Film

Bubbly and steamy at varying turns, Greyson Horst’s comedy Throuple is alive with a sense of romantic exploration amid the fierce energy of its DIY scene. At its opening, Throuple finds single singer-songwriter Michael (played by Michael Doshier, who also penned the screenplay) adrift and musically uninspired… at least until he meets a newly-open gay married couple at his friend’s show. Seemingly on the hunt for casual sexual encounters, Georgie (Stanton Plummer-Cambridge) and Connor (Tommy Heleringer of Gayby, Frameline36) instantly draw Michael into their orbit. But when Michael’s relationship with the husbands starts to feel less like an NSA fling and more like a hunt […]

Struggling as a young aspiring writer in London, Max forges a new identity for himself in the form of a ravenous sex worker: Sebastian. Opening himself up to a previously unexplored world, Max suddenly finds himself unburdened by expectations and invigorated by possibility. When he begins writing thinly-veiled stories about his double life, Max finds himself with the book deal he’d been dreaming of. But as his newfound experiences spur a creative output, Max must decide where he ends and Sebastian begins. With his confident sophomore feature, Finnish British writer/director Mikko Mäkelä (A Moment in the Reeds, Frameline42) isn’t afraid […]

Riley DIRECTED BY BENJAMIN HOWARD 2023 USA 93 MINS Centered on the clashing emotions and pent-up passions of a beloved high school football star, Riley is a powerful, compelling tale of a young man’s journey to discover who he is, what he wants, and where he’s going. Written and directed by Benjamin Howard, the film tells the story of a popular and talented young athlete who struggles with the all-encompassing anxiety of coming out. His overbearing dad and hyped-up teammates have a clear plan for Riley, but secret dreams and desires gnaw at his insides. Filmmaker Howard infuses this honest high school […]

Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant were one of the most successful filmmaker partnerships ever. Together they made 44 movies since 1985 and their incredible resume includes such masterpieces as Shakespeare Wallah, A Room With A View, Howards End, The Remains Of A Day. They were also life partners and privately lived openly as a gay couple but kept that fact away from the public, and somehow the media.  Even so, they were responsible for the groundbreaking queer love story  Maurice back in 1987.  Based on the novel by E M Forster written in 1914 who also closeted, insisted wasn’t published until after he died in 1971.  It was a happy […]

It’s the early 2000s, so dust off your VHS camcorder and your punk audio cassettes and come along for the ride with The New Normals, a young queer Canadian indie band, as they escape their small town for the excitement and promise of Toronto. The lead singer, Evan, is a trans guy with a gift for songwriting and a desire to live life to the fullest. He writes the songs with his girlfriend Isis who plays the keyboard. They’ve got a cis guy drummer in love with a cis girl bassist. And then there is Lou, the introverted lead guitarist. […]

George Platt Lynes began his career photographing celebrities from the 1930s-50s. It’s those portraits along with his extravagant fashion work that he’s best remembered for today. However, George’s heart, his passion, and his greatest talent lay elsewhere, in his work with the male nude. This work, sensuous and radically explicit for its time, has only recently begun being fully discovered and appreciated for the revolution that it represents – a man capturing his fantasies as a gift, a window to a future his camera saw coming before anyone else.  HIDDEN MASTER features a stunning collection of photography uncovering the life of […]

FEATURE FILMSThe Disappearance of Shere Hite (US, documentary feature, dir. Nicole Newnham) Shere Hite’s1976 bestselling book, The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most privateexperiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the Americanestablishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy.So how did Shere Hite disappear? Fancy Dance (US, narrative feature, dir. Erica Tremblay) Following her sister’s disappearance, aNative American hustler (Lily Gladstone, The Unknown Country, MVFF 2022) kidnaps her niecefrom the child’s white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what isleft of their family intact. Ages […]