Tom Ford and Richard Buckley - A Love Story

Tom Ford was a shy 25-year-old when he met magazine editor Richard Buckley. 

It took him the length of an elevator ride to decide he wanted to marry him. 

Read all about it in 'The Love Issue' of Out magazine, out now.

GLBT History Month: Tom Ford

Tom Ford is a prominent creative entrepreneur whose accomplishments—first in the fashion world and later in the film industry—have earned him worldwide acclaim.

In 2005, Ford formed his own fashion brand, TOM FORD. Two years later, his flagship store opened in New York. By the summer of 2010, TOM FORD had opened 20 more stores worldwide. In addition to his remarkable financial success, Ford has won many prestigious awards, including five from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Ford’s lifetime ambition, however, was to make a film. He says, “I guess I’m just one of these people who when I decide I’m going to do something, I just do it.” In 2009, he wrote, produced, financed and directed “A Single Man,” an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel. The movie centers on a gay man’s mourning over his partner’s tragic death. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for numerous awards, including a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Colin Firth.

Oscar buzz, criticism for A Single Man

Oscar buzz is already circulating around British actor Colin Firth for his performance as a professor grieving the loss of his partner in out director Tom Ford's film "A Single Man." However, the marketing of the film, which shows Firth with a platonic female friend played by Julianne Moore, has been criticized by some, including Firth, as being misleading about the movie's central gay themes.

A Single Man in New York City

Check out some pics from last night's 'A Single Man' event in New York City. The Cinema Society and Bing hosted the event which included a screening of the film at the Museum of Modern Art and an after-party held at Monkey Bar.

'A Single Man' opens this Friday in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and nationwide on December 25.

I have to say it looks pretty good even though I'm still peeved at Tom Ford and his whole "it's not a gay movie" nonsense.

It's based on the Christopher Isherwood novel of the same name, for crying out loud. Clearly, it's a gay movie.


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A Single Man: Gay movie or not gay movie?

'A Single Movie' sounds like a gay movie to me but I guess Tom Ford sees it differently.

According to the PR 'A Single Man' is the story of George Falconer, a 52-year-old British college professor [Colin Firth] who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim [Matthew Goode]. George dwells on the past and cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day, where a series of events and encounters, ultimately leads him to decide if there is a meaning to life after Jim. George is consoled by his closest friend Charley [Julianne Moore], a 48-year-old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future. A young student of George’s, Kenny [Nicholas Hoult], who is coming to terms with his true nature, stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit.

Sounds like a gay movie to me but I guess debut director Tom Ford sees it a bit differently. I've been looking forward to the movie right up until I stumbled upon a quote from a new article at the Wall Street Journal where Ford denies that it's a gay movie after all.

Above synopsis to the contrary, of course.

“I wasn’t trying to make Terminator 12," Ford tells the WSJ. "But this is not a gay film. I don’t even think about that. There are so many gay characters on TV that it’s almost become a cliché.”

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean but it's still a pretty lame thing to say.

A Single Man

Written and directed by Tom Ford, and based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, 'A Single Man' is a romantic tale of love interrupted, the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition, and ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life. In theaters this December, 'A Single Man' stars Julianne Moore and Colin Firth.

Out interviews Hollywood hotties Nicholas Hoult and Tom Ford

Out magazine’s most recent cover features a grown up Nicholas Hoult, best known for playing the young Marcus in the Hugh Grant starrer 'About a Boy'. Now, Hoult dazzles in designer Tom Ford’s directorial debut, 'A Single Man', co-starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Read the entire interview here.

Additionally, Out Editor in Chief Aaron Hicklin spoke to Tom Ford about the genesis of his debut feature and you can find out what Ford had to say right here.