February 2012

Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Stephens
Year: Y2001
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Sara Rue,Kett Turton,Karen Black,John Doe,Anson Scoville



Two misfit Goths, dressed head-to-toe in black velvet… Gypsy-25, stunning but chronically overweight. She wraps herself in shawls and sequins just like her lifelong idol, rock goddess Stevie Nicks. There's a brilliant song inside Gypsy, but years of fear and anger choke her voice. Clive-18, a beautiful skinny boy who powders his face and paints his lips death-black. Full of drive, talent and youthful dreams. He adores Gypsy but believes one day he'll find true, deep love in the arms of a guy. Two outcasts who feel small-town Sandusky, Ohio closing in on them, Gypsy and Clive lose themselves in Gothic fantasies, soothed by the retro sounds of The Cure, Siouxie and the Banshees, and Bauhaus. Their daydreams help them escape daily abuse from a town that takes great exception to those who don't fit in. When Gypsy and Clive learn about the annual "Night of 1000 Stevies" in New York City, their deep-seeded dreams are unleashed. With Clive's encouragement, Gypsy crushes her fears and vows to be the best Stevie Nicks impersonator Gotham has ever seen. They pile into a '79 Trans Am and begin a journey for acceptance. In five hundred miles they will reach New York, but not before colliding head-on with the judgments of both society and themselves. Mile-marker 110. High-Ball Cocktail Lounge...featuring the vocal stylings of Miss Bambi LeBleau, a wearily fabulous lounge singer frozen in a time gone by. In Bambi, Gypsy finds both a kindred spirit and a dark vision of her possible fate... Mile-marker 165. Hitchhiker Zechariah Peachey...a handsome Amish runaway. He longs for fast food and a different life. Feeling a deep connection to Gypsy, he seduces her, and for a moment she feels beautiful... Mile-marker 368. Roadside rest area...rowdies Troy, Ash and their fraternity pledges. Clive finally faces his sexuality with studly frat boy Troy, who shatters his idealist dream of romance... Destination - New York City. It's a full moon as Gypsy and Clive finally complete their pilgrimage to "Night of 1000 Stevies." Tonight, face to face with their deepest fears, their lives will be changed forever. Keywords:Gay Teenager,Amish,Undressing,Sex In Public



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Daniel MacIvor
Year: Y2004
Country: Canada
Language: English
Cast: James Allodi,Maury Chaykin,Paul Gross,Rebecca Jenkins,Sandra Oh



Wilby Wonderful: A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man’s plan to kill himself quietly. Keywords:Cop,Dark Comedy,Island Life



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Chih-yen Yee
Year: Y2002
Country: France, Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Bo-lin Chen,Lunmei Kwai,Shu-hui Liang,Joanna Cho



Yuezhen is secretly in love with hunky school swimming star, Shihao. Too shy to approach him, she convinces her best friend Kerou to act as a go-between. Kerou grudgingly agrees, but whenever Shihao appears, Yuezhen flees the scene, leaving the pair alone together. Shihao soon thinks Kerou is slyly using an imaginary character to court him, but she has her sights firmly set elsewhere... Keywords:Lesbian,Friendship,Pool,Closeted Homosexual



Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Pierson
Year: Y2003
Country: Canada, USA
Language: English
Cast: Troy Garity,Lee Pace,Andre Braugher,Shawn Hatosy,Philip Eddolls



Soldier’s Girl is based on the true story of 21-year-old Private Barry Winchell, who fell in love with a beautiful transgendered nightclub performer. Their love affair created an uproar among Barry’s fellow soldiers, particularly upsetting his macho roommate Justin, whose desire to control Barry resulted in tragedy. Bonus features: Interviews with the direct, the cast and Calpurina Addams. Commentary with the director, the screenwriter and Calpurnia Addams. Soldier’s Secret documentary. Filmography. Keywords:Soldier,Repressed


Genre: Drama
Director: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas
Year: Y2003
Country: Greece
Language: Greek
Cast: Nena Menti,Maria Kavoyianni,Akilas Karazisis,Joys Evidi,Alexis Georgoulis




A small Greek town is the setting for a delirious black comedy combining early Almodovar with Dynasty to achieve a twisted tale of dubious morality, infidelity, and murder. Magda’s family seems fairly average: she dotes on her attractive 20-year-old son, Christos, while daughter Giota and her husband Stelios live upstairs. The potential redevelopment of a piece of family-owned land serves as a catalyst for Giota and Stelios’ greed. The menacing Stelios’ discovery of a clandestine homosexual affair between Christos and an older land redevelopment official puts the youth at the epicenter of their blackmail plot. But Christos may have plans of his own...



