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Avsar (Hindi) [Opportunity]

This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...

La Confusion des Sentiments (French) [Confused Feelings]

Quite an old, made for TV film, but the homosexuality undertones in this film are very obvious. Even though nothing is explicitly mentioned or acted upon till the very end, but the way it is presented was probably something very new and original in those days. Its a simple story to be honest, but an even simpler direction made this film worth watching. Roland, a beautiful, young and charming man has just moved to a new town for university. He yearns for wisdom and is very attracted to the good wise words of wisdom that his literature professor provides. Very soon, the affection is mutual and the duo try to spend more and more time together, with Professor being very cautious to not say or do something that could spoil the relationship. Soon, we find that the professor is married to an ex-student and they have an understanding that the professor likes young boys. Part of me believes that Roland knows professor likes him sexually too but he choses to ignore that. Roland is eager to give ...

Zorro: The Gay Blade

This is again one of those film which would be wrong to call as a gay theme film, but give the tile of the film around the character, I think its reason enough to put a review about the film here. Having said that, I am gonna keep this review quite short because not much happens in the film according to me and it really doesn’t warrant a long write-up. Set in a time long long ago, When Don Diego, alongwith his mute servant Paco, returns to Los Angeles, he finds that his childhood friend Esteban has become the captain of the guard. He finds out that his father was killed a riding accident. At his election speech, Esteban is confronted by Charlotte who tries to educate people of the atrocities that Esteban and his people will do on the common man.Despite their political difference Diego is smitten by her. While home, Diego receives his inheritance from his father which is meant for either of his two sons: Zorro’s black mask, cape, hat, sword and a letter saying that he needs to cont...