September 2012

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Year: Y1998
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Danny Arroyo,Vincent D Onofrio,Jason Cutler,Salma Hayek,Olivia d'Abo

In the underground culture of New York City, Valentino (Vincent d'Onofrio) is a bisexual adult filmstar torn apart by two loves: tempestuous waitress Mary (Academy Award nominee Salma Hayek, "Frida") and hunky street hustler Gary (Thomas Jane). Neither of them can stand the other, but when Val isdiagnosed with AIDS, the two must put aside their differences and become strong for the man they love. Together, the three of them will explore life, love, and the true meaning of family. "...An erotically overheated never-neverland..." -Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES Keywords:Hiv Positive,Porn Actor,Hustler


Genre: Documentary, Drama
Director: Elfe Uluc
Year: Y2012
Country: Turkey
Language: Turkish
Cast: Feride Cetin,Engin Altan Duzyatan,Meliksah Yardimci
Ayse, who is at her, 50s is a garbage-picker for twenty years. She has chosen to be a woman under his male physiology, and had prostituted herself when younger. She donates her earnings from waste-picking to charity, especially to mosques and Turkish Army Foundation. That’s why, he was nicknamed the Saint by her neighbors. Saving herself from being homeless by squatting a deserted building years ago, Ayse lives with the paranoia that her neighbors closely watch her to occupy her house.
Elif, is a young beautiful woman at her early thirties. She lives in Istanbul which is a city being watched by security cameras all the time and works at a media company which closely observes people’s privates lives. Elif’s boyfriend Murat is a musician who has studied abroad and who cannot find what he looks for in Turkey. Both Elif and Murat are in a period at which they seek themselves and they have difficulties understanding each other.
Elif meets Ayşe by coincidence. Immediately attracted to her courage and his comfort in his skin, she starts a documentary about Ayse. Murat does not like this change nor does he understand. He sees Elif’s change as a threat to their relationship. To grab Elif’s attention back, Murat lies to he has been offered to give a concert. However, Elif, under the influence of Ayşe and other transvestites she has met during the process, feels that she has found the woman inside. Grown more mature from her recent experiences, she concurs that Murat does not understand her, and leaves him. With a strange coincidence, Murat really gets a gig offer. Ayse’s existence triggers a change for both of them.
In the meanwhile, Elif tries enough so that the municipality gives the rights of the squat house to Ayse. Upon Elif’s efforts, Ayse’s house is registered to her until she dies. After living for a while quite ordinarily without any paranoias, one day she wears her orange color shiny costume and goes back to the streets. She leaves the keys of her house at her neighborhood.

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Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Reding, Dominik Reding
Year: Y1999
Country: Germany
Language: German
Cast: Sascha Backhaus,Simon Goerts,Sandra Borgmann,Jens Veith,Britta Dirks



The idyllic Lake Constance country side: The small, picturesque harbor towns inbetween fruit plantations. A house in the country with a view on the lake and mom in the garden. Paradise on earth. This is where Janosch lives; a 17-year-old serious lad, expected to graduate from school soon. But he hates his life at the lake. Therefore he is almost relieved to be kicked out of school. Reason enough to finally go his own way, part from mom, his girlfriend and his all too planned-out life. But where to go? Perhaps to Koma, and old school mate living in Dortmund. Koma packs boxes at a brewery, has an apartment, a pretty girlfriend and soon-to-arrive off-springs. And he is a clever skinhead, neither right-winged nor left-winged, just "100% pure skinhead". He is tall, strong, good at kickboxing,too. A hero - Janosch is fascinated. And Koma likes Janosch. Finally he has found someone to hang out with and who admires him. Koma longs to be admired. So Janosch moves in with Koma, works at the brewery like Koma, has a girlfriend like Koma and becomes a skinhead like Koma. From now on Janosch is admitted to Koma's "fortress", an old machine building located in a closed-down quarry. Here the skinhead brags with explosives because "you gotta be able to defend yourself". Despite Janosch or perhaps because of Janosch - Koma is still dicontented, most of the time with hisself, at times with his pregnat girlfriend, always with others, who ruin his life. Then he beats them up. And he is good at it. But sometimes he gets the wrong guy. For example, the young punk at the gravel pit. And Janosch helps his pal, kicks until the punk spits blood. As a reward he is allowed to get a tattoo just like Koma. At the tattoo parlor he notices Zottel. He is a totally different type,. Filthy, stoned, free spirited - but proud of it. He drives a motorcycle and Janosch is still stuck with his Lambretta, so they've got to chat about Koma's "fortress" in the quarry burns down. He's sure he knows who "did it" - those friends from the punk at the gravel pit. If he finds them, he'll "finish them off". And Janosch obediently vows revenge as well. At a rich classmate's birthday party Janosch bumps into Zottel again. Revealing him as a member of fire-eater group. "I wanna learn fire-eating", says Janosch, leaves his secure home behind and pays a visit to Zottel at the trailer camp. Koma knows who "did it", who burned down his "fortress". Wishful thinking and a little hint melt together, it was Zottel. It had to be him, Janosch slept with him and Koma has turned into a jealous and voluntary witness. "Now you can make good of your promise!" A rude awakening for Janosch. He hangs out at Komaís favourite bar, half-drunk. Koma gives him the answer. They drive to the trailer camp. He expects Janosch to break Zottelís face or in Komaís words "side walk bashing". Janosch can't do it. Too late: Koma starts kicking.But Janosch still has one choice. Keywords:Punk,Violence,Germany,Homophobia


