2020

  • I Am Syd Stone : and I’ve still got the hots for you

    I Am Syd Stone : and I’ve still got the hots for you

      Canadian queer filmmaker Denis Theriault’s 11 min short is a tale of regret about choices you make at school. This is the story of Syd Stone  (a hunky Gharrett Patrick Paon) who has come back to his hometown school reunion after a 10 year absence.  He’s not exactly been idle in this time as…

  • Being Queer in post-communist Poland

    Being Queer in post-communist Poland

      It’s a far cry from ELSKA’s hometown of  Providence in the liberal state of Rhode Island to Warsaw in Poland which nowadays is often in the news for a surging wave of conservatism and homophobia that has been taking over the country over the past few years,  It has been driven by right wing…

  • Marriage Story : a tale about getting divorced

    Marriage Story : a tale about getting divorced

      It’s been 15 years since filmmaker Noah Baumbach made his breakthrough movie ‘The Squid and The Whale‘ which netted him an Academy Award Nomination for Original Screenplay. In the years since he has helmed several intriguing and enjoyable movies such as Margot At The Wedding, Greenberg and Francis Ha, yet none of them captured…

  • Go Beef Dipping with Bears in Puerto Vallarta

    Go Beef Dipping with Bears in Puerto Vallarta

      If you suffering from post-Holiday blues and have had your fill of the desperately cold winter weather, then start packing your bags with just a couple of speedos to head south to Puerto Vallarta for the first Event in the Bears Calendar. Called BEEF DIP this annual party week in the third week of…