Can’t two twinks fall in love in peace in 1980 Sicily? No. In a nutshell, that is the story of Fireworks, a new film by Giuseppe Fiorello based on the true story of an infamous hate crime. It imagines the days leading up to the murder of two young men whose deaths caused … Continue reading
Oxford University, 2006. A fresh intake of young students nervously begin their new lives at university. Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), an intelligent, but socially awkward young man from Merseyside, is more out of sorts and lost than most. He’s working class, on a scholarship and doesn’t have the existing social networks that … Continue reading
He Went That Way is the directorial debut by Jeffrey Darling, who sadly passed away just as he completed production on the film. Loosely based on a real-life event from Vietnam-era America in 1964, this dark and violent drama is a classic road movie in a long line of the genre. Zachary Quinto … Continue reading
A depressed movie director (Sebastián Silva as himself) in search of relaxation and inspiration goes to a Mexican gay beach where he meets social media influencer and popular Jordan (Jordan Firstman as himself), whom he invites to spend a few days in his Mexico City apartment. There they will enjoy each other´s company and maybe, … Continue reading
Thanks to Nelson Mandela, South Africa has one of the best constitutions and legal rights frameworks for queer people globally. A nation’s queer human rights usually affects the tone of the film-making in that country. For example, queer film-making out of Muslim countries often contains far more angst-ridden themes than films from more … Continue reading