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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Just Charlie (US DVD Review) – A football-loving teen transitions to living as a young woman

January 29, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Harry Gilby, Scot Williams, Patricia Potter, Ewan Mitchell, Elinor Machen-Fortune
Director: Rebekah Fortune
Running Time: 97 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: January 30th 2018 (US)

Young Charlie seems to be living a British teen boy’s dreams when given an opportunity that’s setting them up to play football (soccer) professionally in the future. However, Charlie seems reticent, despite loving football and having a dad, Paul (Scot Williams), who’s extremely keen as his own sporting dreams were dashed when he was younger. Indeed, he’s the football equivalent of a stage mother.

It’s not just typical teen contrariness though, as Charlie is struggling with gender identity issues and reaching the point where she can’t hold it in anymore. As she slowly and steadily begins living more of her life openly as a girl, both she and her family face challenges they never expected. That ranges from the fact Charlie’s father struggles to accept the new reality and starts to blame his daughter for it, to her best friends rejecting her when she transitions at school. There’s also a school that isn’t sure how to handle things and the threat of violence from those who don’t understand. [Read more…]

The Revival (US DVD Review) – A preacher falls for a handsome gay drifter

January 23, 2018 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Zachary Booth, Stephen Ellis, Lucy Faust, Raymond McAnally, David Rysdahl
Director: Jennifer Gerber
Running Time: 85 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: January 23rd 2018 (US)

In Arkansas a married Southern Baptist preacher, Eli (David Rysdahl), is frustrated that he’s having difficulty getting people into the pews, as they want something fancier and simpler than his more nuanced take on God. It doesn’t help that the church was started by his father, and he’s constantly being compared to him.

He comes across young, homeless, drifter, Daniel (Zachary Booth), and decides the Christian thing to do is to help him out by finding him a place to stay. However, that leads to an affair between the two men, which challenges the preacher’s faith and could destroy both his church and his marriage. [Read more…]

Saturday Church (US Cinema Review) – A musical look at a LGBTQ teen finding his home

January 14, 2018 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Luka Kain, Regina Taylor, Margot Bingham, Mj Rodriguez, Indya Moore
Director: Damon Cardasis
Running Time: 82 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: January 12th 2018 (US)

Sometimes when you watch a film, one of the key things that exudes from the screen is how much love it was made with. That’s certainly true of the LGBTQ musical, Saturday Church, which has just hit US screens, following a successful, award-winning run at film festival.

Ulysses (Luka Kain) is a 14-year-old, African-America living in the Bronx. His father has just died, leaving him with his largely absent mother and domineering Aunt Rose (Regina Taylor). He’s also starting to explore his sexuality and gender expression – however both his mother and most particularly his aunt are determined that he shouldn’t ever wear women’s clothes – something they’ve discovered him doing more than once. While looking after Ulysses and his younger brother, Rose believes it’s her job to ensure Ulysses becomes a proper ‘man’. [Read more…]

Hidden Kisses (Baisers cachés) (US DVD Review) – A secret gay kiss leads to major problems for two teens

January 1, 2018 By Tim Isaac 2 Comments

Starring: Bérenger Anceaux, Jules Houplain, Patrick Timsit, Barbara Schulz, Bruno Putzulu
Director: Didier Bivel
Running Time: 87 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: Out Now (US)

At a party teenagers Nathan and Louis share a secret kiss. What they only realise later is that someone saw them, took a photo and put it on Facebook. Only new boy in school Nathan is recognisable in the picture, leading to plenty of speculation about who the other boy is. It also means that Nathan has now been outed, including to his unsuspecting father and his classmates, who soon start making life difficult for him.

With his teachers prevaricating over how – or even whether – to help him and the abuse getting worse, Nathan also has to deal with the fact his dad is struggling with the realisation he has a gay son. Louis isn’t helping either, as he says the kiss was just an experiment. However, he may only be saying that because he has deeply homophobic parents who he knows would reject him. [Read more…]

Princess Cyd (US Cinema Review) – Life opens & changes for a teenage girl in the lesbian-themed film

November 12, 2017 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Rebecca Spence, Jessie Pinnick, Malic White, James Vincent Meredith, Tyler Ross
Director: Stephen Cone
Running Time: 96 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: Out Now (NY & Chicago), December 1st 2017 (LA)

Stephen Cone has been building a pretty strong reputation as a writer/director with contemplative LGBT-themed films such as Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party and The Wise Kids. Indeed, New York’s prestigious Museum Of The Moving Image has just finished the ‘Talk About the Passion: Stephen Cone’s First Act’ season, which featured a selection of his film, including his latest, Princess Cyd.

