Recently Added Films

	Date Added/ Length	Ratigs IMDB/ MY	Genre/ Tags	Plot	Notes
Daddy Details	04/29/2018 9:29:47 PM/ 89 mins	5.2	Comedy; Drama; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest	Colin McCormack thinks he has it all - a great job, a steady stream of hot younger guys, and a best friend whose devotion he takes for granted. But when a charming and mercurial intern sweeps him off his feet, Colin sees a chance for something more: A family of his own. What he discovers instead is a shattering secret that may cost Colin everything -- and everyone -- he holds dear. By turns funny, heartbreaking and hopeful, DADDY explores the universal need for love and connection, and the evolving understanding of "family" in today's rapidly changing world. Following a buzz-heavy world premiere in New York and an extended run in LA, the critical smash play by actor Dan Via is now coming to the big screen, directed by Gerald McCullouch.
The Skinny Details	04/29/2018 9:20:54 PM/ 103 mins	6.4	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest	Feature film from award-winning writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk, tells the story of five black Brown University classmate s- four gay men and one lesbian - reuniting in the Big Apple for a weekend of sin, fun, secrets, lies and drama.
Do You Take This Man? Details	04/29/2018 9:08:04 PM/ 92 mins	5.6	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest	When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family to see them through.
Princess Cyd Details	04/29/2018 8:56:25 PM/ 96 mins	6.7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
Mapplethorpe Details	04/29/2018 6:44:35 PM/
Strapped Details	04/28/2018 7:00:11 PM/ 95 mins	6.8 7	Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest	A routine trick at a man's apartment propels a cynical hustler into a series of strange and life-changing encounters in this stunningly photographed drama from San Francisco-based Joseph Graham. Tall and lanky with a mop of unruly dark hair, the young man makes for an attractive prostitute -- handsome in body, amiable in personality and efficient in sex. He's just out to make a buck, one guy at a time. But this coldly efficient rent boy begins to look at himself in a different way one stormy night when he finds himself lost in a maze-like apartment building. The evening begins with a tryst with a beefy but timid man unused to gay sex. Their "session" becomes surprisingly tender for both. But time is money, and he's off -- that is, he'd be off if he could find the exit. His unexpected odyssey leads him to a series of encounters: there is one with a "straight" guy with issues; a cocaine-fueled queen who thinks he knows him; an older man, hidden away in a leaky attic apartment who assists him on his journey; and a lonely young man who thinks he's finally found a connection with someone. Sex is the commonality, but out of that commodity comes raw, unguarded emotions for all, even for the hustler. Sad, funny, sexy and touching, Strapped is an unforgettable look into one young man's moving journey to understanding' [TLA]	I'm not certain why the film is titled Strapped· I could be that "strapped" is used in the sense of needing money· It it also could be that it is used in the sense of being "confined"· The hustler needs money; and he settles on a profession he likes and does well — satisfying the various needs of his diverse clients· He is also confined, being lost in the building's maze· He is on a road trip, each stop enhancing disovery· All films must end· And by the time we get near there you may have an inkling of of it· But no matter, this film is not about the end, but about the journey.
After Forever Details	04/25/2018 4:44:39 PM/	8.7 7	Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Series	Brian and Jason had it all. Their love and their marriage were both supposed to last forever. But when Jason unexpectedly dies, "forever" is cut short, and Brian must learn to negotiate not only his grief, but the world as a, now, single gay man in his early 50's.	In 1971 I turned 30; and could no longer be trusted· By 1977 I had met Richard and had divorced my wife· Richard and I have been spouses for over forty years· We've grown old together·
Tales of the City (in development) Details	04/25/2018 4:22:46 PM/			According to an official synopsis, a new series “follows Mary Ann (Laura Linney), who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career." [Queerty, 2018].
Tales Of The City Details	04/25/2018 4:00:01 PM/ 300 mins	8.8	Comedy; Drama; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco. Based on the book by Armistead Maupin (A Man I Dreamt Up).
Tri-Curious Details	04/23/2018 10:26:13 PM/	6.2	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Short
Cas Details	04/23/2018 10:08:50 PM/	6.6	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	In the comedy-drama Cas, Pepijn and Sjors' steady, seven-year relationship is shaken up after they allow a young student named Cas to sleep on their couch until he finds a place of his own. Gradually, both men fall head over heels for Cas' laconic charm and it forces them to reconsider their many long-term plans. Is Cas' presence endangering their relationship or is he actually a blessing in disguise?
