romance
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Song Lang : the compelling story of an unlikely love
Leon Le’s heart-string-pulling story of a love that goes unconsummated is probably the the first LGBTQ movie from Vietnam that we have ever seen. If this is to be the standard bearer of a new source of queer cinema then we cannot wait to see what could follow that would match this. Set in…
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Rafiki : the defiant tale of two African girls in love
African queer films are very much a rarity essentially because so much of that Continent have laws that criminalise homsosexuality and also so much of the population traditionally cannot morally accept it. In fact this charming tale of first love between two teenage Kenyan girls that has been critically acclaimed globally is still banned…
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The Blonde One : a sensual romance from gay Argentinian auteur Marco Berger
When Juan’s brother moves out of his apartment in a Buenos Aires suburb he must find a roommate to replace him. He settles for Gabriel …… who he dubs the Blonde One ….. who is a colleague at the Woodworking shop where they are both employed. The two men couldn’t be more different as…
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Unsent Letter
In 1961 ONE Magazine received a letter with no explanation. All that was evident was that it had been written by ex-World War II serviceman, Brian Keith to his wartime lover, Dave, and that it had never been sent. When filmmaker Christian Gordine caught sight of the letter he felt compelled to make a…
