The Story Of The Castro makes for compelling viewing
This must-see documentary from 1997 was produced by San Francisco’ s KQED-TV as part of a series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco”. It’s a fascinating investigation on how The Castro became the gay holy grail. The area was originally known as the Eureka Valley when it was full of dairy farms until … Continue reading
The Stranger In Us
A brief encounter in a gay bar in Virginia one night results in small-town boy Anthony packing up and traveling to the West Coast where his one night stand has returned home too. Stephen is older and reasonably wealthier and offers his new boyfriend everything …. but it comes at a steep price. When Stephen’s … Continue reading
The Strong Ones : a powerful queer Chilean love story
For his debut feature film Chilean writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo adapted his own short film San Cristabel which won the prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlinale in 2015. It is a beautifully executed queer love story that is a near perfect as it could be. Lucas (Samuel González) has just won a scholarship to … Continue reading
The Summer House
From whatever angle you approach it, there is no question that The Summer House makes for very uncomfortable viewing. The story of well-to do middle class Swedish family with a very comfortable life style that at very first glance seem like they should be as happy as Larry. Markus Larsen (Sten Jacobs) is a partner … Continue reading
The Summer of Sangaile
17 year-old Sangaile’s summer starts on an airfield in any idyllic country town in Lithuania where her wealthy parents have escaped with her for the vacations. She is watching an air-show with some spectacular daredevil aeronautical displays by small private planes when she catches the attention of Auste who is selling raffle tickets for a … Continue reading