Second Star on the Right : a story of friendships
This is one of two lesbian dramas that Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli has playing on the film festival circuit and they both share the two of the leading ladies Alejandra Lara, and Silvia Varón. Second Star on the Right is the story of four 30-something-year-old women who have been friends since schooldays. Now grown … Continue reading
Seeing Is Believing : New Queer Visions
If being in isolation is becoming, lets us politely say, a bit predictable then it is time to have a few slices of the sideways looks at the world offered in this latest series of shorts. It does not contain the kind of surprises that will sit you bolt up from your coronavirus sofa slouch. … Continue reading
Seek
Twenty-something-year-old Evan Brisby is ambitious. Currently working on a gay magazine that covers the local community in Toronto his hometown, he aspires to bigger things and so sends samples of his writing to the The Gazette one of the city’s daily newspapers. He doesn’t get offered a job but the Editor is suitably impressed to … Continue reading
Should THE BOYS IN THE BAND be playing a different tune now?
The much heralded movie adaption of the 2018 Broadway revival of Mart Crowley’s gay classic drama THE BOYS IN THE BAND has finally. arrived Helmed by the uber queer Producer Ryan Murphy who has a passion for period dramas, the movie has that highly polished look that we now expect from him on all … Continue reading
Silent Youth
Marlo a young engineering student is taking a break from school and is visiting a girl friend in Berlin. When she goes off to work, he takes off to explore the city. Crossing the street he momentarily links eyes with another man, and after the pass, they take furtive looks back at each other. Moments later as he crosses … Continue reading