Movie Reviews -
Gay Themed

This film has one of the common stories that we see in most LGBT films, as is clearly evident for the title of the film. It's the treatment of various films that makes them different but sadly, in that sense this film has nothing new to offer. It's a very simple film about the struggles of a young man trying to come out to his friends and family. Yo is a university student who is best friends with Noboru. The two of them hang out all the time and it's clear that Yo has a crush on Noboru. A gay bar Bb is the only place where Yo can be himself (gay) and has a friend working behind the counter with whom they share each other's personal lives. Noburu has starting to see a girl and Yo feels compelled to make up a story that he has a girlfriend too. A sudden incident where Yo's bar friend's mother dies before he could have come out to her, makes Yo realize that he needs to be true about himself to his friends and family, regardless of what happens. He first comes...

I am surprised that I had not heard of this series until very recently. Set in Cologne, Germany; the web series had 2 seasons of 5 and 4 episodes respectively. I guess the main idea behind making the series was to show was it means to be gay in today's time (Today being 2017, when the series came out). The series follows a group of friends: Jan and Noah have been in a relationship for a while but they are going through their issues. The thing is Noah likes BDSM and wants Jan to dominate him. Jan tries but thats not him and eventually cracks start to seep in until one day Jan finds Noah cheating on him and he leaves him. We have Marcel, who works at a bank and likes being single and enjoys sex and one night stands. He is HIV positive but knows what he is dealing with. We then have Leopold, Jan's closet friend who doesn't want to be known only by his sexuality. Finally, we meet Lukas, who has moved to this city form his controlling parents who threw him out after finding...

This film has an interesting story, something different and new that at least I haven't seen before, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's good. The film has its pros and cons which we will talk about later in this post. The idea, I suppose, is that in today's time, when most people make friends or partners online, what could happen, if someone has an ulterior motive behind befriending you. Simon is new to the LGBT crisis hotline and is already cynical in a week because most calls he receives are not really crisis but more about whining. That changes one night when Danny calls him who is taking pills to kill himself and later we find out that potentially kill three other people. Simon needs to keep Danny talking so he can help him. Danny tells him how he is an IT professional who moved to Silicon valley. He meets Kyle through an app and romance soon blossoms. Curious to know how he lives so well in such an expensive neighborhood, Kyle tells him that he works ...

Truth be told, I am not the hugest fan of Thai BL drama series, mostly because the humor seems forced. the story unnecessarily stretched and the acting over the top. But thankfully one of the visitors on my blog recommended that I watch this, and I am so glad I did. Thank you for that. First things first, The acting is NOT over the top here at all. All the characters feel natural, controlled and the love stories shown seem very relatable and believable. The story is simple. Kao and Pete are engineering students and have been together in a relationship for a while. Pete comes from an affluent family and is out to his father, but he is extremely possessive about Kao, who doesn't mind it all. Kao, who is from a very average middle class family, is very good in studies and teaches students to make extra money to help his mother. His mother is a teacher is a school. The director of the school asks Kao for him to teach his son Non, who will soon be entering for entrance exams. Tur...

Here we go! Another one of those bad gay themed films and then stupid me to sit through the torture and actually living through the BS thats served to us an audience. Having said that, to give credit where it's due, the subject and theme of the film is something new and novel but a bad execution, acting and direction cannot salvage story thats looks decent on paper. Christian is a college news reporter, very gay, who is all set out to interview Epiphany, the niece of the only living person to escape a gender-changing Siren, eleven years earlier. In this context, Siren i someone who changes their appearance and seduces people and kills them (I think!). During the interview, Epiphany tells Christian the story of her uncle, who was a devout religious man and eleven years ago, he is called in by a man Danny to narrate his story about the Siren. Danny recounts how he was seduced by a man in middle of nowhere. When he doesn't respond in a couple of days, his boyfriend Kevin goes...

