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Restless Love

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This rather enchanting Brazilian dramedy is about three smart urban professionals who are not only best friends, but also neighbors in a trendy São Paulo apartment building.  As they are also very self-absorbed, it is no-wonder that all three of them are having relationship issues with their partners. Julia (Maria Laura Nogueira) hates confrontations and so has chosen to ignore … Continue reading



Retake

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For his feature film debut Nick Corporon chose to co-write and direct a road movie with a difference. True having a lonely middle-aged gay man pay for the services of a young hustler to accompany him is hardly new, but the journey they undertake together makes this intriguing resourceful wee drama  a very suspenseful edgy thriller. When Jonathan … Continue reading




Search Engines

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With an impressive stellar ensemble as a cast, and the very topical premise of everyone’s obsession with being glued to their cellphones, and helmed by talented writer/director Russell Brown, Search Engines had all the hallmarks of being a  very successful comedy.  On paper at least.  Set in California as an assorted group of family and friends … Continue reading



Sebastian

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It’s impossible to be openly gay in Sebastian’s small remote hometown in Peru so his homophobic mother, who as the town’s attorney is a person of some importance,  gives him money to go and live far away in the US.  Now years later having established a new life as a chef in L.A. complete with a … Continue reading



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