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Gay Themed

This film feels more like an educational pseudo documentary film rather than an actual feature film. I couldn't find too much information about the film, but it feels as if it was made for TV to educate and make people aware of hardships of queer people and the challenges of creating a family. It also brings to light the struggles the community has to face to be accepted by not just the society but in many cases, their own family members. Kim is a new lawyer who takes up the case of helping a lesbian couple to adopt a child without any support. He is heavily inspired form his father who was always about helping people. He knows that this going to be a long and tough process, but he is still willing to take it. During the process of getting his clients through the process, he decides to spend more time with them so that he can understand them closer and make a case. During this time he meets two other individuals who will have a significant impact on his life and understanding of th...

This show from back in early 2000's was such a drab to watch. I can guarantee you that some of the college film projects are probably more sophisticated, better directed and acted than this one. Also, the story of this show was all over the place. Apparently there were two more seasons of the show and I seriously hope I do not have to watch them. The first season had 11 episodes of about 8-9 minutes average. Maykel and Johannes, a gay couple, just broke-up and Maykel is now a mess and is also taking anti-depressants. Still in love with Johannes, he seeks help from his friend Margaret, an old lover from high school , whom he also dated for 2 years. It seems she still has feelings for Maykel too. Enter another girl from high school Esther, who apparently was friends with him and suddenly shows up unannounced and gets almost attached to hip of Maykel. And then one day Maykel meets another high school friend of his Greg. Esther decides that it's time to resort to drastic measures, ...

Don't be fooled by the poster thinking that it's a teen comedy. In contrast, it's actual a dram about a teenage boy discovering himself, his sexuality, his family, friends and most importantly who he really is. Surprisingly, I ended up enjoying this film more than I thought I would, especially after the clunky beginning. It kept getting better and thanks to a very very charming and cute leading actor, things only got better. I won't really call it just a queer film, since it is so much more than that. Chava is a 17 year old regular teenager. One day he starts getting messages from a "secret admirer" and he gets under the impression that maybe he has scored a girlfriend. What comes as a shock is that this admirer happens to be his half-sister. His father has been living a secret dual life, and bitterns out the mother knew about it and kept quiet. At the same time, Chava is dealing with his own feelings and sexuality. His swim team friend Carlos and he are hangi...

Even if no one told me, it's so obvious that this film is an adaptation from a play. The story, the way its direction, the direction and diction; everything has the words 'play' an d'theatre' written all over it. So, as you can imagine, the film is all about conversations and dialogues; which I feel I might have enjoyed in a theatre setting but as a film, it just tested my patience which its scenes that went on forever and ever and just not so funny dialogues (for a film that is supposed to be romance and comedy). Victor is an exceedingly prudish and narcissist young gay billionaire of Sri Lankan descent, who is an old school romantic at heart and probably asexual. His father had set conditions for any man who wanted to marry him - the suitor must turn $10,000 into $3 million in 6 months. His first spouse Alex - an amateur boxing champion - had passed the test, but their marriage has since collapsed, and Alex is already involved with another guy who calls himself ...

The title of the series makes it very obvious of what the show is going to be about. What I wasn't; t sure was whether its gonna be comedy, drama, mix or what! Having gone in with no expectations, I thought the show was dealt with some maturity, respect and was a drama for sure. I may not totally understand some of the motivation behind the action of all three people involved in this, but I still never got bored because I wanted to see how this situation will end. At 10 episodes of about 25 minutes each, it was a decent watch. Misaki is a happily married school teacher. Or so she thinks. Even though she is totally smitten a din love with her husband Yuuki, she is also frustrated because of total lack of sex and physical intimacy between them. The couple never makes love unless Misaki actively pursues it. "I don't think sex is equal to love," Yukki explains. Same time Misaki reconnects with an old girlfriend of hers who had lost touch sometime back when Misaki got marr...

Gay reality shows, or any reality show for that manner is so much guilty pleasure. I kept rolling my eyes almost every single second of this show but at the same time, I was quite curious to see what's going to happen. Hosted by infamous porn star Stormy Daniels, this is trash television that doesn’t pretend to be anything it’s not. As expected the contestants are drama, so over the top and ridiculous, that you can't even laugh off at how the participants behaved. OUT TV's show is trying to find answer to the question whether a Himbo and a Daddy fall in love? After all, Himbos are chaotic and always ready for a party, while daddies are insightful and established, if a little too stuck in their own routines. The show starts with 5 daddies and 5 limbos put in a DILF waterfront mansion, parked with sits and turns and surprises in every episode to se e if anyone can actually find love (Yes, you read that right, Love. As of when you put 10 horny scantily clad clad gay man in a m...

RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video, and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex. In the mid-80’s two enterprising gay men, Jack Fritcher and Mark Hemry started a homemade porn video company catering mostly to men interested in fetishes and kinks. We meet present day Fritcher and Hemry, a married couple that had been together for decades. The two met at, what is called a gay fairytale, a Harvey Milk birthday party and soon began dating. They came up with the idea of open for fetish when they found no porn available for the kind of stuff they were both interested in. Jack would cast non-professional actors, mostly men they met at gay bars, pride parades, fetish clubs or just through word of mouth. He would find out the performers own unique interests in sex and craft videos along those lines. Because they were a company that predominantly focuses on kinks, they would often ha...

This 8 part, 15-minute each series feels like an old sitcom style comedy series. It's campy story told from a fujoshi's point of view, so yeah, this is not your typical BL story. Since it s short series and every episode is like a story of yet another comedy of errors, it's an easy breezy watch. Having said that, there is nothing really memorable about the show at all. Guo Xiao Mei, a rich girl that one day crosses Gu Zhi, a young actor that works as an instructor at this VIP gym in the same building as her office. That same instant because of a misunderstanding, she thinks of him as gay. Given that she is a fujoshi, she goes to the gym to sign a 5 year VIP membership but would only do that if Gu Chi admits he is gay, and so he pretends to be gay to lure her into buying 5 year premium membership at the gym. When when the girl sees the gym supervisor, she immediately end sup shipping them together as a couple. During the 8 episode there's a lot of funny scenes including ...

