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Next Level Shit : or how not to be too anal retentive before a date

  Filmmaker Gary Jaffe’s award-winning short Next Level Shit is about one of those awkward pre-date experiences that nearly every gay man can and will relate to.  Well, the honest ones anyway  ….. This thought-provoking and entirely delightful rom-com is the story of Taylor (the very cute Ben Baur) who is preparing for his third … Continue reading

NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET

  Chilean Raul Rutz was a prolific experimental filmmaker who worked mainly in France, and is probably best known to US audiences for movies such as ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’ and ‘Marcel Proust’s Time Regained’.   This is his very last film made when he was dying and I think is best described as his personal … Continue reading

NIMBY Not In My Back Yard

  From Finland comes this rather absurdist drama centered around a lesbian couple’s attempt to ‘come out’ to their respective parents .  What was a seemingly straightforward  trip home to a remote town for Melvi (Susanna Pukkila) to introduce her German girlfriend Kata (Almila Bagriacik). turns into total chaos. The moment the pair step off … Continue reading

No Angel – A Life of Marlene Dietrich : a legendary Queer Icon

  In 1999  American Film Institute named Marlene Dietrich as the ninth-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. We think if we polled gay men (of a certain age) for Legendary Queer Icons in Gay History,  Dietrich would rate much higher than that . For those of you reading this who have never heard of … Continue reading

No Dress Code Required

Probably the one thing that most irked all the local Mexican authorities who schemed to deny Victor and Fernando the right to marry, was not just because they were gay but that this totally adorable and resilient couple were so obviously two best friends who were madly in love with each other. They evidently believed that … Continue reading

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