Drawn This Way : the gay animation documentary
From Tom of Finland to Bugs Bunny in a dress – animation has been a place where artists can unleash and explore their sexuality. When did all this g(art) start? Is it a sexual turn-on? How did the artists get their start? Why the obsession with these fantastical stories and characters? Are they taken … Continue reading
Dream Boat.
For the past six years every September The Monarch a European Cruise ship leaves Lisbon with some 2300 passengers for a week’s voyage to Gran Canaria. All of them are gay men with just one thing on their mind : to party. And of course to fall in love with Mr Right, and on the … Continue reading
DRIES : an intimate portrait of fashion designer Dries Van Noten
In today’s culture where a successful fashion designer is as much of a star as the celebrity customers they dress, Dries Van Noten is quite the exception. True he does quietly outfit Cate Blanchett for all her trips down the red carpet, but this quiet and unassuming extremely talented Belgian is much happier at home … Continue reading
Drive Me Home : a road trip to reconciliation
For his feature film directing debut Simone Catania has made this intriguing road movie about a couple of childhood friends who became estranged when they grew up. Antonio (Vinicio Marchioni) had inherited his grandfather’s old farmhouse in a remote part of Sicily, but at 15 years old all he wanted to do was escape … Continue reading
Dude For A Day
With so much attention on gender identity these days far more people are now focusing inwards and looking at themselves on a scale and in a manner that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. One of the options of doing this are workshops like the one run by Tracey Erin Smith, the Director … Continue reading