WATCH LIST: "Mary Poppins Returns" in Theaters and "Runaways" is Back on Hulu
In Theaters
Gay photographer Andy Sweet captured a unique 1970s moment in Miami’s South Beach, when Jewish retirees and drag queens brought energy and life to the community. Out director Kareem Tabsch and Dennis Scholl’s documentary revisits his and collaborator Gary Monroe’s delightful work and the era. (December 21, Kino Lorber)
Out actor Ben Whishaw plays the grown-up Michael Banks in this delightful sequel to the 1964 Disney classic about a magical nanny, Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt). Featuring songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Whitman (Hairspray), co-stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Colin Firth, Emily Mortimer, and sweet cameos by Meryl Streep and the original film’s Dick Van Dyke and Jane Banks. (Disney)
Mark Hogancamp, a man with a predilection for wearing women’s shoes, was victim of a brutal hate crime in 2000 and, struck with amnesia in its wake, created a whole fantasy life through WW II action figures. Steve Carell stars as Hogancamp in this Hollywood, CGI-rich dramatization from director Robert Zemeckis and co-screenwriter Caroline Thompson. (December 21, Universal)
TV/Streaming
The clique of super-powered teens who realize their parents are a supervillain team called The Pride are officially on the run in the brisk second season based on the Marvel comic series. The budding relationship between queer runaways Karolina (Virginia Gardner) and magical Wiccan staff-wielding Nico (Lyrica Ocano) will go even further, although not without some drama and surprises... (December 21, Hulu)
Out thespians BD Wong and Sarah Paulson are part of the all-star ensemble making up this post-apocalyptic thriller about a single mom (Sandra Bullock) navigating her children to a safe haven while dodging monsters that make people go insane if stared at. (December 21, Netflix)
Spruce up your holiday with live performances from the first two Christmas Queens albums—shot during Los Angeles and London concerts—by Alaska, Manila Luzon, Phi Phi O’Hara, Ginger Minj, Sharon Needles, Katya, Jiggly Caliente, Ivy Winters, Jackie Beat, and Michelle Visage. (Revry)
Before the dramatized, CGI-heavy Welcome To Marwen, the transphobia-motivated hate crime that transformed crossdressing victim Mark Hogancamp into an artist known for elaborately crafted and staged miniature WW II scenarios populated by alter-egos was subject of this award-winning 2010 documentary. Now streaming on Fandor, Kanopy, and Hoopla. (Fandor)