Genre: Drama
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Year: Y1999
Country: France, Spain
Language: Catalan , Spanish
Cast: Cecilia Roth,Marisa Paredes,Candela Peña,Antonia San Juan,Penélope Cruz



A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the present and the future become mixed up in darkness. That same night, while waiting in the hospital, she reads the last lines written by her son in a notebook that he always kept by his side. "This morning I looked through my mother’s bedroom until I found a stack of photographs. All of them were cut in half. My father, I suppose. I have the impression that my life is missing that same half. I want to meet him, I don’t care who he is, or how he treated my mother. No one can take that right away from me." Cecilia Roth as Manuela and Eloy Azorin as EstebanShe never told Esteban who he was, "your father died long before you were born" was all she ever told him. In memory of her son, Manuela leaves Madrid and goes to Barcelona in search of his father. She wants to tell him that their son's last written words were directed to him, even though he never knew his father. But first she has to tell him that, when she abandoned him eighteen years ago, she was pregnant, they had a son, and he has just died. She must also tell him that she named their son Esteban, like his biological father, before he changed his name to Lola. Lola the Pioneer. Manuela goes to Barcelona in search of Lola, her son’s father. The search for a man with that name cannot be simple. And indeed it isn’t.





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Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Garth Maxwell
Year: Y1998
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Cast: Rena Owen,Dean O Gorman,Simon Prast,Nancy Brunning,Sophia Hawthorne



Katie knows. She's been there. It was the end of the '70s: She was a sharp little chick in hotpants, with guest spots on "The Love Boat" and No. 1 in the US for a week! Today she's still got that voice and her fabulous looks; oozing sensuality and an acquired air of sophistication. But it's a fragile façade, she knows it's not going to last. She needs to reinvent herself. It's time to go home, revisit her roots. Stephen's always handy when you need a reality check - you can't bullshit your best mates. He's her 'lodestar', the only person she allows herself to lean on. They've rescued each other in the past, perhaps they can save themselves once more. Stephen can't wait for her to arrive. He's been playing all her old hits, much to the bemusement of his younger friend Mark, a hip songwriter with heaps of potential. But while Mark's interest has been piqued by this starlet from Stephen's past, he's busy hanging out with some other musicians right now. Keywords:Recording Studio,Aging,Alcohol,Gay Relationship,Pot Smoking



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Tanya Wexler
Year: Y1998
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Wendy Makkena,John Benjamin Hickey,Jonathan Walker,Anne Bobby,Rebecca Creskoff



Screwball romance involving a woman (Makkena) who gets fired from her job as a bank teller when her friends arrange for a stripper to appear at the bank for her birthday. She then meets a man (Hickey) whom she had earlier seen jump off a bridge and had assumed had committed suicide. With nothing else to do, she follows him to Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is despondent over the AIDS-related death of his former lover. Keywords:Comedy,Small Town



Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Lamangan, Eric Quizon
Year: Y1998
Country: Philippines
Language: Filipino , Tagalog
Cast: Lorna Tolentino,Eric Quizon,Albert Martinez,Alvin Anson,Caridad Sanche



Marriage minded, working class girl, Annie is determined to snag Ron, a fellow employee as her husband. One night after a wild office party Annie gets her chance and seduces a drunken Ron in his car. A month later Annie is pregnant and ready to move in. There is only one problem with Annie’s plan, Ron already has a mate, Nick. Soft Hearts is a charming and subtle treatment of sexual differences. Filled with quirky humor and fabulous characters it makes you reconsider the definition of the word family. Keywords:Closeted,Philippines



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Julia Jay Pierrepont III
Year: Y2000
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Leslie Jordan,Erin Chandler,Mark Pellegrino,John Ritter,Karen Austin



Leslie Jordan, is stuck in gay mans Purgatory, where he must plead his case before God. Storyteller arrives after an overdose from the Pershing Point Hotel. His monologue winds the wicked tales of Tripper (Mark Pelligrino), the handsome hustler, and Miss Make Do , the destitute debutant. Keywords:Lust,Friend,Cameo,Heroin,Sexual Fantasy,Framing Device,Pimp


Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Year: Y1999
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Language: English , German
Cast: Friedel von Wangenheim,Ben Becker,Wolfgang Völz,Otto Sander,Meret Becker



Long before the Stonewall riots, Masters and Johnson or even the Kinsey Report, there was Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. A gay German Jew living in 19th-century Berlin, Hirschfeld didn't just champion gay rights -- he discovered them. Now Rosa von Praunheim, the firebrand of German Cinema, tells Hirschfeld's story in this lush historical drama -- from his first sexual stirrings to the eradication of his work by the Nazis. Splicing an enthralling story of discovery and romance with a barbed penchant for politics, von Praunheim presents a compelling account of the doctor who founded the first gay political group in 1897 and established the first medical practice for gays, the renowned Institute of Sexual Science, which thrived until Nazi oppression.




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Genre: Comedy
Director: P.J. Castellaneta
Year: Y1998
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast: Mitchell Anderson,Terrence 'T.C.' Carson,Seymour Cassel,Lori Petty,Serena Scott Thomas



Beginning with a funny mock commercial of 1950s B&W educational films undefinedthat insist "One must be scared of homosexuals"), the hilarious Relax... It's Just Sex from director P.J. Castellaneta undefinedTogether Alone) skewers sexual stereotypes, game-playing and relationships with a savage wit and a keen eye. A close-knit group of poly-sexual, multiracial West Hollywood friends include: Tara undefinedJennifer Tilly, Bound, Bullets over Broadway), who is desperate to have a turkey-baster child; her friend Vincey undefinedMitchell Anderson, "Party of Five"), a lovelorn gay playwright; Robin undefinedLori Petty, Tank Girl, Prey for Rock Roll), who pines for the voluptuous Sarina undefinedCynda Williams, "More Tales of the City"), who in turn is ending a long-term relationship with Megan undefinedSerena Scott Thomas). Add in even more hook-ups and break-ups, and you've got quite a stew brewing. As love, lust and controversy swirl around this playful bunch, you won't be able to help but fall in love with these great friends. Keywords:Rape,Infant Death,Nudity,Childbirth,AIDS



Genre: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Director: Will Gould
Year: Y1998
Country: UK
Language: English
Cast: Boy George,James Layton,Lee Williams,Margaret Towner,Rita Davies



In the cozy English village of Kromer, where few things are as feared as the werewolves who wander the surrounding forests and fields, two young and handsome wolves, Seth and Gabriel, meet and fall in love. Although their habits and appearance are essentially human - except for the pointed ears, coats of fur and bushy tails - the wolves are considered outcasts and a dangerous menace to the village folk. Seth and Gabs roam the fringes of Kromer, keeping their fur and friendship out of sight. But certain townspeople, afraid of those different from themselves, devise a fiendish plot to pin a murder on the hated and feared wolves. The local priest - himself a bit lycanthropic - stirs up and angry mob that pursues the young prey to the end. This tale of young love fighting the hypocrisy of an older generation, combined with elements of the classic British murder mystery, gives the film a rich and lively texture, and allows the character's diversity to show interesting contrasts. Our young wolves and their pack are urbane, glamorous and clubby but live in a world that is far from a metropolis. Their world is in fact a timeless world of waterfalls, lakes and valleys. In contrast, the village folk live an outward life of church going and piousness yet have evil on their minds. Keywords:Boy George



Genre: Drama
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Year: Y1998
Country: Canada, France, UK
Language: English
Cast: Daniel MacIvor,Joshua Peace,Jack Griffin Mazeika,Carroll Godsman,Jonathan Torrens



A fascinating look back in time at the beefcake and muscle magazines of the 1950s and '60s, highlighting the life of Bob Mizer, a photographer and magazine publisher in the days when gay erotica had to be disguised as fitness material. Includes dramatizations of Mizer's life and the stories of some of the young men he photographed, plus interviews with such figures as fitness legend Jack LaLanne and actor/model Joe Dallesandro. Keywords:Documentary,Model,Photographer,Beefcake



Genre: Biography, Drama
Director: John Maybury
Year: Y1998
Country: France, Japan, UK
Language: English
Cast: Derek Jacobi,Daniel Craig,Tilda Swinton,Anne Lambton,Adrian Scarborough


John Maybury's searing portrait of the English painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) at the height of his fame in the 1960s is one of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed. It tells the story of the colossally self-absorbed painter and his self-destructive younger lover, George Dyer (Daniel Craig), and begins when Bacon awakens in his studio one night to discover a burglar on the premises. Sizing up the thief as an appetizing piece of rough trade, Bacon makes a proposition. If the robber sheds his clothes and comes to bed with him, he promises he can have anything he wants. Keywords:Painter,Francis Bacon