Synopsis: Tom is a troubled, lonely young man- with a penchant for breaking and entering. In the midst of a burglary one day he spots Lars, a young history lecturer, and promptly becomes obsessed with him. Secretly observing Lars, and tracking his every movement without detection quickly becomes a daily pursuit.
‘And then there’s the mysterious motorcyclist he keeps running in to- soon the subject of a second obsession. More and more Tom gets further lost in his these of passionate fixations- until it’s all he can focus on. But when Lars discovers Tom’s dangerous game, things take a turn no one expects.’
The film arrives on DVD/VoD in the UK on August 27th. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
London-based writer/ director Mikko Makela is attending a number of special Q&A summer screenings in UK cinemas for his new Finnish gay drama, A Moment In The Reeds, starring Janne Puustinen (Tom of Finland), Boodi Kabbani and Mika Melender. Having been studying in Paris, Leevi (Janne Puustinen) returns home to Finland for the summer where he helps his father renovate their summer house in the city. An extra pair of hands is required so Tareq (Boodi Kabbani), a Syrian asylum seeker is hired. However, when Leevi’s father head back to the city, the two boys develop a closer friendship that offers a summer of love.
Reinventing Marvin comes with a great pedigree, including a casting featuring the wonderful Isabelle Huppert (Elle, 8 Women), and winning the Queer Palm at the Venice Film Festival. Now a new trailer has arrived ahead of its UK release.
The murder of Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother became one of the most famous crimes of the 19th Century. It wasn’t just because of the ferocity of violence involved – both of them were killed by multiple ax/hatchet blows – but because it appeared a woman had committed the crimes.
There was a lot of frustration expressed a few months ago when Fantastic Beasts director David Yates said that while they were introducing a young Dumbledore (played by Jude Law) in The Crimes Of Grindelwald, he wouldn’t be ‘explicitly’ gay in the film. JK Rowling rather grumpily defended the announcement, saying that they were only two movies into a five film franchise and people should just hand on. However, that didn’t satisfy those already annoyed with the fact she’d made Dumbledore gay outside the Harry Potter books, but with little in the actual stories to back that up – they felt she was once more trying to have her cake and eat it, while not actually delivering any real LGBT representation.
Synopsis: ‘Living under the Hollywood sign, single gay dad Quentin Lee juggles between raising his newborn baby by himself and making his means as an acclaimed independent film director with hilarity and drama. “What have I gotten myself into!?” Gay Hollywood Dad chronicles the first six weeks of Quentin’s journey as a single dad from cutting his son’s umbilical cord in a hospital of Ohio to sleepless nights feeding the baby to bringing the baby to his independent film premiere.’
We reviewed Miles back when it screened at the Iris Prize Festival – 
Synopsis: ‘Which call do you answer? The one you feel from God or the one you feel about your authentic self? This is the dillema at hand for Brother Vito as he must decide between becoming a Brother or declaring his love for Gabe. Shot entirely in Austin, TX and with a local cast and crew, Brotherly Love is a fresh take on the traditional gay love story.’
Last week we had the trailer for the first of two major movies about so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’, the largely discredited idea that you can coerce people into changing their sexuality. The first movie was The Miseducation Of Cameron Poster, starring Chloe Grace Moretz, and now we get our first look at the second, Boy Erased.