Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over 35 years, the gay porn shop Circus of Books gave Los Angeles’ LGBT+ community a space to socialize and celebrate ...

The documentary “Circus of Books” tells the story of two book stores, one in West Hollywood and the other in Silver Lake, operated by Karen and Barry Mason, who became accidental book sellers. They ...

Chances are, you haven’t seen Rachel Mason’s debut film, The Lives of Hamilton Fish, a surreal, arty musical about two men—one a politician, the other a cannibal—who died on the same day in 1936. It ...

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The new Netflix documentary Circus of Books shows how director Rachel Mason was part of a typical American family: mom, dad, three kids and a gay porn store. She profiles her parents and the business ...

With her roots in the avant-garde art world, Rachel Mason’s highest hope for her family film was landing a screening at the ONE archive, USC’s library of LGBTQ media. A well-reviewed Tribeca Film ...

Imagine that you knew your parents owned a bookstore, but you didn’t really understand the cultural significance of that store, and it’s somewhat scandalous reputation, until you made a film about it.

Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art. “The Circus Annual” from Ringling Bros ...

“I don’t know why you think this is worth documenting… I don’t like all this filming. I don’t know what you’re gonna come up with from this,” said Karen Mason, scoffing at her daughter Rachel behind ...

CAT MAN (310 pp.)—Edward Hoagland—Houghton Mifflin ($3.75). Reading this novel about circus life is a little like lifting a splendid rug and finding that unspeakable things have been swept under it.