In The Limelight : NY’s Club Life in the 90’s

  For most of us who made it to NY’s fabulous LIMELIGHT Club back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s this excellent new book on club life by Steve Eichner brings back happy memories. Limelight was situated in a gothic revival brownstone that was once the  Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. It originally started … Continue reading

In The Name Of

Father Adam is the pastor of a minute parish in the hinterlands of Poland where he has opened a center for ‘difficult’ teenage ex reformatory boys. In this bleak countryside he, and his lay helper Michel, have fashioned their small group of unruly charges into almost responsible young men. They play football, go swimming and … Continue reading

In the UK The Best TV Travel Guides are all hosted by LGBTQ stars

    We don’t think that this actually constitutes a major new trend  BUT we have suddenly become aware of LGBTQ+ people hosting excellent TV travel programs in the UK   As they put their own spin on the places they visit and the people they meet we realize how naturally curious (nosey?) gay people are, … Continue reading

In Their Room : London/Berlin/San Francisco

US Filmmaker Travis Mathews is a professional voyeur.  His documentary movies all focus on gay men and their intimacy and are very raw and explicit. His most successful project to date is ‘Interior Leather Bar’ where he, and a somewhat obsessed James Franco, pieced together what they thought maybe the content of the chunk of … Continue reading

India Blues

This very edgy film about two gay men exploring their relationship in real time is a bold experiment from Greek filmmaker George Markaris (transplanted to Berlin). With very little dialogue this largely improvised piece is in eight different segments that cover the whole spectrum of these two young men’s experiences together.  They cover Pain, Lust, … Continue reading

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