Rom com

  • Single Street : where having a baby trumps falling in love

    Single Street : where having a baby trumps falling in love

      The new Dutch film Single Street (aka Singel 39) which is the movie debut of TV director Frank Krom is labelled a rom-com but is technically not one in the traditional sense.  When girl meets boy  she is immediately put into the friend zone which is where she stays for the whole length of…

  • Femme The Film : a funny film about a serious subject

    Femme The Film : a funny film about a serious subject

      We just came across this sweet rom-com short movie from 2018 that reminds us that even in this day and age  queer men are still ridiculed from within the community for embracing their feminine side too much.  We kind of expect pseudo macho straight guys still to be overtly hostile as that is their…

  • The Thing About Harry: well, he’s cute as hell for a start

    The Thing About Harry: well, he’s cute as hell for a start

      Since actor Peter Paige had his breakthrough in the groundbreaking series QUEER  AS FOLK , he has gone on to carve out a very successful career as a writer/director.  His latest film is The Thing About Harry made for the Freeform Cable TV a highly enjoyable queer rom-com that was released on Valentine’s Day …

  • 45 Days Away From You : can change everything

    45 Days Away From You : can change everything

      Loosely based on his own life queer Brazilian filmmaker Raphael Gomes’s feature film debut is the story of one man’s journey after being unceremoniously dumped by his boyfriend.  The protagonist also named Raphael and played by Raphael de Bona had stayed at home in Sao Paolo whilst his unnamed beau went on a trip…