The opening scene of Lonesome resembles a Hollywood Western as our protagonist Casey (Josh Lavery) keeps pace with the sun while running away from his reality. He dons a cowboy hat and the classic blue jeans and white T-shirt combo that immediately endow him with an eye-candy-cum-rebellious persona. His face has the sharpness as … Continue reading
\ Cinema, reality, and fiction combined in this extremely well-crafted film, also photographed and written by Argentinian director Manuel Abramovich, with a screenplay in collaboration with Fernando Krapp and Pio Longo. Pornomelancholia is a compelling portrait of loneliness in the times of social media where there is no place for privacy. It is a … Continue reading
Queer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?). A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and … Continue reading
Bodyshop is the latest, and final film by acclaimed queer Hong Kong filmmaker Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung), who is retiring. A front-runner in Asian queer film-making, his previous films include Voyage, Utopians, Amphetamine and Adonis. Scud is a unique filmmaker, and here combines extreme sex, nudity, and rape scenes with documentary-type interviews, camp elements, … Continue reading
Los Agitadores (Horseplay) is the latest film from queer Argentinian director Marco Berger (The Blonde One, Taekwondo, Absent). A group of ten handsome, fit young male friends in their mid-20s share a smart villa in the Argentine countryside for a few days over Christmas and New Year. The men know each other well and … Continue reading
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