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How Francis Lee made the Best Gay Male Love Story of 2017
For his first feature film Brit actor turned writer/director Francis Lee has shocked the world of queer cinema by creating the sublime God’s Own Country, that is unquestionably the best gay male love story of 2017. Acknowledged by not just the prestigious heavyweight Awards that the movie and Lee have already picked, but it has…
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God’s Own Country
God’s Own Country a breakout hit at both Sundance and Berlinale Festivals (where it was nominated for a Teddy for Best Queer Feature) is a remarkable debut from openly gay Brit writer/director Frances Lee, and unquestionably one of best queer love stories for a very long time. Set in the wilds of Yorkshire (hence the…
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Metrograph NY : On Fire Island
The Metrograph, NY’s newest and hottest Art house theater is showing a series of movies in August under the banner ‘On Fire Island.’ The program celebrates the unique gay summer destination that queer New Yorkers have been flocking too in droves for decades now. During this time this 30-mile-long sandy utopia has been witness to…
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Just Charlie
Charlie (Harry Gilby) is the star player in his high school football team in Tamworth in the Midlands, so much so that he is spotted by a talent scout who immediately offers him a place in a prestigious Football Academy. His father Paul (Scot Williams) is completely overjoyed as he had been the one pushing…
