This coming-of-age story tells of two teenage girls, who are best friends, dealing with all the restrictions of growing up in Iran today. The girls are exploring their emerging sexuality as they become part of Tehran’s underground party scene. When an older brother straight out of drug rehab becomes a religious zealot and even joins … Continue reading
Canadian filmmaker Stephen Dunn’s tale of a young gay man’s coming of age story is one of the most imaginative and insightful movies in that genre we have seen in quite a while. Set in his native Newfoundland it’s the story of Oscar (Jack Fulton) who at the start is a relatively happy 8 year old whose seemingly … Continue reading
The innocence of gay life in suburban Britain in the 1980’s before the AIDS epidemic changed the landscape forever is caught beautifully in this micro-budget drama that filmmaker Lloyd Eyre-Morgan has adapted from his own stage play. It’s the story of shy introverted 16 year old Paul who is taken by Denise his divorced mother … Continue reading
Dust’s coming of age story is not the polished instagram version of puberty. It is as naïve, bare and unedited as a teens sexted video. Dust compellingly captures the exact moments between adult hood and childhood when the familiar people, places and bodies of earlier years no longer fit together. Painful as a pimple … Continue reading
Ernesto the debut movie by Italian couple Alice De Luca and Giacomo Raffaelli makes too many demands on the viewer. This experimental wee film shakily shot on a handheld camera and that contains long sections of silence, and a muddled narrative, requires a great deal of patience to keep viewing until the final credits It’s … Continue reading