drama
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Thylacine
A ‘thylacine’ was evidently the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times and is nearly extinct which is something an overly anxious Charlie doesn’t want his relationship with boyfriend Nick to become. They are just about to celebrate being together for 9 months when Peter spots Nick having lunch with one of his many admirers…
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Stand
Opening with a quote from Nietzsche ‘there is also some madness in love, but there is is some reason in madness’ this timely narrative about how extreme homophobia is in Russia is a saddening tale about the price of being gay (and in love) in that country. Anton and his boyfriend Vlad are driving…
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Drown
Len Smithy is the arrogant captain of the team of young sturdy lifeguards on the same stretch of Australian beach where his father had been before him, and his father before that. He’s won the Team’s annual challenge race five times now and is used to being the undisputed king of this patch of sand…
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His Wedding Dress
This debut feature from newbie Cuban filmmaker Marilyn Solaya is a grim tale about a transsexual’s relationship with a naive straight man back in the country’s dark days of 1994 before the President’s daughter Mariela Castro started to champion equal rights and tolerance for the LGBT community. This particular story is based on a real life one…
