Nov
15
2008
“Steam” is a slow, sensuous meandering journey both in its cinematic pacing and in the lead character, Francesco’s, coming out, coming home story. For a movie about hamam’s - Turkish steam baths - there’s a paucity of nudity!
Francesco (played by the GEORGEOUS Alessandro Gassman) and his wife Marta ( Francesca D’Aloja) run a successful interior design firm in Rome. But their marriage is on the rocks, with Marta, feeling neglected, secretly carrying on an affair with their mutual business
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Nov
09
2008
Mandragora, a film directed by Wiktor Gorecki, is a sad, viscous, and heavy-handed film of familiar (if stereotypical) themes - prostitution, drugs, self-loathing and the saddest theme of all - gay people (in this case boys) are a miserable lot doomed to a life of misery and death. Now … Ta has been around the block a time or two and has managed to experience in one way or t’other these themes and has managed to still be extremely FABULOUS (Though, ah ayum not quite as fabulous as the wonderful Lady Bunny.)
Wiktor Gorecki condemns the lifestyle and wallows in obvious sexual fascination in this drama that recounts sixteen-year-old
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Nov
01
2008
Three couples (plus one) converge at a beautiful English cottage to celebrate a birthday. Oh, my, what a bore … drama queens without a sense of drama. The inevitable comparisons to Big Chill and Boys in the Band only serve to remind us we’ve seen it all before. However, despite a strong sense of deja vu the actors do a great job of making these characters very real.
This insightful and vastly entertaining comedy-drama, depicting three troubled gay male couples, is both knowingly funny and unflinchingly on-target. The story revolves around an Easter weekend
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Oct
26
2008
A bathhouse is a place where we fabulous gay men go to relax, strip off our clothes and enjoy each other’s intimate company. This “Bathhouse” takes you into this world of towel clad men, back room sex and the search for that ever elusive perfect boyfriend.
One night while at the baths, young campus nerd Rico (Ray An Dulay) meets heartthrob Cris (Jet Alcantara), the chemistry between them is immediately hot and intense. Once that fire cools Rico thinks he has found the ideal
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Oct
22
2008
A sexy and marvelous French film about a French/Arab gay man Felix who sets off on a journey in search of family with a backpack and a rainbow kite. FABULOUS! A very well done flick. Drama! Comedy! Plus Felix is gorgeous. I wish more gay filmed were filmed with this level of production and acting skills. Ooo-La-La! I think I’ll go watch it again! C’mon baby! Take that shirt of for l’il ol’ me one more time!
An extremely entertaining and sensual gay road movie. Felix (Sami Bouajila) is a gentle, carefree French-Arab living in Normandy with his lover, who, after finding himself suddenly unemployed, decides to
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Oct
11
2008
Refreshing! Burst the post-Almodovar gay-ghetto movie bubble with unflinching honesty.
- Village Voice
An amusing and touching film about reinterpreting the idea of “family,” Bear Cub tells the engaging story of Pedro (José Luis García-Pérez), an attractive gay dentist living an active single life in Madrid. He offers to take care of his adorable 9-year-old nephew Bernardo (the remarkable David Castillo) for two weeks while the child’s mother travels abroad with her
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