by Brian Brooks (January 20, 2008)
Fifteen years after film critic
B. Ruby Rich proclaimed the emergence of a
New Queer Cinema at the
Sundance Film Festival, some of the filmmakers who were part of the ad hoc movement reunited in Park City on Saturday night.
Frameline,
IFC Films, and
Strand Releasing toasted
Gregg Araki's "
The Living End,"
Isaac Julien's "
Derek" and
Tom Kalin's "
Savage Grace" at a special Park City dinner.
Focus Features'
James Schamus proclaimed it an "historic evening," during remarks, while Rich (pictured with "Derek" star
Tilda Swinton) noted, "this room is filled with history" and singling out
Christine Vachon, Frameline's
Michael Lumpkin and others.