There’s always a first time for everything. In this instance for me it was watching what was self-described as a stoner comedy film . Thanks to Wiki I discovered that this is technically a subgenre of comedy film based on marijuana themes, where recreational use often drives the plot, sometimes representing cannabis culture more broadly or intended for … Continue reading
Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake (Maschile Plural) is the sequel to 2021’s award-winning debut Mascarpone. (see our review HERE) In the first film, handsome thirty-year old Italian, Antonio (Giancarlo Commare), splits up with his husband and moves in with a sex worker, Denis. Denis fixes him up with a job as an apprentice baker with … Continue reading
Fire Island. The place is evocative to so many queers around the world. The narrow ten square miles sand bar of 600 beach houses, a hundred co-ops, a beautiful beach, wooden boardwalks, no roads or cars, and a handful of commercial businesses is 49 miles off the coast of New York City in … Continue reading
One of the sheer joys and benefits of being a queer film reviewer is that we get to be on the frontline to see how and when our community emerges from the darkness of our past and continues to self-determines its own destiny. Its also the way we can learn about the other parts … Continue reading
London’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92. … Continue reading