Recently Added Films

	Date Added/ Length	Ratigs IMDB/ MY	Genre/ Tags	Plot	Notes
Eastsiders: Season 1 Details	07/31/2018 3:58:56 PM/ 115 mins	6.2	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest	In Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Cal learns that Thom, his boyfriend of four years, has been cheating on him with Jeremy. Though upset, Cal decides that he does not want to end the relationship.
Paper Boys Details	07/30/2018 10:14:04 PM/	7.4	Comedy; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; VoD Series	In a brash decision, Cole secretly moves to San Francisco under the guise of his straight best friend's engagement party. But when his friend, Daren, reveals his engagement was an accident, Cole uses the mysterious powers of a forgotten sketchbook to try to put both of their lives back on track, whatever the consequences.
Random Acts of Flyness Details	07/28/2018 11:43:01 AM/	nr	Series		flyness: (African American Vernacular, slang) The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
It's Consuming Me Details	07/23/2018 10:32:36 AM/ 4 mins	7.1 7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	I can’t move on. I wish I could. But I’m caught in the thought of what could have been, losing my grip on reality.
Aids: Doctors And Nurses Tell Their Stories Details	07/22/2018 6:38:42 PM/ 26 mins	8.1 7	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest AIDS; HIV; queer heritage	For the first time, doctors and nurses who cared for Britain's first AIDS patients in the 1980s tell their stories. They describe a dark time when, with little treatment on offer, their role was to help these young men deal with early, painful and often undignified deaths. The extraordinary situation saw the medics bend and break the rules to provide some comfort and fun for their patients. They formed close friendships with the men they were treating, went to their funerals, mourn them to this day. But that important work took a substantial toll. This film comes when the legacy of that period is in danger of being forgotten. Black and white photographs of young gay men ill and dying on hospital wards are intercut with the honest testimony from the nurses and doctors who fought to give their patients the best death they could in the worst circumstances.	I was only able to watch ten minutes or so of this film· It was too painful· Richard and I saw several of our friends die· The stories and images of this film are those of the lives we knew.
An Evening (En Aften) Details	07/22/2018 5:20:16 PM/ 10 mins	6.9 7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance; Short coming of age	Friends Frederik and Mathias share a common experience but have very different reactions.	My first gay experience at a very young age was not unlike the events in the film. There was not just one. Whilst I embrace the experiences, apparently my friend did not, and we went our different ways. A well done short.
Silly Girl Details	07/21/2018 6:00:20 PM/ 5 mins	4.9 5	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short transgender	Silly Girl is all about the first time you are noticed, that first time someone sees you for who you are and the transformative nature of that moment.
The Colour of His Hair Details	07/21/2018 5:37:17 PM/	6.7 5	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short gay heritage	Based on an unrealised film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the decriminalisation of homosexual relations between men, 'The Colour of His Hair' merges drama and documentary into an impressionistic meditation on queer life before and after the partial legalisation of homosexuality in 1967.	I couldn't find (although my research was superficial) how this film came to be made in 2017, more than fifty years after the homosexual law reform debates in Great Britain, it very much has the flavor of the propoganda used by proponents of reform at the time.
Undress Me (Ta Av Mig) Details	07/21/2018 5:24:04 PM/ 15 mins	5.4 7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short transgender	Mikaela has undergone gender reassignment surgery and become a woman. One night at a bar, she meets a guy and takes him back to her place.
B & B Details	07/21/2018 1:30:52 PM/ 87 mins	5.5 6	Queer Themes/Interest; Thriller	Marc and Fred went to war when they were refused a double bed at a remote Christian guest house. They won in court and now they're back to claim their conjugal rights. Triumph turns to terror when another guest arrives, who they think might have something sinister in mind. Their weekend of fun turns into a bloody battle for survival in this smart, brutally funny and dark thriller. Written by Producer	Not without some weaknesses, but overall pretty good if you are able to suspend disbelief, which I find I have to do for most thrillers.
Bye Bye Germany (Es War Einmal In Deutschland...) Details	07/19/2018 9:21:09 PM/ 102 mins	6.5 7	Comedy; Drama; Foreign; War	David Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
A Long Road To Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years Details	07/19/2018 2:53:52 PM/	nr	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest queer heritage
Bugcrush Details	07/18/2018 10:50:23 PM/ 36 mins	6.1 6	Drama; Horror; Queer Themes/Interest; Science Fiction; Thriller	A teenager's infatuation with the new bad boy at school leads him onto a dark path.	I pretty much knew where this horror thriller was going, but hoped it would surprised me by going elsewhere· It doesn't.
