NEW YORK: One of America's finest cinematographers, and an artist notable both for his consistent record of excellence and a range so vast that he seems to have none of the overworked favorite tics that often make it easier for a cameraman to develop a reputation based on his easily identifiable "style", Ed Lachman gets his , running from May 9 through the 20th. The schedule, which includes Lachman's playful vision of downtown New York in the mid-1980s as a punk playground for Susan Seidelman's Desperately Seeking Susan, his harder-edged view of the city in Paul Schrader's nocturnal Light Sleeper, David Byrne's tour of the malls of middle America True Stories, and the Dylan kaleidoscope I'm Not There, kicks off with a screening of one of Lachman's rare directing jobs (in collaboration with Larry Clark), the controversial 2002 Ken Park, which has never been picked up for distribution.
The 24th Annual Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival opened last night and runs through May 18 at the Museum of Fine Arts. Among the most buzzed-about films included in the 24 programs include Dominique Cardona and Laurie Albert’s Finn' Girl, the documentary Black, White + Grey, which profiles the photography buff and Robert Mapplethorpe patron Sam Wagstaff, and Russell Marleu's The Curiosity of Chance.