The two boys in question are 15 year old Dutch schoolboys who get thrown together when their athletics coach selects them to be part of a 4 man relay team. They seem an unlikely pair of friends at first as Sieger is reserved and a little uptight mainly because of the fact since his mother … Continue reading
It seemed somewhat a remarkable co-incidence that I sat down to watch this movie the same night that Mickey Rooney’s death was announced. Mickey will always be ‘Andy Hardy’ to me : the irrepressible boy that thought he could solve all of life’s problems with jumping up and exclaiming ‘Let’s put on a Show’. And … Continue reading
Yves St Laurent was regarded as the most consistently celebrated and influential designer for twenty-five years. He is credited with both spurring Haute Couture’s rise from its 1960’s ashes and with finally rendering Ready-to-Wear reputable. He was unquestionably a genius and it’s no exaggeration at all to state that some of his ‘creations’ were stunning masterpieces. … Continue reading
The lazy summer is over and Leo and his best friend Giovana are back in High School for the new term when curly headed new boy Gabriel joins the class for the first time. Suddenly the cosy closeness of the two old friends is threatened when Giovana discovers that the newcomer will not be her … Continue reading
For the past 10 years German filmmaker Kristian Petersen has masterminded a whole series of short movies that have explored and pushed the boundaries of gay sexuality and gender-binarities questioning which he has produced under the ‘Fucking Different’ banner. In 2007 for ‘Fucking Different New York’ Peterson chose six men and six women to … Continue reading