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Axios
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
"Outerlands" chronicles a queer journey in a changing San Francisco
San Francisco's Richmond District gets an intimate closeup in the new indie drama " Outerlands," which touches on themes of gender identity, loneliness and childhood trauma. The big picture: The film explores a non-binary character's emotional and financial struggles upon moving to San Francisco. It follows Cass, a non-binary newcomer to San Francisco played by "Billions" alum Asia Kate Dillon, who is juggling three jobs and whose new love interest leads them to confront deep-seated feelings of abandonment. Between the lines: Filming, which initially began in 2016, took place at more than 36 locations across the city, including neighborhood favorites like Hamburger Haven, a longtime diner on Clement Street and well-known dive bar The Bitter End. Other scenes on the city's west side honed in on parts of the Sunset District and Haight Street. The beautifully-captured shots of this often sleepy, moody and fog-drenched part of the city evokes a sense of nostalgia and longing, particularly evident in scenes where the characters are illuminated under the glare of the neighborhood's vintage neon signs. The film "embodies the spirit and uniqueness of the Bay Area and reflects our collective pride and love for San Francisco neighborhoods," SFFILM executive director Anne Lai said. What they're saying: Though the film wasn't intentionally timed to be released in response to the current political climate, director Elena Oxman told Axios she's glad it's coming out now since "there's something extremely affirmative and important about making art" that increases trans and non-binary representation in cinema at a time when trans rights are under attack. Including details in the story about the character's transition helped create a film "where the main character's queerness isn't the focal point of the story and yet, queerness infuses every frame," Oxman, who moved to the city in 2011, said. What's next: The film, which premiered on the closing night of the SFFILM festival this past weekend, is still currently on a festival tour as Oxman seeks distribution.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
People's Most Beautiful Person, 62, unveiled after four decades in the industry
People Magazine unveiled their annual Most Beautiful Person edition on Tuesday, and they selected Demi Moore. 'I'm certainly more comfortable in my own skin at this point than I have ever been,' the 62-year-old Brat Packer said in her cover story. 'In truth, the greatest freedom that I have found is in deepening into my acceptance of myself as I am. And that, I think, is a daily reminder. It's a daily sense of bringing forward an appreciation for all that I am, and that doesn't mean it's just the parts I like. It means it's an acceptance of all the parts of me.' Demi has a greater appreciation for everything her body has been through, including welcoming her three daughters Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah. 'I have overall really incredible health, but that doesn't mean that sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't go, "God I look old." Or "God my face is falling," admitted Moore (born Guynes). 'I do. I do and there are things I just don't like and I would prefer that it didn't feel like it was falling. But, at the same time, I can accept that is where I'm at today and I know the difference today is that doesn't define my value or who I am.' The Substance star won both the Golden Globe Award and the SAG Award for her performance as aging workout guru Elisabeth Sparkle in Coralie Fargeat's critically-acclaimed body horror film. Demi also crowded her mantel with prizes from Critics Choice Awards, BAFTAs, Hamptons Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival, Cinémathèque française, SFFILM, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Women Film Critics Circle, Satellite Awards, Saturn Awards, AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Dorian Awards, and Irish Film & Television Academy Awards. Moore will be spending 'the next few months' in Texas reprising her role as Jon Hamm's onscreen wife Cami Miller in the second season of Taylor Sheridan's oil rig drama Landman. The Paramount+ small-screen adaptation of Christian Wallace's 2019 Boomtown podcast also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Ali Larter, Andy Garcia, and Michael Peña. Last November, the New Mexico-born grandmother filmed her role as 'cutthroat fashion maven' in Boots Riley's sci-fi shoplifting comedy I Love Boosters alongside LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Keke Palmer, Eiza González, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige. Moore admitted: 'I have overall really incredible health, but that doesn't mean that sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't go, "God I look old." Or "God my face is falling." I do. I do' (pictured March 2)