The titular Cyd (Jessie Pinnick) is a 16-year-old who lives with her depressed single father. For the summer she goes to visit her novelist aunt, Miranda (Rebecca Spence), which will both get her away from her dad for a few weeks, and allow her to catch up with her mom’s side of the family, who she hasn’t had a lot of contact with since her mother’s death. [Read more…]

Alpha Delta Zatan (VoD Review) – It’s homoerotic frat boy murder time

November 12, 2017 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Starring: Jeremy Winter, Jake Kidwell, Connor Field, Drake Malone, Jared Fleming
Director: Art Arutyunyan
Running Time: 72 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: Out Now

You know the bits at the beginning of a porn scene where they have some plot (the plumber’s here to work on your pipes etc.) or where men get themselves all sexually frustrated by working out? Well, this is kind of like the feature-length version of that, except with no sex at the end.

Set in a frat house at a top university, right from the beginning we know this is a dangerous place as a man is stalked and killed by someone wearing a harlequin costume. When a new pledge comes into the house, he’s at first pleased to have been chosen for this prestigious frat, which is known to produce the future leaders of America. However, he soon starts to realise something strange is going on, as his fellow frat members start disappearing, he has dreams about someone wearing a harlequin mask and a slightly older guy known as ‘Frat Dad Brad’ begins being increasingly demanding. [Read more…]

Baby Steps (DVD Review) – A gay couple having a baby is complicated by a Taiwanese mother

August 14, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Barney Cheng, Michael Adam Hamilton, Grace Guei, Love Fang, Tzi Ma
Director: Barney Cheng
Running Time: 103 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: August 15th 2017 (US)

In Los Angeles, Danny (Barney Cheng) is a well-respected gay man with a long-term boyfriend, and together they are planning to have a baby. However, in his homeland of Taiwan, his mother, Ma (Grace Guei), is still uncomfortable with her son’s sexuality, never asks about his love-life and doesn’t even know about his partner, Tate (Michael Adam Hamilton).

Danny hasn’t told his mom about his baby plans, but when his brother lets the secret out, Ma gets very excited, as it means she may finally get a grandchild. She flies out to LA, where she’s less than impressed with Danny’s surrogacy plans, and also unsure how to deal with Danny’s ‘friend’, Tate. As they struggle to deal with one another, the hoped for baby could bring them all together and finally get Ma to accept her son, or it could drive them all apart. [Read more…]

Women Who Kill (US Cinema Review) – A lesbian wonders if her new girlfriend is a killer

July 30, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Ingrid Jungermann, Ann Carr, Sheila Vand, Annette O'Toole
Director: Ingrid Jungermann
Running Time: 93 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: July 26th 2017 (US)

Morgan (Ingrid Jungermann) and Jean (Ann Carr) host a radio show/podcast all about exalting female serial killers. They also used to be girlfriends, but split up and now have a close but dysfunctional relationship. Indeed, they’re pretty much co-dependent, despite not being lovers any longer.

Then Morgan starts dating a new woman, the mysterious Simone (Sheila Vand). While she’s smitten with her new love, others aren’t quite sure about her, including Jean. Initially Morgan thinks her ex just doesn’t want her to be happy, but then she starts noticing that there are definitely some strange things about her girlfriend. As there’s a serial killer lurking somewhere out there, could Simone somehow be connected? [Read more…]

Something Like Summer (Outfest Review) – Lovers become frenemies in the gay-themed, coming-of-age musical

July 16, 2017 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Grant Davis, Davi Santos, Ben Baur, Ajiona Alexus, Jana Lee Hamblin
Director: David Berry
Running Time: 115 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: July 15th 2017 (Outfest Screening)

I’m still surprised there aren’t more gay-themed musicals, but we’ve got a new one with Something Like Summer. It’s not a typical musical, as rather than taking place in a hyper-real world, it tells a story of love and loss that occasionally jumps from the real world to a stage, where the main character breaks into song. It’s an unusual way of doing it, and the first couple of times it’s a little jarring, both because its slightly unexpected and because the musical sequences are quite spaced apart.

However, they’re catchy songs, sung well and after you get used to it, they add real charm to the movie.

Something Like Summer, based on Jay Bell’s popular novel, follows Ben (Grant Davis) over the course of 12 years. It starts when he’s an out gay high school student with a crush on popular jock Tim (Davi Santos). After they literally bump into one another, they start a fledgling relationship. However, Tim is still unsure of his sexuality and wants to stay in the closet, as he’s afraid of what will happen if anyone finds out. [Read more…]

Boys For Sale (Outfest Review) – Life as a male prostitute servicing gay men in Tokyo

July 16, 2017 By Tim Isaac 4 Comments

Starring: Various
Director: Itako
Running Time: 76 mins
Certificate: NR (US)
Release Date: July 12th 2017 (Outfest Screening)

If there’s a stereotype about being gay in Japan, it’s that the subject is taboo and hidden. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a large, vibrant LGBT community in the country. Boys For Sale looks at one aspect of that – the ‘Urizens’ – the equivalent of rent boys, who work in Tokyo’s main gay district, Shinjuku 2-chome.

The documentary mixes interviews with a variety of urizen with anime style representations of what they’re talking about. It’s a very effective way of presenting their words, as it helps bring it to life in ways just listening to their voices probably couldn’t. [Read more…]

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