Before the video revolution of the 1980s, it was damn near impossible for a suburban kid like myself to see the kinds of movies I read about in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies book. One of the titles Peary ...

Actor Glenn Milstead, better known by his screen name 'Divine,' appears in an image from the documentary 'I Am Divine.' (Lynn Davis / Automat Pictures) You wouldn't think there'd be much of a demand ...

“I Am Divine,” the largely crowd-funded documentary directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, chronicles the life of none other than the Divine, John Waters‘ muse who defined a generation of proto-punk films like ...

You wouldn’t think there’d be much of a demand for a 300-pound actor with extravagant eye makeup and a rather tasteless collection of frocks. But Glenn Milstead saw that need, or maybe just created it ...

“I Am Divine” is a welcome reminder that Baltimore’s favorite-son drag queen did more than eat dog poop at the end of “Pink Flamingos.” Much more. He was, in fact, a genuine force of nature, an ...

Watching I am Divine, the feature-length documentary about the late legendary performer, I was struck with a powerful, overwhelming sense of nostalgia. My mind raced back to the very first celebrity ...

She was overweight, outrageous, shocking, ferocious, brash, crass, and in-your-face. And she was beautiful. The iconic Divine, branded the drag queen of the century by People magazine, ripped pop ...

If there's one cult icon who deserves the documentary treatment, I'd say it's Divine. With I Am Divine, the drag superstar and muse of John Waters is celebrated by the friends and colleagues who knew ...

There is no one to compare with "Hairspray"-star Divine, as shown in "I Am Divine," the new documentary about the late performer's life. (Automat Pictures) Starts Friday, Nov. 8, Clinton Street ...

The late larger-than-life, cross-dressing extraordinaire who ushered in the now-established world of theatrical drag (simultaneously bringing queer performance art to the mainstream) is given the ...