When 18 year old Davide returns home after college to the provincial industrial town in Northern Italy he is expected to join the family firm just like his much older brother. Loris is only 35 but bears all the stresses of the struggling business and tries to juggle that with sharing his wife’s anxiety that … Continue reading
It’s still very tough and even quite dangerous being gay in some places, none more so than in the oppressive machismo society of Cuba. So when two male teenage best friends acknowledge their attraction to each other, life starts to get very complicated for them, and we have the sense from the outset that it … Continue reading
Alan Brown’s latest movie has one of the most accurate titles that pulls no punches and is exactly what it promises i.e five dances. Held together by the strands of a wisp of a tenuous plot, it is however still a sweet and sensual coming-out-tale thanks to the presence of a charming young dancer who … Continue reading
When Jason Potts leaves his boyfriend in New York and goes back to his hometown of Smythe in Tennessee for a brief visit to see his family, he suddenly finds himself in the centre of a drama that no-one could have seen coming, least of all him. After some very absurd events he finds himself … Continue reading
Handsome Ray was once the hero of this small town in a remote part of Newfoundland. He was a promising hockey player pursuing a career in the NHL, but his time on the ice came to a grinding halt after he was caught transporting ‘pot’ across the border. Now on the verge of his 42nd … Continue reading