dramedy
-
Cubby : how a closeted Midwesterner lied his way to a new life in NY
This is a rather bizarre coming-of-age comic drama that demands your patience watching it as it is not the easiest of films to relate too. It’s the feature film debut of its creator/director/producer and star Mark Blane, who plays immature 26-year-old Mark, and it starts as he is driving with his mother cross-country to…
-
Tehran : City of Love …….for some people
This is the stories of three middle-aged sad and depressed Iranians trying to cope with the reality that love has simply passed them by.. In this very bittersweet comedy from writer-director Ali Jaberansari we see how these lonely individuals cope with the lack of a romantic relationship . Overweight Mina (Forough Ghajabagli) ironically is…
-
CANARY : a coming-of-age musical dramedy set in South Africa in the 1980’s
FIlmmaker Christiaan Olwagen’s enchanting coming-of-age musical dramedy set in his homeland of South Africa takes a trope of extreme obstacles facing gay men in the 1980’s with such an inspired touch that makes this such a sheer joy of a movie. It’s the tale of teenage Johan Niemand (Schalk Bezuidenhout) who although he lives…
-
Michael and Michael are Gay
It’s one thing to successfully negotiate the roller coaster of an open gay relationship but real-life married couple Michael Feldman and Michael Rachlis actually use theirs as a basis for their very engaging web series Michael and Michael Are Gay. If you missed their first critically acclaimed series, don’t worry you can catch up on You Tube…
