Launching a new generation

"It's a good time to be a gay filmmaker," said Jonah Markowitz, whose debut movie, "Shelter," opened at the Kendall Square Cinema Friday.

The first-time writer-director and 1999 Emerson College graduate said he's thankful for movies like "Brokeback Mountain," which proved that films with homosexual content can appeal to the mainstream - and clean up at the box office, too. He cited "Milk," Gus Van Sant's forthcoming biopic about Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn, as further evidence that America has widely accepted gay-themed cinema.

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