Holiday aka Feriado
They immediately take off in a hurry to be followed in hot pursuit by Uncle Jorge and his thuggish bodyguards and when they catch up to them, they beat one of them to a pulp. Juampi though helps the other one escape and he jumps on the back of the man’s motorbike as he speeds … Continue reading
Hollywood to Dollywood
One of the very first things you learn from this enchanting wee documentary is that when you are growing up gay in a Southern Baptist family in a small North Carolina town you worship both God and Dolly Parton in equal measure. Handsome identical twins Gary and Larry Lane, now in their mid 30’s, got … Continue reading
HOLY LANDS : When Harry Met Piggy
If it wasn’t for the cast full of very well-known and celebrated actors, one could easily have mistaken that this sentimental melodrama was a Lifetime TV movie. Written and directed by French filmmaker Amanda Sthers and adapted from her own novel, its the preposterous story or retired Jewish American Cardiologist Harry Rosenmerck (James Caan) … Continue reading
HOMO-SAY-WHAT – a history of institutionalized homophobia
The very next day after queer filmmaker Craig Bettendorf and his crew celebrated Treading Yesterday’s world premiere at Dances with Films in Hollywood, the euphoria quickly disappeared. It was the night of the mass-killing at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. The bitter irony (if that’s the right word) is that ‘Treading Yesterday’ Web Series … Continue reading
Honeymoon aka Libanky
The picturesque Czech countryside is the setting for an idyllic summer wedding. It’s the second time around for Radim the groom who ended up with Dominik a 12 year old son when his first marriage ended, and also the second go for his bride Tereza who was left with a broken heart. When the wedding … Continue reading