This film feels more like a love letter and tribute to the beautiful landscape and country Chile, using a road trip theme of a grieving young man’s road trip through his native country. Treating the themes of grief and longing with a gently earnest obviousness, the film's heart is in the right place; but as an audience I literally get nothing to tale back home except how beautiful Chile is. The film starts with a handsome man Elias, in Atacama desert in Chile’s north, the place where his boyfriend, Sebastien, died a month earlier. Having borrowed his father’s big red truck without asking, he arrives in the pre-dawn darkness still in the suit that he probably wears for work; the job he told Sebastien he couldn’t quit. As he continues his joinery towards south passing Santiago, in bits and very very few flashbacks we see Sebastian and Elias meeting and Sebastian always wanting to travel south with Elias which they couldn't. The book of drawings and collages that Sebastien left El...

I can't believe that this film back in 1978. A daring film by standards of the time, this film offers a portrait of Spanish society after the death of dictator Franco, during the transition to democracy, using the central theme of secret homosexual life of a prominent member of the Spanish communist party. And how this information makes him vulnerable to exploitation by the Fascist opposition. It's an interesting mixture of political themes and the outsider status of a gay man, who can only exist in a sordid underworld culture. The story is actually simple. Roberto is a prominent politician on rise. We are told that he knew he was gay since he was a teenager but when he was in military, he met his current wife Carmen and told himself that maybe he is bi and actually could be happy. Apparently Carmen knows about his past. Once when he was in prison, Roberto had met young rent boy Ned, and both of them continued their relationship. Somehow Fascist party finds about this and they ...

An enchanting teenage love story, where the supporting actors from "Moonlight Chicken" get an opportunity to exude their boyish charm and boundless charisma with full force. They have crackling chemistry and if not for that, this reis could easily have been a huge let down. The story is light yet entertaining, the humor is deft and you get the giddies of memories of your probably first crush or love in high school and what falling in love for the first time was like. Sure it's not at the level of 'Heartstopper' but it's pretty decent, I have to say. In their final year of school, Gun is the leader of their music band Chinzhilla, but their band has a reputation of not doing the right things their is a risk of their club closing down, so that the funds can be used for better productivity. Since the school has a policy that student council president president controls the budget. Gun applies hoping this can help save the club. But his opponent happens to be Tinn,...

Wow! Two military based films in two consecutive days and both inspired by true stories. What are the odds! This 2022 Austrian drama focuses on the story of a closeted gay Austrian army officer, Lieutenant Charles Eismayer, who falls in love with a young, openly gay recruit named Falak. The film, embellished with top notch performance from its lead actors, has plenty of ups and downs to keep you hooked. The tough instructor, Sergeant Major Charles Eismayer, in the Austrian Armed Forces has a reputation for breaking recruits, the kind of man for whom you fear his veins may pop any minute when he gets angry at his recruits. He harbours a secret though, one that he hides from both his men and his family: he is actually gay and looks for excuses to not spend time with his wife. A new division has just started and amongst many new folks, there is Falak, who is openly gay and this thing catches Eismayer off guard throwing his beliefs that the army and life as a gay man cannot coexist into di...

Writer-Director Elegance Bratton’s semi-autobiographical film, about a young gay Black man’s desire for approval and human connection in an unforgiving environment poisoned by bigotry and toxic masculinity, this film tells essential truths about the state of queer life in America outside gay villages and other safe spaces. Films like this, inspired by true stories always hit hard and closer than fiction and the fact that the film is semi-autobiography makes it even more special to watch. Although I do have to admit that, I knew this was a true story before watching the film, but I had no clue that it was the true story of the writer/director himself. Ellis French, is a young black gay man who has been living on the streets since he was 16. Even though he was very close with his mother, she could not accept that her son was gay and kicked her out. Even after all these years, she cannot come to accept this fact. Ellis meets his mother, picks his birth certificate because he wants to join...

This is an 8 part mini series, each of about 10 minutes, a fantasy, a time-slip romance, modern meets ancient and yet one more time travel situation on our hand. It's actually a simple, straight forward story, with simple characters. Some people may get frustrated with not fully fleshed out characters or story or a very rushed romance without a build-up; but somehow that was ok with me. I didn't mind it and given the mini series format; there is only so much you can cover. The drama starts with Eun Ho dreaming about a young man who is saved by his bodyguard from assassins, and the theme is set up during the Joseon period. The dream is followed up with more scenes of two young men sharing romantic and warm moments, with one of the boys being himself. But Eun Ho is unable to complete the dream and wakes surprised, but doesn’t really get the time to process it as his friend keeps him distracted. The friend notices a painting on printed paper and comments on how it looks similar to...

BBC had introduced a new program called 'Play For Today' in 1970, a premier slot for new plays, sometimes adapted from other media, often original works for television. Over three hundred Plays for Today were made between 1970 and 1984. The series has a rich heritage, being an intended showcase for new writers but also hosting work by established names. The film/play 'Coming Out' was telecast back in 1979 as part of this series. Lewis Duncan, is a successful writer of (straight) romance novels. With a younger boyfriend, Richie , he’s known to his secretary and his friends as gay, but is not out to the public and has little time for gay activism. Everyone around Lewis tells him he should come out, but coming out has material consequences. He writes an article under a pseudonym on gay issues which surprisingly becomes very popular and he receives a ton of fan mail. Meanwhile, his own personal life is not the best. Their closest friends, another gay couple have their own i...