When Tanner is accidentally outed in school, whilst the other boys in his class may resort to taunting and bullying him, the girls start to seriously compete for his attention. Three of the most popular teen girls in particular believe that if Tanner would be their G (ay) B (est) F(riend), which their favorite fashion mags … Continue reading
Elizabeth Bishop was something of a self-absorbed cold fish. When she finishes her tenure as US Poet Laureate in 1950, she was 40 years old, alone in N.Y., and suffering with ‘writers block’. At the suggestion of her friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell she decides to go to South America for a long vacation. … Continue reading
Alain Guiraudie’s intriguing new thriller is about as homoerotic as can be without crossing the divide into soft porn. Its set on a tranquil isolated lake in a beautiful corner of the French countryside where the beach front is sparsely occupied by a handful of men sunbathing in the buff. Behind them lies a small … Continue reading
The sub-title of Argentinian filmmaker Carina Sama’s first documentary movie is ‘diversity within diversity’ which aptly covers this close study of the lives of four transvestites and one transsexual in Bolivia today. Each of the five have made an extraordinary journey to reach the point of where they are now, and whilst most of have … Continue reading
Martin Scorsese’s take on a big time financial crook who swindled money out of a legion of small time people to finance his life of excess and debauchery is a piece of faction. Based on the real life of convicted stockbroker Jordan Belfort whose Firm fraudulently sold billions of worthless penny shares, it does however … Continue reading