‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.’ TV- 14, for language. What makes this documentary a vital piece of Hollywood history is that it’s not as much about Hudson’s carefully managed public image as it is about the real joy and pleasure he experienced outside the spotlight - living not as some tortured romantic figure but as someone who savored whatever the shadows could provide. But “All That Heaven Allowed” also has extensive interviews with people who knew Hudson intimately, and who can explain how he coped remarkably well with the challenges of being gay in mid-20th century America. Kijak’s film at times resembles Mark Rappaport’s groundbreaking 1992 cinematic essay “Rock Hudson’s Home Movies,” in that both use clips from Hudson’s films that ironically reflect his life in the closet. “All That Heaven Allowed” is in some ways a straightforward biographical documentary, hitting the high points of Hudson’s career, from his commercial breakthrough in the florid Douglas Sirk/Ross Hunter melodramas of the 1950s and the Doris Day sex comedies of the 1960s to his towering performances in bigscreen classics like “Giant” and “Seconds.” But Kijak also gets into the pieces of Hudson’s personal life that were kept out of the press at the time - including his secret world of gay friends, boyfriends and parties in preliberation Hollywood.
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“Nimona” is imaginative and boisterous, just like its main character - the kind of inspirational free spirit who gets a kick out of shocking and tormenting anyone who won’t just let her be who she is. Baird and Lloyd Taylor) take their cues from the puckish wit and sense of adventure in Stevenson’s work, and they’ve made a fast-paced, action-packed movie, set in a place that combines futuristic technology and a medieval-style social order.
Bruno and Quane (and a team of writers led by Robert L. Though “Nimona” makes a strong, clear sociopolitical point, it’s not really all that preachy. As they flee from the authorities, Nimona shows Ballister what she’s had to endure to survive - and explains how she’s learned to thrive in the margins. So to get him to a place of destructive rage, Nimona first has to convince him that the world he once swore to protect can be narrow-minded and cruel. But, in a switch from the book, it turns out Ballister still thinks of himself as a hero. Nimona aligns with the reluctant Ballister, mistakenly thinking he’s eager to tear down a militaristic society that fears “monsters” like her. Nimona becomes a sidekick to Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a fugitive knight who has been falsely accused of regicide, pitting him against his fellow knight and secret love, Ambrosius Goldenloin (Eugene Lee Yang). The title character (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz) is a shape-shifter who presents herself most often as a young woman but can freely change form - into animals or other people - according to how she feels or what she needs. The animated science-fiction/fantasy hybrid “Nimona” is based on cartoonist ND Stevenson’s graphic novel, adapted to the screen by co-directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane, who follow Stevenson’s lead in foregrounding the comics’ LGBTQ+ themes.
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