Cubby (film)
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Mark Blane Ben Mankoff |
| Written by | Mark Blane |
| Produced by | Carolina Gimenez Mark Blane |
| Starring | Mark Blane Patricia Richardson Jeanine Serralles |
| Cinematography | Sinisa Kukic |
| Edited by | Max Ethan Miller |
| Music by | Jon Natchez |
| Distributed by | Breaking Glass Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cubby is a 2019 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Mark Blane and Ben Mankoff and starring Blane, Patricia Richardson, Jeanine Serralles, Peter Y. Kim, and Joseph Seuffert.
Cast
- Patricia Richardson as Peggy
- Mark Blane as Mark
- Jeanine Serralles as Annie
- Peter Y. Kim as Charles
- Rodney Richardson as Russell
- Joseph Seuffert as Milo
- Zachary Booth as S, the Art Gallery Receptionist
- Donna Mitchell as Cora
- Naian Gonzalez Norvind as Briahna
- Lucy DeVito as Alexis
- Matthew Shear as Lars
Release
The world premiere was in International Film Competition at the oldest LGBTQ film festival in Europe, Torino Lovers Film Festival.[1] The film played at the Outfest LA Film Festival on July 19, 2019.[2]
Film festivals
- Lovers Film Festival – Torino LGBTQI Visions, Turin, Italy (April 2019)
- Frameline Film Festival (24 June 2019)[3]
- Outfest, Los Angeles, US (July 2019)[4]
- OUTshine Film Fest, Fort Lauderdale, United States (October 2019)
- NewFest, New York City, US (October 2019)
- Mostra Fire, Barcelona, Spain (June 2019)
- GAZE Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland (August 2019)
- Iris Prize, Cardiff, Wales (October 2019)
- Gender Bender, Bologna, Italy (September 2019)
- Faroe Islands International Minority Film Festival, Tórshavn, Denmark (October 2019)
- Inside Out, Toronto, Canada (May 2019)
- Reeling International Film Festival, Chicago, US (September 2019)
- Out on Film, Atlanta, USA (October 2019)
- Cinema Queer, Stockholm, Sweden (September 2019)
- Roze Filmdagen, Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 2021)
- Festival de Cine LGBTIQ - Asturias, Aviles, Spain (June 2020)
Reception
The film has a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[5] Norman Gidney of Film Threat awarded the film a 6 out of 10.[6] He writes "It is clear that Blane was influenced by John Cameron Mitchell...he has Mitchell’s warm understanding and faith in the goodness of people in general."[7]
Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Directors Mark Blane and Ben Mankoff bring a kinky sweetness to this oddball dramedy, but audience's appetites for it will depend on their patience with its lead character."[8]
Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Whatever charms the filmmakers envisioned are nowhere apparent in these 83 cringe-worthy minutes."[9]
John Paul King of the Los Angeles Blade gave the film a positive review and concluded "Because in the end, that’s what makes “Cubby” – as well as its awkward hero – lovable in spite of itself. It's a film that is often infuriating and sometimes difficult to watch, but it has a voice of its own that is not quite like anything else you've ever seen – and there are very few films out there today, Indie or otherwise, that can lay claim to that."[10]
References
- ^ Billington, Alex (22 July 2019). "Official Trailer for Funky NYC Comedy 'Cubby' Starring Mark Blane". [First Showing]. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Dry, Jude (18 July 2019). "'Cubby' Trailer: A Quirky Queer Coming-of-Age Comedy Featuring Patricia Richardson". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Reddish, David (2019-06-16). "Fab at Frameline43: 'Sid & Judy,' 'Socrates,' 'Before You Know It,' 'Cubby' and more". Queerty. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Outfest Unveils 2019 Lineup Featuring 'Circus Of Books', 'Before You Know It' And 3rd Annual Trans Summit". 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "Cubby". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Gidney, Norman (10 November 2019). "Cubby". Film Threat. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Gidney, Norman (10 November 2019). "Cubby". Film Threat. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Myers, Kimber (29 October 2019). "Review: Meet Leather-Man, the imaginary friend in quirky Brooklyn dramedy 'Cubby'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (31 October 2019). "'Cubby' Review: Offbeat? Definitely. Out of Touch? That Too". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Paul King, John (7 November 2019). "'Cubby' Review: Offbeat 'Cubby' a coming-of-age tale with lies and leather". The Los Angeles Blade. Retrieved 29 December 2020.