drama
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Say Yes : for a different life after death
Writer/director Stewart Wade’s (Coffee Date) story of a bisexual triangle makes for an entertaining view even though it does expect us to stretch our imagination a little too far at times. Beau (Patrick Zeller) and Lily (Leah McKendrick) seem the perfect picture-book young married couple. That is until one day Beau comes home from…
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always
In her third movie to date writer/director Eliza Hittman has shown a remarkable insight and understanding of teenage angst. Hittman’s sophomore film was Beach Rats a LGBT coming-out story that threw a different perspective on what is inevitably a difficult rite-of-passage for most gay youth. It picked up several Awards including a Best Director…
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Dream House : a story of hope
Gay, middle-aged, unemployed and living with his overbearing mother in a dilapidated house badly in need of repair, its no wonder Mark (Ryan Farley) is suicidal. He spends his days pottering around the house being nagged by his mother ( Carol Lambert) into doing odd-jobs. At night he spends his time fixing the projector so…
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The Lawyer: a queer romance with a powerful message
Lithuanian queer filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas has skillfully woven together an unusual queer romance that also packs a powerful message about the plight of LGBTQ Syrian refugees stranded in Europe, and at the same gives such a positivity to the film’s queerness. It’s not only all very impressive, but throughly entertaining too. Its the story of…
