Free CeCe
With the sad news this week about the death of Alphonza Watson in Baltimore which brought the number of transgender women of color in the US killed in the first three months up to 8 now, the story of CeCe McDonald takes on an even greater significance. A compelling new documentary from Jacqueline Gares doesn’t just … Continue reading
Fair Haven
19 year old James’s (Michael Grant) reward for his long stint at a gay conversion therapy course run by religious zealots is not good news. On his return home he is greeted by his father (Tom Wopat) who forced him to go there in the first place, and he immediately learns that all his college fund money has … Continue reading
Flatbush Luck
Swedish/American filmmaker Casper Andreas specializes in formulaic gay-lite comedies with cliched ridden plots and characters that usually rely on being easy on the eye as their main selling point. This latest one about two attractive cousins who work as phone repairmen in Brooklyn and stumble on a get-rich-quick scheme is about the same as his previous efforts … Continue reading
From Zero to I Love You
For his sophomore feature film as a writer/director Doug Spearman reunites with Daryl Stephens who not only starred in his Hot Guys with Guns debut, but who was also a co-cast member of the groundbreaking Noahs Arc TV series. Stephens plays Pete a successful copywriter in Philadelphia who has a penchant for dating men … Continue reading
Funny Boy : a tender queer love story set in a time of war
Having just reviewed Jon Garcia’s excellent drama about a relationship set and filmed in the COVID Lockdown, we are beginning to realize his title Love In Dangerous Times could have also be used by a whole multitude of other movies. Especially ones with an LGBTQ story lIne. For example Funny Boy is a coming-of-age … Continue reading