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Time Warped: How ‘Rocky Horror’ Got It Right 40 Years Ago

  This year we are celebrating 40 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show an incredible cult classic famous for its tongue in cheek humour and, well, Tim Curry in fish nets. The musical is a satirical acknowledgement of science fiction and horror movies, but not only that, Rocky Horror recognises and draws upon the issues of sexuality and gender that mocks society’s attitudes towards these matters. Sadly for some reason it has taken 40 year for parts of society to even truly consider taking a page out of Rocky Horror’s book, and begin to accept sexuality and gender fluidity. […]

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Film Review: Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party

It looks like Henry is going to start his 17th birthday in heaven. Well, his idea of what it may be. He’s having a sleepover with his best friend Gabe and as they lie in bed together almost naked they start fantasizing about sex. Whilst Gabe talks about lusting after some girl, Henry is also lusting too as they both masturbate under the covers, but he keeps the object of his desire to himself as its actually Gabe. When the day starts off downstairs as the family start to assemble we slowly discover that the birthday boy is not the […]

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“Out to Kill” Acts Up as Gay Whodunnit

  Within a few minutes of the opening sequence of Rob Williams latest gay ‘boy-lit’ drama you know exactly who everybody will be out to kill. Narcissistic pretty boy singer Justin James thinks the world revolves him, and it certainly seems to in this loft apartment complex packed head to toe with insecure gay men in Tampa. Florida. Besides himself there is only one other person who actually likes him as he seems to go out of his way just to annoy everyone else he seems to come across especially if he thinks they want to get into his pants. […]

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LGBT Films at the 35th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is pleased to present the following films showcasing LGBT stories from around the world with a Jewish perspective during the 35th edition of the festival. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones. An official selection of SXSW 2015, DANNY SAYS follows Fields from Phi Beta Kappa whiz-kid, to Harvard Law School dropout, to the Warhol Silver Factory, to Director of Publicity […]

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A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile” Wowed Audiences at Frameline

Sandra Bagaria a French Canadian Jewish girl from Montreal went online looking for love.  She thinks she has struck gold when she hooks up with a Syrian/American lesbian called Amina who is currently living in Damascus. Very quickly their emails to each other get hot and steamy as they exchange intimate naked photographs and engage in cyber-sex. Their connection is also very much on an emotional level and deepens significantly over the coming months. Amina confides that she is not just ‘out and proud’, but that her father is totally supportive of her sexuality, something of a rarity in the […]

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“Lord Montagu” Tells the Story of Britain’s Gayest Scandal

  This real-life story of Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, a quintessential member of the English aristocracy, is a remarkable tale of how he survived one of the most notorious sex scandals of the 20th Century that resulted in a prison term, and then regained his position in society totally forgiven.  It’s the stuff that Hollywood melodramas thrive on but back in the 1950’s when this occurred, the Studios would not have been brave enough or even ever have wanted to make a movie about ‘the love that dare not speak its name.’ Lord Montagu inherited his […]

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Holly Woodlawn, Warhol’s Great Superstar, Is In Very Bad Shape In L.A.

  Even if you haven’t seen Holly Woodlawn’s memorable work in seminal queer films such as Trash (legendary director George Cukor touted her work as worthy of an Oscar nomination) and Women in Revolt, you likely know her reputation from the immortal Lou Reed anthem “Walk on the Wild Side.” The late rock star singled out the pioneering trans entertainer, now 68 and forever linked to iconic pop artist Andy Warhol as one of his great self-proclaimed superstars, in the opening verse: Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way Shaved her […]

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“Oriented” Portrays What Life if Like for Gay Arabs Living in Tel Aviv

Brit filmmaker Jake Witzenfeld’s impressive and heartwarming documentary thankfully settles down after a somewhat uneven start to become an intriguing snapshot of what life is like for gay Arabs living in a trendy suburb of Tel Aviv today.  He follows three extremely engaging best friends in their early twenties for 18 months through 2013 – 2014 when tensions between Gaza and Israel flared up yet again. There is Khader who appears to have ‘independent means’ as he comes from what seems to be like a prominent Muslim ‘mafia’ family, and he lives with David his Jewish boyfriend who is a […]

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A Gay Thirty-something Relationship Hits the Rocks in “Like You Mean It”

Thirty-something-year-old gay couple Mark and Jonah’s relationship is already looking shaky when they go out with their best friends to celebrate Mark’s latest birthday.  The evening doesn’t quite turn as planned when the friends announce that for the next three months leading up to their wedding they are allowing each other licence to have final flings.  The fact that this surprise announcement doesn’t faze Mark at all really concerns Jonah who, worried that Mark who is already slipping away from  him, may even want a similar arrangement. The men have reached a point when there is no affection, very infrequent sex, and […]

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What Happens When One of the Bros is “The Fourth Man Out”

  Adam fixes cars for a living and most nights he hangs out with his blue-collar buddies playing cards, watching sports, getting drunk and incessantly talking about hooking with big breasted girls like most 20 something-year-old single men do.  He’s very happy with all of that, except for the last part, as Adam has a secret that he thinks it is time he shared with his mates.  He’s gay. When he finally does manage to blurt it out his three buddies are stunned and confused. Especially his best friend Chris as the two of them have practically been having a […]

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