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Film Review: “Boy Erased”

  When Jared (LUCAS HEDGES) is outed as gay to his parents by a desperate new college friend, he is just as shocked as they are.  Whilst he is aware of having feelings for other boys Jared is genuinely unsure of his sexuality and this is the reason he calmly acquiesces to his parents demand that he leave college to attend Love In Action that specialises in gay conversion therapy. His father (RUSSELL CROWE) is the part time Pastor of a large church and also the owner of a successful car dealership in Arkansas and has reached his decision that […]

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Film Review: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

  When the movie opens Lee (MELISSA MCCARTHY) is seen as a bitter and mean spirited alcoholic who has just been fired from her latest job and is in her squalid unkempt Manhattan apartment with just her cat for company.  Totally broke and not having paid her rent for months , she has  exhausted anyone who has tried to help her in the past and her only solace now is drinking alone in a bar spending her last few dollars. It’s there she meets Jack (RICHARD E GRANT) a flamboyant gay man also destitute and seemingly homeless too, but who […]

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11 Sexy and Fun Gay Films Available Now on New Streaming Service Dekkoo

Mainstream Hollywood has made some admirable, if sanitized attempts at LGBTI stories over the years. (With, of course, a few notable triumphs). But more often than not, non-heterosexual characters are sidelined – if not obscured altogether. When it comes to the real and raw representations of all things queer on film, independent cinema is where it’s at. A character in ‘Mexican Men’ As such, my list LGBTI indies I need to catch at some point is as long as my arm. If you can at all relate, gay streaming site Dekkoo.com will be right up your street. Here are 11 shocking, sexy and fun – not to mention sensual, […]

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SF Film Critics CircleAnnounces 2018 Award Winners

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) announced today the winners in all categories for their 2018 Award recipients. The circle, comprised of critics from across the Bay Area and Northern California, met in San Francisco to decide the winners. Roma, BlacKkLlansman  lead with three wins each.Marlon Riggs award for “courage and innovation in the Bay Area film community”: Bay Area musician/activist/filmmaker Boots Riley, who released his debut movie Sorry to Bother You this year. Special Citation Award: The Endless (a genre-bending story of emotionally estranged brothers starring and directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead) Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (searing performance as a […]

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3rd i’s 16th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival Nov 1-4 in San Francisco; Nov 17 in Palo Alto

3rd i’s 16th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond (SFISAFF) launches at the New People and Castro Theaters in San Francisco from November 1st-4th, moving to Palo Alto two weeks later on November 17th. The five-day Festival will screen over a dozen programs of narrative and documentary features and shorts by independent filmmakers from South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora, including stories from India, Sri Lanka, Canada, and the USA. Staking claim to two-thirds of our program, women filmmakers dominate this year’s line-up, training their lens on issues ranging from homelessness and domestic violence, […]

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San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival was the first festival of its kind in North America. This landmark festival—which promotes transgender and gender-variant visibility, culture and community through its quality films—has been educating and engaging audiences for two decades. Recently, the San Francisco Bay Times sat down with San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) Artistic Director Shawna Virago, to discuss the upcoming 20thAnniversary 2017 SFTFF, November 10–12 at the Roxie Theater. San Francisco Bay Times: Congratulations! This is the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 20th Anniversary, which is quite an accomplishment. What can we expect this year? Shawna Virago: This November 10–12, SFTFF celebrates its […]

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Second Annual CINEMATOGRAFO FILM FESTIVAL 2018 returns November 8 – 11 to the AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco

ABS-CBN is proud to announce the complete lineup of the 2018 second edition of the Cinematografo International Film Festival. Events will return to San Francisco NOVEMBER 8 – 11 at the AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco’s Japantown. Opening Night:  SIGNAL ROCK San Francisco Bay Area Premiere The second edition of the festival will kick off Renowned Filipino auteur Chito Roño’s SIGNAL ROCK, the official submission from The Philippines for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards®. The film tells the story of Intoy (Christian Bables) who is left to care for his parents when his sister moved […]

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Dating App Daddyhunt & Men’s Health Consortium Release Multi-Awarded Web-Series Oct. 24th

DADDYHUNT: THE SERIAL is back with Season 3 continuing the saga of two men who connect on the social network Daddyhunt.  Season 2 of the Serial took on the issue of PrEP and Season 3 builds on that with an emphasis on STD testing and partner notification (telling sexual partners they may need to get tested).Premiering Oct. 24th, Season 3 of the series picks up where season 2 left off with the romance between the two men (BJ Gruber and Jim Newman) having grown closer and more intimate, but they also face some significant communication challenges. Additionally, Season 2’s Michael […]

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Film Review: “Evening Shadows”

  The timing could not be more perfect for the screening of Indian  filmmaker  Sridhar Rangayan’s  beautifully nuanced family drama coming so soon after his country’s Supreme Court finally legalizing homosexuality.  Being gay waa always taboo in India but never a crime in itself,  but the sexual act between two men was. This is the story of Kartik (Devansh Joshi) who is returning for a rare visit home to his conservative family in a small town in southern India.  Against his father’s wishes he has settled in Mumbai and established himself as a professional photographer and now lives with the love of his […]

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Documentary A Looks at the First AIDS Unit in WeHo

In an era driven by fear and ignorance of the unknown, the dedicated medical staff of the AIDS Unit at a West Hollywood hospital during the one of darkest periods in the LGBTQ+ history brought glimpses of hope and light. The Pride was honored to have the privilege of speaking with two amazing nurses who worked at the AIDS Unit at Cedars Sinai Hospital, a hospital that was at the center of the AIDS Crisis. Certified Nursing Assistant John Rios Knuckles and Jennifer White Geller, RN “gave a voice to the voiceless.” According to the City of Los Angeles AIDS […]

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