Alaska is a Drag
In her enchanting feature debut writer/director Shaz Bennett spares no punches in showing how brutal and isolated Alaska can be especially if you are anything different than the norm. Leo (newcomer Martin L. Washington Jr.) is just that and more. He may work gutting fish in a Cannery by day, but at night this black gay … Continue reading
Aleksandr’s Price
Aleksandr is a young Russian illegal immigrant living in New York who is suddenly penniless and left to fend for himself when his severely depressed mother takes her own life. In desperation he turns to Emma his only friend for help and she sends him off to meet a contact of hers to see if … Continue reading
Alex & Ali
In 1967 Alex a young student from North Carolina who had just graduated in International Affairs volunteered for the American Peace Corps and was sent to Iran to teach English. Whilst there he met and fell in love with Ali a local boy a few years younger than him, and for the next ten years … Continue reading
Alex Strangelove
Alex Strangelove is a gay teen comedy that thankfully is so much better than the squeaky clean over-sanitized rather drippy drama Love Simon that was loved by mainly teenage girls with the same passion that most gay men loathed it. For one thing, it’s rather raunchy and its protagonist Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny) hasn’t yet … Continue reading
Alice Junior : a trans teenager who knows exactly what she wants
Filmmaker Gil Baroni’s latest movie, fresh from its glowing reception at the Berlinale earlier this year is yet another example of how innovative and sublime queer movies made in Brazil really are. His tale of a vibrant trans teenager who refuses to be bowed down by any transphobia is like a breath of fresh … Continue reading