Valentine Road
On February 12th 2008 in E.O High School in Oxnard, a sleepy Californian beach town, one very troubled teenager took his anger out on one of his classmates and shot him in the back of the head twice at point blank. It was the middle of the day and the class were all together in … Continue reading
Very soon Kevin Bacon will be breaking the Law, whilst Harry Styles will be breaking our hearts.
The new horror movie They/Them makes for a full circle for its star Kevin Bacon who got his start back in 1980 in the infamous slasher film Friday 13th. Not only that the story once again plays out in a summer camp …… this time a conversion therapy one. Bacon plays Owen Whistler … Continue reading
Veteran queer actor UDO KIER gives the performance of a lifetime in SWAN SONG
Queer filmmaker Todd Stephens is on a mission. Over the past two decades, he has single-handedly done his level best to show that his hometown Sandusky, Ohio is a great place for members of the LGBTQ community to live. In 1998 he persuaded Lea DeLaria to join the cast of Edge of Seventeen a sweet … Continue reading
Victim
This was the first serious approach to homosexuality the cinema had ever made. Made in Britain in 1961 where, as in the US, being gay was still a crime, the movie was actually banned from American theaters simply because it used the word ‘homosexual’. The story is of a handsome young man called ‘Boy’ Barrett who … Continue reading
Weekend
For the ‘NY Times’ to review a ‘gay’ movie is far too rare an occurrence but when A.O Scott, its senior Critic, goes one step further and gives one a rave review, then you know that that this is no ordinary film. This wee British movie that went on to be a multi-award winner was shot … Continue reading