Grandmother's Gold Details	07/12/2018 4:29:37 PM/		Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Details	07/12/2018 4:11:25 PM/ 135 mins	8.4 9	Drama; Mystery	Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.	While reading my emails, I noticed that The Curious Incident Of The Dog in The Night was playing its final performance at our local "art" theatre· Seeing the announcement reminded me that this film had been on my "wish list" for some time· After exploring its availability on dvd and vod, and not finding it, I hollered down to Richard: "Want to go to the movies tonight?" After learning it's title, he surprising agreed, even though we had but a short time to get to are local art theater· Curious … is a film of a live stage show produced by the National Theater in London. Transferring a stage production to film is fraught with dangers, and rarely successful· And the Long Island Village of Patchogue is infamous for it's parking problems, but we managed to sneak into one of the few remaining free stalls in the village lot across the street from the small arts theater· We were a bit hassled by the time we settle into our seats· We were enthralled by the film· Not only was the play well written and imaginatively staged, we thought the filming enhanced the production. The camera was able get views and angles that would have been unavailable to audience members· Except for one crucial scene, the sound was excellent; the exception being a piece that was spoken as a whisper, and Richard and I were able to piece to gather its essence after the show. "Adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling 2003 novel about an autistic boy’s coming-of-age, this is one of the most fully immersive works ever to wallop Broadway." [NYT]
Geography Club Details	07/10/2018 2:12:02 PM/ 79 mins	6.6 6	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest; Romance coming of age; teen romance	At Goodkind High School, a group of students of varying sexual orientation form an after-school club a as a discrete way to share their feelings and experiences.	A prosaic coming of age story. "That said, it’s still charming and often witty. It’s especially well worth watching if you’re young, gay and looking for inspiration that it really does get better." [BGPS]
Panto Bliss aka Rory O'Neal: Noble Call at Dublin's Abbey Theater Details	07/09/2018 2:27:11 PM/ 10 mins	9	Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest; Short heritage; homophobia	An impassioned account of a recent debacle following a television appearance where her definition of ‘homophobia’ was jumped upon by an anti-gay group in an attempt to have her publicly denounced by the Establishment.
Nightswimming Details	07/07/2018 11:15:34 PM/ 14 mins	5.2 6	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	Runaways Luke and Ellen are caught breaking into an older, Victorian styled swimming facility one evening. As they only want a warm place to sleep, Martin, the person on patrol, lets them stay on the proviso that they don't break anything else. As Luke and Ellen go swimming in the pool, Luke spots Martin voyeuristically watching them. That small act begins an emotionally charged situation involving all three, but which was only supposed to involve Luke and Martin
Rub & Tug Details	07/06/2018 12:46:04 PM/		Queer Themes/Interest preproduction; transgender	PREPRODUCTION: Tex Gill, a larger than life character who, while transitioning from female to male, becomes the crime kingpin of 1970s Pittsburgh through his empire of illicit massage parlors.	Controversial for cisgender actor playing a transgender character. See links.
Masks Details	07/04/2018 3:16:49 PM/ 22 mins		Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	A closeted medical student risks being outed to her family on the same evening a masked gunman opens fire at a gay nightclub.	Frameline 42 Audience Award for Best Short
Giving Me Life (In the Land of the Deadass) Details	07/04/2018 3:06:17 PM/	nr	Episodic; Queer Themes/Interest	Beyond the memorable title, this six-episode series explores the life of 20-somethings living in New York as they navigate the perils and temptations of love and sex in the contemporary era.
The Rest I Make Up Details	07/04/2018 3:01:47 PM/ 79 mins	nr	Documentary	Maria Irene Fornes is "America's Great Unknown Playwright." When she stops writing due to dementia, a friendship with a young writer reignites her visionary creative spirit, triggering a film collaboration that picks up where the pen left off.	Frameline 42 Audience Award for Best Documentary
For Izzy Details	07/04/2018 2:49:56 PM/	8.8	Queer Themes/Interest; Romantic Comedy	Lesbian photojournalist Dede tries to recover from opioid addiction by moving into a new home, only to find herself attracted to the autistic girl next door. Complicating matters, Dede’s mother begins to fall for the overprotective father of the girl next door, turning For Izzy into a quirky and ironic romantic comedy.	Frameline 42 Audience Award for Best US Feature
Retablo Details	07/04/2018 2:44:57 PM/ 101 mins	8.6	Drama	Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father Noé’s secret. The 14-year-old lives with his parents in a village high up in the mountains of Peru. Noé is a respected artisan and Segundo’s role model. With loving eye for detail, he artfully crafts altarpieces for church and homes, and is preparing his son to follow in his footsteps. But cracks form in their tight bond. A young adult growing up in a remote village in the mountains of Peru when his family discovers he’s gay. Chaos ensues, along with an examination of masculinity and societal pressures to conform.	Frameline42 First Feature Award