Mar 30, 2007   | COMMENTS     

black people will come and say ‘This is Darryl from “Noah’s Arc” — what’s he doing with all these white people?’ I’m hoping people have the opportunity to see beyond the race and see this story is about two people.”

ONE WORD OF warning this spring season: The film “Pride,” which opened on March 23, seems to be getting a lot of play in gay media. Even Logo has a teaser for the film on its web site. The blurb admits that while “Pride” isn’t about anything even remotely gay, “It stars Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac and great-looking guys in trunks!”

The movie’s posters do seem to target gays with well-chiseled young men mugging and reveling in their shirtless Adonis states. But remember, the film is about a swim team, so the skin-baring isn’t gratuitous. Gay moviegoers might want to keep in mind that Howard is a Jehovah’s Witness who readily admits to thinking gay people are sinners — along with thieves and liars.

On March 12, online news source the Post Chronicle quoted Howard’s commentary about gay people in reference to a discussion on gay rappers.

“Do I agree with homosexuality? No, I’m a Bible-based young man. But I know the Bible also speaks about homosexuality with liars, adulterers, thieves. I’ve lied, I’ve cheated on my wife, I’ve stolen. So how can I judge somebody for something that’s mentioned in the same exact scripture?”

If gay people need a good eye-candy movie, perhaps they should stick with a film whose star doesn’t spout homophobic twaddle.

INDIE FILMS USUALLY take up the gay slack of Hollywood, but if none of these come to a theater near you, they’ll probably quickly make it onto DVD. “Color Me Kubrick” is currently in theaters and follows the real-life story of Alan Conway, who, during the early ’90s, pretended to be film director Stanley Kubrick. (A review of the film was published in the March 23 edition of the Blade.) John Malkovich stars as the eccentric alcoholic Conway, and the film is already on DVD from Magnolia Home Entertainment.

Gay director Gregg Araki, who helmed “Mysterious Skin,” premiered his newest work “Smiley Face” at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The movie, which starts touring the country on April 20, is about a stoner who goes on a pot-induced adventure across Los Angeles.

“Death at a Funeral” goes into wide-release on April 27. A British family is forced to confront its patriarch’s gay past when his unknown lover arrives. Rupert Graves, who played the lover boy in the film version of E.M. Forester’s “Maurice,” is part of the cast, as well as the handsome Matthew McFayden who played Mr. Darcy in the lauded 2005 remake of “Pride &a