she first wrote, directed, edited, and produced her debut, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing. …

The Naked Civil Servant

Quentin Crisp may have been somewhat forgotten in today's mainstream culture, even though a lot of mainstream culture owes its current shape to him. An unabashedly and flamboyantly gay man living in an era (starting with the 1920's) and a place (England) where such an orientation was not only unaccepted, but expected to be kept …