Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" Is On HBO And Not In Theaters Because It's Too Gay

Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra (which premieres Sunday, May 26 at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO) is as good as you've heard. It's a moving and beautifully made film that traces the clandestinehalf-decade romance between Vegas showman and pianistLiberace and his much, much younger live-in boyfriend Scott Thorson, who co-wrote the 1988 memoir on which the film is based. (My colleague Maggie Caldwell has a good reflection on, among other things, meeting the flashy and famous entertainment icon when she was a baby... more》 Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" Is On HBO And Not In Theaters Because It's Too Gay | Mother Jones