The New Black Details	04/21/2018 9:35:10 PM/ 80 mins	6.9	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest	The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
Deep Water Details	04/21/2018 9:21:58 PM/ 87 mins	7.5 7	Crime; Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest queer heritaqe	In the 1980s and 1990s a wave of murders bloodied the idyllic coastline of Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The victims: young homosexual men. Disturbing gang assaults were being carried out on coastal cliffs around Sydney, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as ‘suicide’, ‘disappearance’ and ‘misadventure’. Individual stories are woven together by emotional first person interviews and detailed re-enactments, piecing together the facts of these unsolved cases, decades later.	Deep Water is a conventional interview documentary exploring a large number of murders and assaults on gaymen in and around Sydney, Australia in the 1970s and 80s. It convincingly posits the initial investigations were bungled and covered up by the police. A strong argument is made for police officer involvements in the murders and assaults. While homosexual relationships had by that time been decriminalized, queer bashing was still widely practiced by youthful gangs and some elements of the police. Deep Water is an important queer heritage film.
Gay Sex In The 70s Details	04/21/2018 9:16:49 PM/ 71 mins	6.9 7	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest queer heritage	A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era. Thirteen men and one woman look back at gay life and sex in Manhattan and Fire Island - from Stonewall (June, 1969) to the first reporting on AIDS (June, 1981). They describe the rapid move from repression to celebration, from the removal of shame to joy, the on-going search for "someone," the freedom before AIDS, the friendships, and brotherhood.	The style of Gay Sex in the 70s is of interviews with gaymen of the era-most of whom were prominent in the New York City gay community centered in Greenwich Village· Also included in the "NYC" venue was the two adjacent Fire Island villages of Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines located about 50 miles from Manhatten off the south side of Long Island-NYC vacation havens for the NYC queer community· "Joseph F Lovett's 2005 documentary declines to apologise for the promiscuous gay culture of pre-Aids New York, suggesting instead that what both the gay and straight worlds of the 21st century now find so fascinating about it is how pure sex could be so freely available.· It's a period that has been hated and demonised for precipitating catastrophe, and for being a facile swirl of pleasure that was selfish and dangerous· Lovett takes a longer view· New York in the 1970s seems like an arena of nonstop gratification, but one that can only be understood in the context of the repression and fear that had gone before· [For many of today's gaymen] it seems as distant as the 1890s." [Guardian]
Pose Details	04/19/2018 9:15:16 PM/		Drama; Musical; Queer Themes/Interest	Pose is set in the world of 1986 and "looks at the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York: the rise of the luxury universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world."
Mulligans Details	04/18/2018 4:06:38 PM/ 90 mins	6.3 4	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest family; intergenerational	Like the American classic, The Graduate - secrecy, betrayal, and a painful coming of age face a family in Mulligans, by first time feature film director Chip Hale.	As a first time feature film by Director Chip Hale, technically Mulligans<./i> was quite satisfactory done (as least from the viewpoint of an ordinary viewer). However, the script was not very believable· The acting never seemed to bring out empathetic characters· 'Bland" is perhaps the best way to describe it.
The Naked Civil Servant Details	04/14/2018 1:17:20 PM/ 77 mins	8.0 7	Biography; Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; TV Documentary queer heritage	Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.	"The Naked Civil Servant is camp and unabashedly so – but it has far more going on beneath the surface, and helped usher in more nuanced portrayals of LGBT people and culture in the years to come. It may be dated, but time hasn’t made it feel embarrassing in retrospect. It is still one of the most pivotal works in the LGBT pop culture canon that helped further mainstream awareness and acceptance. Quite an impressive feat considering Crisp’s own personal views on the gay community!" Gay Essential (~2015) When this film was released in 1975 , I was transitioning from a mostly closeted gayman to a mostly queer gayman· I am not sure how I would have reacted if I had seen it in '75· Crisp was not a role model I would have likely embraced· Now I have a very different perspective· He was a man who was compelled to live an authenic life· He had no choice. While he was not a crusader in our queer revolution, he was queer, he knew who he was, he knew he could not be else· See Sequel An Englishman in New York.
G.B.F. Details	04/13/2018 8:58:08 PM/ 92 mins	6.0	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	The bitter fight for supremacy between the three most popular girls at North Gateway High takes an unexpected turn when their classmate, Tanner, is outed and becomes the school’s first openly gay student. The trio races to bag the big trend in fashion accessories, the Gay Best Friend, while Tanner must decide whether his skyrocketing popularity is more important than the friendships he is leaving behind.