Aka:Blackmail Boy


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Genre: Romance, Adventure, Drama
Director: Jürgen Brüning
Year: Y2003
Country: Germany
Language: English , German , Portuguese
Cast: Hendrik Scheider,Aldri Anunciação,Tarik Qazi,Daniel Bätscher,Maria Lucia da Silva Ludwig



What happens when a bunch of talentless media whores get their hands on some cameras, a script so thin it could masquerade as pantyhose and a budget so tiny you'd need tweezers to pick it up? You get this, the latest trashy tele-novella from the producer of ‘Hustler White', ‘Skin Flick' and Bruce LaBruce's homo-revolution epic ‘Raspberry Reich'. Three German boys flee to Brazil for the summer. Dividing their time between running a pay-per-view porn site and snorkelling for tropical fish, they soon discover this idyllic locale is about to bring some nasty demons bubbling to the surface.


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Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Selditch
Year: Y2002
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Dan Butler,Andrew Elvis Miller,Paul Provenza,Shannon Carson,Andrew Gitzy



Adapted by Ken Hanes from his stage play, and directed by Michael Selditch in his feature film directorial debut, Fixing Frank is a powerful and unsettling drama exploring conversion therapy, the scientifically unproven method of turning homosexuals straight. Reporter, Frank Johnston (Andrew Elvis Miller) is sent undercover by his boyfriend, psychotherapist Jonathan Baldwin (Paul Provenza) to write an expose on Dr. Arthur Apsey (Dan Butler, from TV's Frasier). Apsey claims to be able to successfully change gays to straight, and Jonathan convinces Frank to pose as a patient wanting to convert. But Jonathan and Frank underestimate Apsey's brilliance, leading Frank to doubt himself and his six-year relationship with Jonathan. As Frank falls under Apsey's spell, his relationship with Jonathan deteriorates, and a fierce psychological tug of war erupts between the two powerful doctors over the heart and mind of Frank. With careers, relationships and even core identities at stake, Frank must make some decisions that eventually explode the lives of them all. Keywords:Closeted Homosexual,Conversion Therapy



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Sandra Werneck
Year: Y2001
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Cast: Murilo Benício,Carolina Ferraz,Emílio de Melo,Beth Goulart,Irene Ravache



Julia is a beautiful young university student who stands up Carlos at a Rio movie theater.5 years later, the would-be lovers bump into each other. What happened in the ensuing years? The ingenious story follows three different scenarios of Carlos' life: one as a married man, one as a gay man, and one as a hopeless romantic. Aka:Possible Loves Keywords:Marriage,Smother Mother



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen
Year: Y2000
Country: France
Language: French
Cast: Pascal Greggory,Nathalie Richard,Julie Gayet,Alain Bashung,Vincent Martinez



Laurence wants Alain . So does Christophe Alain doesn't know what he wants. Men, women, commitment and freedom are luring him in every direction but he is incapable of choosing. Or unwilling. When he encounters sexy, dangerous Marc (Vincent Martinez), the only way to get close to him is to become the messenger of Marc's passion for Babette (Julie Gayet), an entrancing woman whose charms Alain cannot resist.Unfortunately, by this time, Christophe has moved into Alain's flat and Laurence is expecting his child and his hand in marriage. Will Alain find a compromise that will be acceptable to all? Keywords:Bisexual,Hairdresser,Jewish



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä
Year: Y2004
Country: Finland, Sweden
Language: Finnish
Cast: Minna Haapkylä,Kari-Pekka Toivonen,Minttu Mustakallio,Tommi Eronen,Pekka Strang



Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor. Aka:Producing Adults Keywords:Parenthood,Lesbian,Gender Roles



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Casper Andreas
Year: Y2004
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Casper Andreas,Christos Klapsis,Ben Ryan,Virginia Bryan,Jeffrey Christopher Todd



Hunky writer Markus returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting tables at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the off-road map to love and lust in New York City. Keywords:Writer,Deception,Spoof



Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Ripploh
Year: Y1980
Country: West Germany
Language: German
Cast: Frank Ripploh,Bernd Broaderup,Orpha Termin,Peter Fahrni,Dieter Godde



Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he’s a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher, and he’s gay with a very active sex life and an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life and teaching separate, but he sometimes corrects student papers in public toilets as he waits to score. He cruises constantly, and one evening, he meets Bernd. They become lovers. While Bernd is attentive and caring, Frank gets bored and continues his polymorphously perverse ways. For how long will Bernd and Frank tolerate each other’s habits, and for how long can Frank keep his sexual orientation out of the classroom? Keywords:Student,Tutoring,school,Classroom



Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Director: Sidney Lumet
Year: Y1982
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Michael Caine,Christopher Reeve,Dyan Cannon,Irene Worth,Henry Jones



Sidney reveals that to add to his chagrin, a former student (Christopher Reeve) has sent him his brilliant first play, entitled DEATHTRAP. Much to his wife's dismay, Sidney concocts a mad scheme to lure the young playwright out to East Hampton and then promptly kill him in order to claim the play as his own. When the wheels of Sidney's plan are set in motion, the three characters launch into a tense, high-pitched game of double entendres, hidden intentions, and unexpected twists. The genre's typical propensity for reversals is magnified tenfold as DEATHTRAP begins to feed upon its own script, taking the characters on a blind ride through sheer suspense and manipulation. Keywords:Deathtrap,Psychic,Prophecy



Genre: Drama
Director: Rémi Lange
Year: Y2001
Country: France
Language: Arabic , French
Cast: Karim Tarek,Riyad Echahi,Sihem Benamoune,Abdellah Taia,Mustapha Khaddar





French-Algerian sociology student Karim is having trouble finding interviewees for his term project, a video documentary on homosexual relationships in Islamic cultures. As his research progresses, he meets Farid, a handsome flight attendant. In Farid, Karim believes he has found an ideal subject for his film...but he soon begins to admire more than just Farid's insight. When Karim learns that some cultures have accepted and encouraged same-sex unions, he finally begins to face his own sexuality.





Aka: Road to Love, The
The Path to Love
Keywords:Coming Out,Muslim,Film Maker



Genre: Drama
Director: Francois Ozon
Year: Y2000
Country: France
Language: French , German
Cast: Bernard Giraudeau,Malik Zidi,Ludivine Sagnier,Anna Levin



Germany in the 70s. Leopold, a 50 year old businessman, meets Franz, who is 19. He invites him back to his place. A love affair begins. One day, something of little importance leads to a difference of opinion. And from this moment on, there's no such thing as "we" anymore. Keywords:Businessman,Love,Betrayal,Trenchcoat,Headache



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Crime
Director: Donald Farmer, Edward Jordon
Year: Y2004
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Skye Aubrey,Jamey Schrick,J.R. Jones,Trish Dempsey,Gunvant Patel



Bhuvan Bannerji a Hollywood tour bus driver is “straight but confused”. Delilah Leigh, an aging, has-been scream queen who hasn’t made a film in over 2 decades, is the focus of his infatuation. He becomes obsessed with the idea of whisking Delilah off her feet and on to a set back home in “Bollywood”. After writing “the greatest comeback movie of all time” a tribute to all those 1960’s horror flicks that gave new life to the careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Bhuvan knocks on Delilah’s door. He meets Delilah, just as gorgeous as ever, and her assistant Delia. The young bus driver finds himself attracted to the actress, but imagine his surprise when he realizes that “she” is really Devin, the real Delilah’s son, in drag! Keywords:Kidnapping,Hostage