Ira Sachs Weighs in on Straight Actors Playing Queer Roles After Casting Rami Malek in The Man I Love

'The Man I Love': What to know about the Rami Malek-led AIDS drama

For a contemplative art film about the AIDS era, Ira Sachs’ The Man I Love has caused quite a bit of chatter among critics and social media users well in advance of awards season.First, the period film — which stars Rami Malek and Tom Sturridge as romantic partners — made headlines because of the exit of its intended lead, Sachs muse Ben Whishaw. Since then, thanks to the music-filled drama’s very successful premiere at this year’s Cannes Film F…

Wilson Cruz & Johnny Sibilly have something to say about Rami Malek going gay-for-pay again

Rami Malek and Wilson Cruz (Shutterstock) Rami Malek is picking up positive reviews for his latest movie, The Man I Love. It made its debut last week at the Cannes Film Festival in France. In the movie by director Ira Sachs, Malek plays Jimmy George, a singer and experimental performer in the 1980s New York arts scene. The character has HIV and is beginning to succumb to AIDS. Writing for Deadline, reviewer Pete Hammond was among those to praise…

Ira Sachs weighs in on straight actors playing queer roles after casting Rami Malek in The Man I Love

Set in 1980s New York City, the film follows performer Jimmy George (Malek), who is HIV positive, as he navigates the theatre industry while his health declines The post Ira Sachs weighs in on straight actors playing queer roles after casting Rami Malek in The Man I Love appeared first on Attitude.

Ira Sachs on ‘The Man I Love,’ Queer Cinema in the Age of Trump and Casting Straight Actors in Gay Roles: ‘I Don’t Ask People Who They’ve Slept With’

For four decades, Ira Sachs has chronicled queer life in New York, shining a light on the artists and iconoclasts whose work gives the city such a vibrant, transgressive edge. “The Man I Love,” which Sachs describes as one of his most personal films, adds to the canon. Set in the 1980s at the height […]