Undertow [Contracorriente] is an extremely beautiful and moving 2009 Peruvian romantic drama film in which a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover with his village’s rigid traditions. Undertow [Contracorriente] is an […]
Julio Torres’s quirky 2024 surreal comedy film Problemista has its problems but it sure is a Tilda Swinton tour-de-force. New York, it’s a wonderful town, well not if you are a young immigrant from El […]
Craig Johnson’s clever and humorous 2018 romantic comedy film Alex Strangelove stars Daniel Doheny as high school class president Alex, who has long been dating Claire (Madeline Weinstein), but meets gay guy Elliot (Antonio Marziale) […]
The beautiful, intense, moving 2014 Hungarian movie Viharsarok [Land of Storms] is a tremendously good gay-themed drama, with fine performances. Szabolcs quits football in Germany and returns to Hungary, where meets Aron… Best friends Szabolcs […]
Ryan Murphy’s passionate 2014 TV drama film The Normal Heart is written by Larry Kramer, based on his 1985 play, and stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina and Julia Roberts. […]
A 14-year-old boy living in a Helsinki concrete jungle goes off the rails taking life lessons from his older brother on his last day of freedom before starting a prison sentence. Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo’s […]
Luis Buñuel’s 1954 Mexican-made adventure film The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [Robinson Crusoe] stars Dan O’Herlihy, who was Oscar nominated as Crusoe. Buñuel picked him over Orson Welles (‘too loud and too fat’). Director Luis […]