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    Carol

    For his 6th feature film  queer filmmaker Todd Haynes returns to the 1950’s and re-visits the theme of repressed sexuality that he captured so brilliantly in his Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven” in 2002.  Last time he worked from his own script, but this time around British/American playwright Phyllis Nagy has adapted Patricia Highsmith’s controversial novel … Continue reading

    Chris & Don : A Love Story

    When celebrated British Author Christopher Isherwood met a particularly young handsome man in his speedos on a  Santa Monica beach in the 1954, he was already 48 years old.  The boy, barely 18, and looking even younger, was Don Bachardy. And against all surmountable odds the mutual attraction between these two extremely different men, developed … Continue reading

    CURED : the story of the LGBTQ activists who fought back against American Psychiatry : reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah

    “Cured” is a must-see. An award-winning documentary that takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBTQ+ equality: the very influential American Psychiatric Association’s 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.  Early US gay rights activist groups – such as the … Continue reading

    Dan Savage’s HUMP! a lovingly curated festival of short erotic films is back in Miami’s O CINEMA

      It’s that time of year in Miami.  The HUMP! Film Festival Tour has arrived back in town at O CINEMA. HUMP! is a lovingly curated festival of short erotic films made by real people for real people. The filmmakers and stars show us hot and sexy, creative and kinky, ultimate turn-ons and craziest fantasies. … Continue reading

    Every Act of Life : the story of Terrence McNally the great American playwright

      The celebrated 78-year-old playwright TERRENCE MCNALLY has enjoyed such a packed life with his roller-coaster career and a love life that itself could be the stuff that dramas are made off, so it was a tough challenge for filmmaker JEFF KAUFMAN to squeeze it all into 90 so minutes the length of his new profile.  The end result is an affectionate and … Continue reading

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