Brokeback at the Castro

Good News! The Best Movie Ever is coming to the Most Fabulous Movie Palace on the Gayest Street in America! Brokeback Mountain will be on the Big Screen again, showing for 3 days only (June12th-14th) at the Castro Theatre on Castro Street in San Francisco. Folks are coming from all over for this very special event. More info, and suggestions for those coming in from out of town, at the Ultimate Brokeback Forum:
http://davecullen.com/forum/index.php?topic=9547.0

Hope to see y'all there!

Ultimate Brokeback Forum - interview and update

English language interview (appearing on a Korean site) with Dave Cullen of the Ultimate Brokeback Forum.

Mystery and Sacrament on Brokeback Mountain

Another interesting column on Brokeback Mountain and the Sacred, from Thomas Novak's Queer Spirit column:

...Brokeback Mountain is also a moving invitation to reconsider some classic themes of Western spirituality and a startling meditation on Christian sacramental theology.

Passing through Greek mythology, the Hebrew Song of Songs, the Christian gospels and even the Sufi Muslim poet, Rumi, the creators of this magnificent work have taken us, literally, to the heights and depths of the spiritual journey.

"The Good Shepherd of Brokeback Mountain"

An opinion piece suggesting preaching on Brokeback Mountain for "Good Shepherd Sunday":

To present afresh the 2000-year-old image of the Good Shepherd, there could be no better convention than to hide him as a 1960s ranch hand who falls in love with another man. Hidden in the character of Jack Twist is the ancient image of the Good Shepherd....

It might seem unconventional to portray the Shepherd as a lover too, but the Lover-Shepherd is a familiar figure in the Jewish and Christian traditions. One has only to think of the Shepherd King David and his beloved, Jonathan. (I Sam. 18:1) The Lover in the erotic canticle of the Bible, the Song of Songs, is a shepherd (Song 1:7).