Folsom Forever
Mike Skiff’s illuminating new documentary on the Folsom Street Fair, one of San Francisco’s iconic gay events, starts off by dispelling a few of the myths that surround its 30 year history. Initially the Fair was created in 1984 as part of a growing protest movement that objected to the enforced gentrification of what previously … Continue reading
Four More Years
When David Holst believes that the Liberal Party he leads is winning the General Election, he thinks he will be Sweden’s next Prime Minister. But life and politics never ever go exactly as planned and when the Democratic Socialists are returned to power instead, David starts to question if he should not think about a … Continue reading
Free Havana
The history of gay rights in Cuba is as best described as patchy. Although they repealed their Sodomy Laws in 1979 (26 years before the US did) homosexual acts were still a punishable crime until 1988. In 1992 the Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader made a very public statement ‘I am absolutely opposed to any form … Continue reading
French Kisses
This is a curated compilation of six sexy French short LGBT movies that range from light-hearted comedy to rather melodramatic fare that are all rather entertaining in their own way The collection starts on a particular high note with Apollon by Loic Dimitch, and its the cute story of a frustrated teenage boy who is … Continue reading
Fulboy
Fulboy is a very odd piece of voyeurism. Argentinian writer/filmmaker and football fanatic Martín Farina persuades his younger sibling Tomás to allow him to do a fly-on-the-wall documentary on the football club where he is a professional player. This is to be a warts-and-all no-holds-barred look at this very handsome young team totally exposed, and in fact one of the very … Continue reading