Go see BPM (if you can)!!

I was lucky to be able to go to the one theater (one showing per day!) in all of Southern California to see the wonderful new French film BPM (the French title is 120 BPM) about life, love, and AIDS activism in early 1990s Paris. Much of the action centers around the meetings and actions of ACT UP Paris, giving a dramatically compelling, nuanced, and detailed examination of AIDS activism during the plague’s worst years. Amidst the bickering over tactics, goals, strategies, and priorities, love flourishes under the shadow of death. This is definitely one of the best movies on the AIDS crisis, blending eros and thanatos, sex, love, and disease all into a fascinating package. It’s very moving, and captures the mood of the era very well. I highly recommend it! Click here to watch the trailer!