Family Values: An American Tragedy Details	04/13/2018 8:53:05 PM/ 56 mins	5.7	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest family	Documentary about the experiences of filmmaker Pam Walton as she struggles to reunite with her "family values" father after a long-standing rift. Rus Walton, a radical religious fundamentalist, disowned his daughter because of her lesbian lifestyle. Although he once suggested that practicing homosexuals should be executed, Pam is willing to pay the emotional price to fulfill her longing for parental acceptance.
Empire State Details	04/13/2018 8:50:40 PM/ 104 mins	4.9	Crime; Queer Themes/Interest; Thriller	In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club.
Ekaj Details	04/13/2018 8:48:04 PM/ 80 mins	7.7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest HIV/AIDS	EKAJ is a love story between two drifters, a naive teenager and a hustler. Ekaj meets Mecca who takes him under his care. Mecca has AIDS and multiple problems of his own. He is high all day but still manages to be the only voice of reason in Ekaj’s hopeless world. They cruise the city together looking for money and places to stay. Although Ekaj makes some money as a prostitute, he finds himself discarded, and lacking what it takes to survive in the city. Their mutual loneliness leads to genuine friendship.
Beautiful Something Details	04/13/2018 8:36:11 PM/ 92 mins	6.3	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Baby Steps Details	04/13/2018 8:33:44 PM/ 103 mins	4.9	Comedy; Drama	Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by Danny's well-meaning but extremely meddlesome mother.
Desire Will Set You Free Details	04/13/2018 8:29:28 PM/ 92 mins	5.1	Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.
Crazy Bitches Details	04/13/2018 8:27:51 PM/ 98 mins	3.8	Comedy; Horror; Queer Themes/Interest	7 girls and 1 fab gay guy plan a getaway to a remote ranch for a week of gossip and grub. They start off where they always do, old rivalries in place, extreme vanity covering great insecurities, but with a true love for each other underneath the bickering, sniping and sassing. A number of drinks into night one and a dark secret is revealed. The house they rented is the site of a mass murder of teenage girls 15 years earlier. Blood still stains the floors under replacement carpets. The killer still runs free. The girls take it for what it seems - a fun story for a rainy night by a roaring fire. But after one of them disappears and is discovered dead, the story doesn't seem so fun anymore. 1 by 1, they die, killed by their own vanity. The fun-filled week turns into a race against death. Who will make it out alive?
Call To Witness Details	04/13/2018 8:25:02 PM/ 59 mins		Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest
Ander Details	04/13/2018 8:23:24 PM/ 123 mins	7.2	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	A love story between a Basque farmer and a Peruvian immigrant.
An Englishman In New York Details	04/13/2018 8:19:36 PM/ 75 mins	7.2 8	Biography; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest queer heritage	Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Quentin Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.	An Englishman in New York is a well done sequel to Jack Gold's The Naked Civil Servant, also with John Hurt cast in Crisp's role· In addition to the story of Crisp in his elder years we see snap shots of gay life in New York City during the early years of the A.I.D.S. epidemic· This is an important queer heritage film.
Anything Details	04/12/2018 9:28:47 PM/ 94 mins	6.2	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest transsexual	This is a story about the infinite possibility of love. ‘Early Landry (John Carroll Lynch), who after losing his wife is forced to move to Los Angeles so he can be cared for by his over-protective sister (Maura Tierney), but escapes her clutches to start a new life in Hollywood. He quickly becomes enamored by his transexual neighbor, Freda (Matt Bomer). His loneliness and need for companionship opens his heart to a remarkable new relationship, but their growing affection must be reconciled with the complexity of their disparate backgrounds.’	Anything will be released in New York on May 11th and Los Angeles and other markets on May 18th.
Ideal Home Details	04/11/2018 9:06:42 PM/	8.3	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest family	Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd star as Erasmus and Paul, a bickering gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year old boy shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus' grandson. Neither Paul, nor Erasmus, are ready to give up their extravagant lifestyles to be parents, but maybe this little kid has thing or two to teach them about the value of family.
13 Reasons Why: Season 2 Details	04/11/2018 8:44:12 PM/	8.3	Drama; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest; Series	Follows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.
13 Reasons Why Details	04/11/2018 8:43:18 PM/	8.3	Drama; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest; Series	Clay Jensen, a somewhat shy California high school student, returns home from school one day to find an anonymously-sent package sitting on his doorstep. Upon opening it, he discovers that it is a shoebox containing seven cassette tapes recorded by the late Hannah Baker, his classmate and emotional crush who recently committed suicide. The tapes were initially mailed to one classmate with instructions to pass them from one student to another, in the style of a chain letter. On the tapes, Hannah explains to thirteen people how they played a role in her death.
