Inside The Chinese Closet
It would seem that when LGBT men and women come out of the closets as gay to their family in China today, the parents then rush into the closets themselves. According to this new documentary from Italian filmmaker Sophia Luvarà even liberated Chinese parents who ‘accept’ their children’s sexuality have an immediate concern in that the news … Continue reading
Interior Leather Bar
Director William Friedkin claims that he had to take his notorious movie ‘Cruising’ about the gay S&M sub-culture to the Ratings Board on 50 occasions before they would give him a ‘R’. Whether that is totally true or not is part of the myth around the over-rated but little seen psychological thriller released in 1980 to great controversy. The gay … Continue reading
Jose Mayorga reviews ROSODIUM a queer French road trip movie
The French romance/drama develops a significant segment in the lives of Noah (Thibaut Cattelin) and Lohan (Jules Bahloul), their characters are portrayed sharing the road for a few days being driven, in the back of pick-up, by friends Rox and Coco who have concerns of their own. A story told in a loop begins … Continue reading
Judas Kiss
Only a gay sci-fi movie would feature a plot line where the protagonist has sex with himself! It’s just one of the hard-to-fathom threads of this well-meaning movie that is all about the whole concept of having a second chance to go back and fix one’s own past. Zachary is a failed film director who’s … Continue reading
Kaboom
An unrestrained and completely over-the-top pansexual campus sci-fi comedy by famed queer filmmaker Greg Araki. There is Smith who is still undecided about his sexuality who lusts for Thor his hunky roommate who is straight but likes to play at being gay. His best friend Stella is definitely a lesbian and she meets Lorelei who … Continue reading