Southern Baptist Sissies
Fourteen years ago writer Del Shores followed his gay cult classic play ‘Sordid Lives’ with another dramedy that takes a hefty swipe at the conservative Baptists stance on homosexuality. Since its premiere it has been very successfully performed extensively in regional theaters throughout the country, but unlike its predecessor it has never found its way … Continue reading
Stand
Opening with a quote from Nietzsche ‘there is also some madness in love, but there is is some reason in madness’ this timely narrative about how extreme homophobia is in Russia is a saddening tale about the price of being gay (and in love) in that country. Anton and his boyfriend Vlad are driving … Continue reading
Strikers & Defenders :Hits & misses that we loved & hated
After the second film in this series of shorts we were mentally trying out our most scathing adjectives. By holding on til the end we’d had a reminder of how the highs and lows of cinema can sit right next to each other. Cosmetically the title Strikers & Defenders is a play on the … Continue reading
Summer
Life seems to have been unchanged forever in this rather boring and isolated Dutch village, but little do its residents know that by the end of the sweltering summer that is about to start, nothing will ever be the same again. The story that unfolds through the eyes of teenage Annie or “Ms. Silent’ as … Continue reading
Summertime
Italian filmmaker Gabriele Muccino is back on his home turf after a stint in Hollywood where, amongst other things, he directed two Will Smith movies. His new movie is the story of two Italian teenagers and although Muccino, in a story he co-wrote with Dale Nall, briefly starts their tale in Rome, he moves the action to the … Continue reading