Don't let the title mislead you. This is a good coming-of-age story of a boy raised and living in farm that comes with its share of fun and tragedy. Based on true events, this film takes you in the psyche of its characters and shows homophobia and what it can do to people. Teenager Marcos lives with his family on a rural farm. He is a very shy kid and we see him wanting to experiment with cross dressing. When his father suddenly dies, he has to share responsibilities with his brother and mother of the farm. On the carnival night, he dresses as a seductive girl pretending to be Marilyn. The town goon likes him and rapes him after the carnival, which I believe Marcos secretly was looking forward to. But because of this, his secret is outed to his family and his mother burns all his clothes. Fortunately, things take a positive turn when Marcos meets openly gay peer Federico at a convenience store in town, and the two begin a relationship. Federico's family accepts Marcos but ...

After finishing watching this film, it reminded me a little of 'A Single Man'. Not that the two movies have anything in common, but its the fact that both films focuses more on the loneliness of a gay man and in both cases it has something to do with the loss of their partners. Good looking weatherman Sean broke up with his boyfriend Carlos almost 6 months ago. After a breakdown on live TV, he is asked to take few days off. He decides to get rid of the bog plan from his deck, the last remaining memory of his ex, but then that means he needs to get his deck repainted. For some reason, he picks up Ernesto, a middle-aged hispanic migrant daily worker. There is obviously a language barrier, but intentionally, Ernesto becomes an ear to everything that Sean has to say, given his loneliness. A very unlikely friendship develops between the two. Sean takes Ernesto for hikes, rowing, parties, eateries, much to Ernesto's dismay on why this is happening but sensitively provides li...

Documentaries need a very specific mindset while viewing them and thats why I feel they are usually a hit or a miss. You are trying to learn more about either a subject or an individual but it's also important to understand the pysche behind the process. Truth be told, I knew nothing about this man, except for the fact that he is one of the biggest gay porn film makers. This film gave a little more insight to what his life was all about before it and during and after. Wakefield Poole was born in 1936. He was a very good singer in his childhood but when he reached puberty and his voice cracked, he got into dancing, ballet and theatre. As you would imagine, life soon took him to New York where he became a very famous broadway performer. During one of his visits in 70s to Fire Island he realized his eye for film making and together with his then boyfriend Peter, he made a gay erotic film, Boys in the Sand. He subsequently made a lot of "erotica" films. He still refuses ...

This was a nice feel good film, something that we have seen before. From a concept and story perspective, there have been few films on the similar subject, so in that sense, this film doesn't offer anything novel, but keeping the proceeding light hearted and quick, this doesn't feel dragged at any point to take your interest away. Erasmus is a TV talk show/chef, raging camp old queen who lives with his producer boyfriend Paul of 10 years. They live in a huge mansion in Santa Fe, and very out of touch with reality (at least that's the feeling I got). They are visited by a young boy of 10 years old Angel, who announces himself as grandson of Erasmus and that he is there because his father was jailed. Paul is shocked and thats when Erasmus tells how this happened. Neither of them is ready to take the responsibility of the child, but slowly and steadily they start it and in fact unknowingly also enjoy it. Paul becomes more of a caretaker while Erasmus still remains the fun...

La traction des pôles (France) [Magnetic Harvest] From close up, Mickaël seems to move about in a cloud of desires: to find his missing pig, get his biological certificate, break his loneliness. But, further along, Mickaël seems instead to be a magnet for Paul. Ostia - La notte finale [Ostia: The Last Night] A dark story of desire and betrayal by a young rent boy, inspired by the events of the night of the brutal slaying of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. Balloon (USA) In the brutal battlefield of junior high, Sam has always tried to stay below radar--but all that changes when he discovers he has superpowers. When he cant take being bullied and called out names for gay, the teenager takes matter in his hands. A Play (USA) Two friends go to see a play and realize just how terrifying supporting the arts can be. This was hilarious. Vi er okay nu (Denmark) [We are Okay Now] Jonah a troubled gay teen hangs out with his straight best mate Demitri after...

