With director Joe Mantello’s fantastic adaptation of The Boys in the Band now streaming on Netflix, I recently spoke to Zachary Quinto about being part of the production. If you’re not aware, back in 2018, Mantello and his all-openly gay cast including Quinto, Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tuck Watkins, Brian Hutchison, and Robin De Jesús, put on a revival of Mart Crowley's iconic 1968 work, where it played to sold out audiences and went on to win the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. After …

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You can tell we’re in the lull between Joker and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker because news outlets (like ours! Hello!) are filling the space with stories about what famous directors think of superhero movies. It’s an easy conflict because directors like Scorsese, Coppola, Loach and Meirelles are never going to make superhero movies, and superhero movies are the most popular blockbusters around right now. It’s an easy us-vs-them conflict depending on whether you “side” with auteurs or corporate blockbusters even though it’s easy to like both. But by asking these famed directors …

Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) is a director whose life has come to a standstill. He hasn’t made a movie in years due to both physical and emotional distress. Spinal surgery has left him in almost constant pain and the recent death of his mother still haunts him. He doesn’t know what he’s looking for, but he’s grasping for something as he spends his days alone in his Madrid home. When one of his classic films is restored he reaches out to the star of the picture, Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia), to attend the Q&A …