drama
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A Place To Be
When Abel (Nelson Rodriguez) meets Diego (Andrew Saenz ) it is literally love at first sight. These two young Latino men living in Chicago instantly bond in what we assume is going to be a gentle romantic story. However one day their world is upturned when Diego suddenly discovers that his mother is dying back home…
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1985
The fourth feature from queer filmmaker Yen Tan is a surprising departure for him as it a sad remembrance of the impact of the AIDS pandemic on American families, from an era that was way before his time and far removed from where he grew up. As a whole debate continues about the need for movies about…
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Anything
Bringing any work of fiction involving a transgender character to the screen these days can often be fraught with consequences that can overshadow the movie itself. Whereas not too long ago Eddie Redmayne received an Oscar nomination for starring in The Danish Girl, and then Jared Leto won an Oscar for playing a trans woman…
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Something Like That
The deep bond of friendship between best friends Mari (Caroline Abras) and Caio (André Antunes) is tested often in their 10-year relationship. This is the story of its roller-coaster trajectory which at times seems to give the pair more grief than happiness, and then very cleverly has this intriguing ambiguous ending In the beginning, in Sao Paolo, the…
