Deep inside Hollywood • 05-31-24
Finding ‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ Elizabeth Taylor lived the word “ally.” Along with other towering 20th-century women like Judy Garland, Taylor was a friend to the LGBTQ+ community, and in the 1980s she became a fierce advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS.
She’s also one of the most well-documented actresses who ever lived, so you might think there’s nothing left to learn. But “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” from documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein (Hillary, American Teen) dives deeply into Taylor’s personal archives and over 70 hours of previously unheard audio interviews, turning her into the film’s guide and narrator as she talks about her career, her marriages and everything else.
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film will drop on HBO and Max in August. A Supremes ‘All-You-Can-Eat’ buffet The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, from queer writer-director Tina Mabry, is not a film about the legendary girl group, Motown or Diana Ross.
Instead, the upcoming Hulu/Searchlight Pictures project — based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s novel of the same name with a script co-written by Cee Marcellus — centers the joy of women’s friendships.