Wow! This series could be a masterclass in what bad direction and bad editing is all about. I really wonder who the audience for this show is, because I cant imagine why anyone would find anything remotely of interest in the show. Yes, the guys are hunks and amazing good looking and you get you see ample ass shots, but in todays time, you can see a lot more on porn websites. I saw 2 seasons of this (10+8 episodes) and really it was terrible. The main story is about Colby whose best friend Andre is in the army. He has some attraction towards Andre's father Mark ever since he was 17. Now, with Mark being his neighbor, Mark shows up in Colby's life as a support when Colby's father dies. They both flirt while discussing the issues they both have in life. They come very close to having sex but somehow don't do it. We also meet JT, who is figuring out a way to make money for his son's prom party. He also has all kinds of hallucinations of him having S&M sex with ...

I would say that the central theme of this film was not really LGBTQ but about high school students, their life, the bullying that some students face and overall the discriminations that people face not just in the school but the society in general as well. In that sense, the story was interesting but it felt all over the place. There were way too many tracks going on and felt like more of a TV show sort of feeling. Although the film is set in Colombia, this could be true of anywhere. Daniel and Mateo have been friend since they were little. Daniel has had an abusive father whose always beating his mother and Mateo comes from a broken family where his mother is forever working. The school they study in has a strict principal, who is very partial to her nephew Lucas , who is clearly the biggest bully in the school. Daniel has a crush on Mateo, and when Daniel see Mateo make out with a girl, he cant hold in anymore and tells Mateo about his feelings. Thankfully Mateo feels the same ...

Watching films during the AIDS epidemic time are never easy to watch. Even of the films are badly made, they constantly remind you of the horror that people went through and make you appreciate the life and flexibilities that we as queer folks have today. Despite having seen a lot of content set in those times, seeing something new always stirs up emotions of all kinds. This was a made for TV movie that came out way back in 1993. Anna and Keith are a happily married couple of many years. By accident Anna discovers that Keith has actually been having an affair with a man named Steve. Anna and Steve meet and talk about Keith and during these conversations, Steve asks Anna to get tested. He tells her that he always had protected sex with Keith but given that she may have not, it's better to know the truth now than later. On confronting Keith with the possibility, it freaks him out and he refuses to get tested. Anna eventually tests negative. But, in the process she ends up befrie...

This Thai drama was about 20 episodes ranging from 35-45 minutes in duration, so clearly it took me a while to watch all of this. Like you would expect for most shows, there is a lot of side parallel stories and scenes that maybe don't add much to value but give a good credibility to character and story building. The series focusses on one main couple (aren't really a couple yet) and another gay pair primarily. Pop has just joined a new job in catering for airlines at an airport where he befriends Oat. Oat is an orphan and has gambling problem. What begins as a joke to seduce Pop, starts becoming serious when Oat finds himself really liking Pop and wanting to be always around him and helping him etc. Meanwhile, he keeps saying that he is not gay. Pop has a girlfriend Mo, who works as a stewardess but is constantly being troubles by a group of fellow stewardesses who always are trying to bring her down. The pilot Nick likes Mo, but she tells him that she has a boyfriend. Mo...

When I started watching this film, I thought it had some good potential. But it totally lost steam half way. It turned into this self obsessed psychological trippy nightmare that was not my cup of tea. For a change, I don't have any recommendation on how this film could have been better. I am very sure that there are people out there who probably think that this by itself was a very good film, just sadly I dont fit in that category. 17 year old Jakob is a very shy teenager who lives with his father and his ailing grandfather. He starts working in the pig meat factory with his father and at nights he goes to these gay chat rooms to chat and watch porn and feel little bit alive. Jacob is struggling with an anxiety disorder that makes life increasingly difficult for him. One night, he meets 26-year old Kristian on gay chat and after a few times, they both decide to meet in person. The rest of the film is about the interactions between these 2 men, which I felt was an interesting...