The immediate future of Brazilian queer cinema may not look to rosy right now after the vitriolic homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro has recently declared that government funds will now be withheld from cinema projects containing LGBTQ content. Hopefully this (and he) will not last long as Brazil has become such a valuable source for … Continue reading
Brazilian queer filmmaker Thiago Cazado is a remarkably talented young man. Not only has he written and co-directed his sophomore film but he has starred in it too playing a teenager almost half his age (33 years). Cousins is a cute queer romance that may not tax your imagination with it’s light and … Continue reading
Filmmaker Terrence Crawford’s stunning documentary debut is an impressive eye-opening investigation of a resurgence of crystal meth addiction in New York’s gay community. His non-judgemental revelations depict a scene that appears to be alarming to us in the outside, but from his series of highly personal interviews with current and past addicts, the overwhelming … Continue reading
This is a rather bizarre coming-of-age comic drama that demands your patience watching it as it is not the easiest of films to relate too. It’s the feature film debut of its creator/director/producer and star Mark Blane, who plays immature 26-year-old Mark, and it starts as he is driving with his mother cross-country to … Continue reading
For his feature writing/directing debut filmmaker Jonah Greenstein tells an intriguing tale about Joseph (Alexander Horner) a handsome homeless drifter who works out how to survive in New York. He looks up on Grindr with older men for sex and hustles them for money, food and a place to stay overnight. He always imbues … Continue reading