Recently Added Films

	Date Added/ Length	Ratigs IMDB/ MY	Genre/ Tags	Plot	Notes
Giselle - Ballet alla Scalla de Milán Details	1/2/2021 4:00:49 PM/	5	Ballet/Dance	Giselle is a two-act ballet, with music by Adolphe Adam, choreography by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli and libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy, based on Heinrich Heine's De l'Allemagne (1835). Giselle's variation of the first act is not Adam's original. It was later incorporated and is believed to have author Leon Minkus. It was released in 1841. As the ballet begins, a nobleman named Albrecht is busily wooing a young, beautiful peasant girl named Giselle. Albrecht leads the young maiden to believe that he is a farmer named Loys. Giselle falls in love with the man, unaware that he is already betrothed to Bathilde, daughter of the Duke. She agrees to marry the man, despite the romantic advancements of another peasant, Hilarion, who suspects that Albrecht is an imposter. Giselle wants badly to dance, but her mother warns her that she has a weak heart. A prince and his entourage are soon announced by a hunting horn. When the prince's daughter realizes that she and Giselle are both engaged, she gives her a gold necklace. Hilarion tells Giselle that Albrecht has been deceiving her, that he is actually a nobleman. Bathilde quickly reveals to Giselle that Albrecht is indeed her fiance. Horrified and weak, Giselle goes mad and dies of a broken heart. That's where the ballet gets emotional. The second act of the ballet takes place in a forest beside Giselle's grave. The Queen of the ghostly Wilis, virgins who have died of unrequited love, calls upon them to accept Giselle as one of their own. When Hilarion stops by, the Wilis make him dance to his death. But when Albrecht arrives, Giselle (now a Wili herself) dances with him until the Wilis' power is lost, when the clock strikes four. Realizing that Giselle has saved him, Albrecht cries at her grave.	I am not a fan, in general, of these early 19th century ballets. This prsentation of Giselle to my tastes was too full of exaggerate pantomime and women bouncing around on their tippy toes. Since it is a classic, this aspect may be true of productions. Overall this production lacked energy and emotion. The music seemed banal. There are many productions of Giselle available on YouTube and dvd. YouTube: This production
Swan Lake Alternate Endings Details	1/3/2021 1:27:08 PM/	9	Ballet/Dance; Documentary	A collection of the many endings to the ballet Swan Lake.	YouTube: Swan Lake (Alternate Endings) I like Matthew Bourne's ending best. Anyone who has known a bevy of swans will tell you that they can be nasty birds, which attack intruders with viciousness, not sweet young things in tutus on tippy toes. Bourne's birds are vicious. Of course, the traditional swans are actually young maidens who have been turned into swans. And we all know that young maidens are always sweet and innocent.
Divos! Details	1/12/2021 9:31:24 PM/ 98 mins	6.6	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest teen	Teenage egos collide when a self-proclaimed "Broadway Legend in the Making" is forced to share the spotlight with the school's star athlete in the high school musical.
J'ador Details	1/13/2021 11:45:33 PM/ 16 mins	7.7 7	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; Short	Rome. Claudio is 15 and someone is writing on his forehead “J’ador” because he smells girlish. That’s Lauro, the 18-year-old leader of a group of youngsters that call themselves fascists and do a lot of things for a far-right political party. Claudio wants to go with them to the “dinner” organized by the party section, but one can only attend if he’s part of the group, and cry-babies are not allowed. If he wants to achieve what he wants, in just one afternoon Claudio has to lose his baby scent and start to smell like a man.	"Im 15. I know what I want. I know where and how to get it. And I will!" J'ador, pheromone. At 15, how do we know (and at the same time, don't). Ah, ah...
The Wild Boys Details	1/18/2021 8:35:50 PM/ 111 mins	6.9	Adventure; Drama; Fantasy; Mystery; Queer Themes/Interest	In the beginning of the 20th century, five children on the island of La Réunion commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
Otto; Or, Up With Dead People Details	1/18/2021 10:23:48 PM/ 95 mins	5.2	Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Horror; Queer Themes/Interest Ravens; film night candidate	A young zombie named Otto appears on a remote highway. He has no idea where he came from or where he is going. After hitching a ride to Berlin and nesting in an abandoned amusement park, he begins to explore the city. Soon he is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf, who operates the camera. Meanwhile, Medea is still trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. She convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom. When Otto discovers that he has a wallet that contains information about his past, before he was dead, he begins to remember details about his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf. He arranges to meet him at the schoolyard where they met, with devastating results.
Hellraiser Details	1/18/2021 10:59:41 PM/ 94 mins	7.0	Horror; Queer Themes/Interest; Thriller film night candidate; Halloween season candidate; Ravens	An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover while the demonic cenobites are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.
So My Grandma's A Lesbian! Details	1/20/2021 5:58:19 PM/ 97 mins	4.2	Comedy; Queer Themes/Interest lesbian	Eva, a young and promising Spanish lawyer based in Edinburgh, sees her wedding plans with the heir to an important and ultra-conservative Scottish family in jeopardy when she learns that her grandmother, Sofía, has decided to marry…
Trans In Trumpland Details	1/20/2021 6:17:37 PM/		Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest trans; transgender; transsexual	A transgender Iranian-American embarks on a road trip to discover the everyday realities of being trans in conservative states across the United States. As he travels through some of the country’s most anti-trans states, he uncovers the struggles and triumphs that define being trans in America today.	debuts on Topic and VOD February 25
Portrait Of Jason Details	1/25/2021 6:27:55 PM/ 105 mins	7.2	Biography; Documentary; Queer Themes/Interest	Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960's America.
Entre Nous Details	1/27/2021 3:20:43 PM/ 112 mins	7.1	Biography; Drama; Queer Themes/Interest; War	In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
A Girl At My Door (Dohee-Ya) Details	1/27/2021 3:33:49 PM/ 119 mins	6.9	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest	Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.
The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden Unter Den Füssen) Details	1/27/2021 3:51:52 PM/ 108 mins	6.5	Drama; Queer Themes/Interest	Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a business consultant. But when a tragic event forces the past back into her life, Lola's grip on reality seems to slips away.