District Details	04/09/2018 12:28:06 AM/ 67 mins	8.1 8	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Series	A young adult learns that some boys in the hood are simply just goods to wealthy men in the area. It's a tale that truly questions how much you value your self-worth.	Last Sunday evening I was surfing Amazon/Prime looking for something to watch that was relatively short and well rated · And I came across District· So it wasn't the two sentence plot that led me to it , but the length· It took a while for the WASP-boy in me to get into it, but when I did, I found it immersive· It turned out to be perhaps the best film I've see so far in 2018· I was surprised to find that District has been mostly ignored by the film critic establishment· Even queer focused reviewers have so far largely ignored it· Perhaps "a place where plenty of shit goes down like gangbangin, drug dealin, killin, a place where you wouldnt want to be" [UrbanDictionary] is not a place where most of the film making elite (and not so elite), straight or queer, are comfortable.
Boys On Film 18: Heroes Details	04/08/2018 9:13:54 PM/			Boys On Film has reached legal age with is latest instalment! The award-winning gay short film compilation reaches its coming-of-age with Boys On Film 18: Heroes. The release features ten uplifting and powerful tales recounting the lives of everyday gay, bi or transgender heroes, fighting for the right to be be themselves. The shorts include the docudrama The Colour Of His Hair starring God’s Own Country’s Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country), the Egyptian animation Half A Life, and Iris Prize 2017 winner, Mother Knows Best.
My Life With James Dean (Ma Vie Avec James Dean) Details	04/08/2018 8:50:56 PM/ 108 mins	7.0	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest	Still pining for his ex-boyfriend, Géraud has come to a French seaside town to present his new experimental film, but the only person keen on seeing it is the cinema's underage projectionist who becomes smitten with the handsome director.
Cherry Grove Stories Details	04/08/2018 8:20:34 PM/		Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest	This documentary film by Michael Fisher recounts the unique character of Cherry Grove, a community on Fire Island, New York. Cherry Grove became a safe haven for gays during a time when two men holding hands in public was illegal. Fisher’s interviews with residents expose hidden stories and unknown facts that need to be told.
Mario Details	04/08/2018 1:35:57 PM/	8.1	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest homophobia; sports	Mario is in love for the first time in life, so really crush. In Leon, the new from Germany. Although he plays in the front of the storm and could even be dangerous to him, when it comes to who can ascend to the first team. But Mario does not think about that now. He wants to feel Leon, smell, be near him. This does not remain hidden to others in the club and soon make the first rumors around the round. Mario sees his career as a professional footballer in danger, but at the same time wants to lose Leon at no cost. He has to make a decision. [Google translation]	At the time entry was made in catelog, film appears not to be availzble with English captions
THUG by Todrick Hall (from Forbidden) Details	04/07/2018 10:17:13 PM/ 3 mins	7	Music Video; Queer Themes/Interest	Todrick Hall Tackles the Politics of Race & Sexuality, Talks 'Mentor' Taylor Swift & More	A wonderfully provocative music video. Todrick Hall Lyrics "T.H.U.G. (Trade)
Out Details	04/07/2018 6:43:40 PM/ 11 mins	6	Experimental/Avant-Garde; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	We travel through the stages of coming OuT with the mysterious "A".	Director Tyson Anthony flashes us through a series of close up images of A's body captioned with Anthony's visions of stages of male "coming out·" Definitely an "art house" film.· While gaymen will likely not agree on Anthony's stages, most would likely agree that our preoccupation with each other's junk is central -- missing from Anthony's litany· I suspect that Out was a fun film to make· I found it enjoyable to watch. More import, the serendipitous discovery of Out introduced me to independent filmmaker Tyson Anthony,
John Apple Jack Details	04/02/2018 5:47:19 PM/ 89 mins	5.6 5	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance	A playboy learns to love, while a virgin learns to live -- a queer romantic comedy set inside the restaurant industry... 'John Apple Jack' brings East and West together to create one sumptuously heart-warming dish. When John discovers his sister's fiance is Jack, his childhood crush, passions ignite and his life spirals out of control... losing his job, his playboy reputation and his underwear, all while rushing to the altar to finally confess his love!	I've watched worse· I was looking for a late evening film on Dekkoo that wouldn't bother me if I should fall asleep· This film fills the bill· Film works hard at being amusing without being grating· Mostly almost works· I neither turned it off nor fell asleep.