Mike Szymanski
Mainstream film critic Mike Szymanski has reviewed movies and written about film for the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Tribune Media, SyFy.com, SciFiWire.com, Hollywood.com, Movies.com and many others.
MIKE SZYMANSKI has been a bi activist since the early 1980s when he was a gay writer who came out as bi in a cover story and then went on the Donahue Show to talk about it. He has been on more than forty talk shows, and has written for E! Online, Knight-Ridder Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, Entertainment Weekly, US, and many national magazines and now writes for the Los Angeles Times, Science Fiction Weekly, WordMag, and Hollywood.com. Mike has also written popular columns on PlanetOut.com, BiFocus.com, BiCafe.com, and Cybersocket.com, and is the Bisexuality Examiner. He was previously media coordinator for BiNet USA, and now teaches journalism at UCLA.
He is also an award-winning author of several books with bi themes, including co-authoring "The Bisexuals Guide to the Universe"
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Bai Ling's Bi Story
12/17/2009
It seems it's trendy - once again - to call oneself bisexual. But, long before bi chic ever made a comeback, actress Bai Ling was always out as bisexual.
"Amelia" Earhart's Bisexuality Obscured in New Biopic
10/23/2009
While it's not a compelling movie (and reviews have been mixed), and while this isn't an exploration of a person's bisexuality (at least not blatantly), the new film "Amelia" shows how a woman could break ground, be a feminist and be her own person even in very discriminatory times.
Bi Focus: Summer Films 2009
08/21/2009
A look at some of this summer's most popular and/or talked about films-Inglourious Basterds, District 9, The Time Traveler's Wife, Bruno & Funny People from a bisexual perspective.
A Bisexual's Guide to OUTFEST
07/11/2009
OUTFEST, the oldest continuous film festival in Los Angeles, and one of the most well-known LGBT festivals in the world, has 182 movies over the next two weeks from more than 25 countries. See our Bisexual Guide to this year's Outfest.
No outrage about "Outrage"?
06/20/2009
The question I have is that almost a month after Kirby Dick's scintillating documentary about closeted Republican hypocrites, is why hardly anyone has expressed any outrage about his movie "Outrage."
Little Ashes, Wolverine, Ghosts and I Love You Man
05/16/2009
It's only the beginning of the summer movies period, and already there are some cute eye candy films that people should watch out for of bi interest.
Penelope Cruz Wins Oscar for Bi Portrayal
04/04/2009
How great it was to see that sexy Penelope Cruz win an Oscar for playing a bisexual in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."
The Bisexual Oscars
02/15/2009
It's not the best year to see bisexuals represented at the Academy Awards this year, but at least there are more bisexuals on the list than murderers.
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