Androgynous punk Sebastian works stacking paint cans in a warehouse by day and at night lives in a cramped messy apartment with his lesbian friend Lea. He is intensely broody and unhappy with practically everything in his life especially his gender, and spends his time in a haze of drugs, drink and hanging out in gay bars … Continue reading
Wade Gasque’s debut feature, which he co-wrote with lead actor Mark Strano, is an interesting drama about the conflict between two estranged gay brothers who are trying to reconcile after the death of their father. Their sexuality is one of the few things the siblings have in common as Chet is quiet and reserved and … Continue reading
Filmmaker David Au’s debut feature film about an unhappy Chinese-American mother and her strained relationship with equally miserable son is as melodramatic as if it were an Asian type novella. Emma the mother sticks with her boring husband who completely neglects her until he wakes up in the middle of the night and insists on cutting his … Continue reading
Growing up gay in a small conservative town in the Deep South is tough enough, but as well as worrying about his religious parents reactions, 17 year-old choirboy Ricky is also concerned about upsetting Jesus too. Everybody in his close circle of school friends is more comfortable with his sexuality than he is, and even … Continue reading
When 60-year-old Alice comes to Toronto six months after becoming a widow, her daughter Suzanne a lawyer is too busy at work to be home to greet her mother. She asks her unemployed friend Tru to step in at the last minute to look after Alice but then is shocked when she later arrives home … Continue reading