romance
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Funny Boy : a tender queer love story set in a time of war
Having just reviewed Jon Garcia’s excellent drama about a relationship set and filmed in the COVID Lockdown, we are beginning to realize his title Love In Dangerous Times could have also be used by a whole multitude of other movies. Especially ones with an LGBTQ story lIne. For example Funny Boy is a coming-of-age…
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Love in Dangerous Times : a pandemic romance
The Covid 19 pandemic that has put all our lives on hold, or simply twisted them almost out of recognition , will finish one day . The only thing certain is when the world is a safer place, the movie industry is bound to rush to make so many films about the Lockdown that we…
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Port Authority : falling in love is not always what it seems
This intriguing debut feature from writer/director Danielle Lessovitz is a journey of discovery of a confused 20 year old youth who runs away from his troubled life in Pittsburgh to try his luck in NY. However when Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives at the Port Authority, half-sister Sara (Louisa Krause) who he had hoped to…
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The Strong Ones : a powerful queer Chilean love story
For his debut feature film Chilean writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo adapted his own short film San Cristabel which won the prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2015. It is a beautifully executed queer love story that is a near perfect as it could be. Lucas (Samuel González) has just won a scholarship to…
