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Emilia Perez (2025): Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez…; Set in Mexico but made in France, this exciting Trans–Gangster–Musical has polarized audiences but is best appreciated as a modern…
Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023): Dir. Lisa Cortes; A fabulous documentary that gives long–overdue credit to the man who blazed the trail for rock 'n' roll sound and showmanship when he burst…
Monster (Kaibutsu) (2023): Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa; Director Hirokazu Kore–eda returns home with his first Japanese film since the Palm d'Or–winning "Shoplifters" (2018) with this…
Blue Caftan, The (2022): Dir. Maryam Touzani
Feat. Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui; A rare peek into Moroccan culture, and the dying craft of hand–made caftans that are painstakingly embroidered with a needle and thread. And…
Blue Jean (2022): Dir. Georgia Oakley
Feat. Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Stacy Abalogun…; The story of a closeted lesbian P.E. teacher in Thatcher’s Britain that feels like it could have (and should have) been made in the early 1980's,…
Close (2022): Dir. Lukas Dhont
Feat. Eden Dambrine, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens; Another closely–observed Belgian drama that, along with "Playground", explores a traumatic rite–of–passage. Here the protagonists…
Tár (Tar) (2022): Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant…; A striking and rigorously intelligent drama from the director of IN THE BEDROOM that interrogates the process, pressures and politics in the…
Benedetta (2021): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin…; Typically provocative yet playful psychodrama from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in the…
Flee (2021): Dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Stunning animated documentary based on the story of Amin Nawabi, an Afghan refugee who grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20…
Language Lessons (2021): Dir. Natalie Morales
Feat. Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales; A Spanish teacher and her American student develop an unexpected friendship over a series of conference calls in this quirky, Co–Vid inspired…
Ammonite (2020): Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones…; A speculative lesbian period drama from the director of the acclaimed gay male romance, GOD'S OWN COUNTRY. Kate Winslet plays British palaeontologist…
Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) (Ellie and Abbie) (2020): Dir. Monica Zanetti
Feat. Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Marta Dusseldorp…; Australian lesbian rom–com from writer–director Monica Zanetti, based on her own stage play about a teenager who is visited by the ghost…
It's a Sin (TV Mini-series) (2020): Dir. Peter Hoar
Feat. Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells…; Another rich and satisfying drama created and written by Russell T Davies (QUEER AS FOLK, DOCTOR WHO, YEARS & YEARS), this time set in London in 1981…
Supernova (2020): Dir. Harry Macqueen
Feat. Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood…; A poignant modern love story with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci playing a couple who have been in love for 20 years. After a wrenching diagnosis…
All the Sins (TV Series) (2019): Dir. Mika Ronkainen
Feat. Johannes Holopainen, Maria Sid, Matti Ristinen; Compulsive Nordic noir miniseries following a detective who returns to his home town in Northern Finland to investigate two murders, while…
Mapplethorpe (2019): Dir. Ondi Timoner
Feat. Matt Smith, Marianne Rendon, John Benjamin Hickey; Biopic of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, with Matt Smith portraying the brilliantly provocative photographer and gay icon.
Monsoon (2019): Dir. Hong Khaou
Feat. Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran…; A sensitive and detailed portrait of the emigrant experience, following a Vietnamese man who returns to Saigon after three decades living in…
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street (Scream Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street) (2019): Dir. Tyler Jensen, Roman Chimienti
Feat. Mark Patton; Insightful documentary exploring the homo–erotic subtext in the controversial second installment of the NIGHT ON ELM STREET horror franchise,…
Summerland (2019): Dir. Jessica Swale
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond…; A love–story set in the timeless and enchanting world of Summerland; sun–dappled days by the sea over one achingly beautiful summer.…
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018): Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy…; A stonking, irrepressibly popular chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen's ascension to popular music royalty through the years leading up…
Ideal Home (2018): Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Alison Pill…; Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play a bickering couple leading an extravagant lifestyle in a chic Santa Fe Mansion, whose lives are turned upside down…
Love, Simon (2018): Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner; A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (2018): Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher, Jr.…; Surprise winner of the U.S. Grand Jury prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, this heart–breaking indie drama stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a…
My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018): Dir. Alessandro Genovesi
Feat. Cristiano Caccamo, Salvatore Esposito, Monica Guerritore…; Enjoyable silly comedy adaptation of the off–Broadway play about a gay couple in Berlin who decide to get married in a small village in Italy,…
Sorry Angel (2018): Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste, Denis Podalydes; Articulate and powerful love story set in Paris in the 90's, where a worldly writer falls for a younger, carefree university student.
Beach Rats (2017): Dir. Eliza Hittman
Feat. Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge; A sensuously shot film exploring the life of a sexually conflicted Brooklyn teen, as he navigates the dangers of casual hookups and youthful…
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017): Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel; Remarkable and inspiring drama by the director of EASTERN BOYS, set in 1990's France and following a group of passionate AIDS activists who take on…
Call Me By Your Name (2017): Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg…; Completing the "Desire" trilogy with I AM LOVE and A BIGGER SPLASH, this coming–of–age drama is set in Northern Italy in 1983, where a 17…
God's Own Country (2017): Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart…; Deeply affecting drama set on a remote Yorkshire farm, exploring the troubled life of young farmer Johnny Saxby, who numbs his frustrations in binge…
McKellen: Playing the Part (Ian McKellen: Playing the Part) (2017): Dir. Joe A. Stephenson; Celebration of the extraordinary life and work of Sir Ian McKellen, based around excerpts from a 14 hour interview, but also including…
Screwed (Pihalla) (2017): Dir. Nils-Erik Ekblom
Feat. Mikko Kauppila, Sanna Majuri, Valtteri Lehtinen; Sweet–natured Finnish coming–of–age drama about two teenage boys who fall in love during a summer in the countryside.
Wound, The (Inxeba) (2017): Dir. John Trengove
Feat. Nakhane Toure; An unforgettable South African drama following a closeted relationship between two Xhosa men participating in a coming–of–age initiation…
Handsome Devil (2016): Dir. John Butler
Feat. Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott; This sweet and amiable Irish coming–of–age story in which a loner and the star athlete at a rugby–mad boarding school become…
King Cobra (2016): Dir. Justin Kelly
Feat. Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Alicia Silverstone…; Biopic about the life of gay porn actor Brent Corrigan/Sean Paul Lockhart, based on the book Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring…
Lazy Eye (2016): Dir. Tim Kirkman
Feat. Lucas Near-Verbruggh, Aaron Costa Ganis, Michaela Watkins; A graphic designer in his 40's reconnects with a lost love over a weekend away in the Californian desert in this gay–themed romantic drama.…
Moonlight (2016): Dir. Barry Jenkins
Feat. Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Andre Holland…; Critically lauded and Oscar–awarded drama that chronicles two decades in the life of a black gay man growing up in a poor Miami neighbourhood.…
Shared Rooms (2016): Dir. Rob Williams
Feat. Daniel Lipshutz, Alex Neil Miller, Enzo Nova; Queer rom–com telling three interconnected stories of gay men seeking love during the holiday season. A married couple take in a teenage…
Who's Gonna Love Me Now? (2016): Dir. Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann; Poignant documentary following Saar Maoz, a young Israeli who fled to the UK to be embraced by the London Gay Men's Chorus after being expelled from…
Carol (2015): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson…; Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this spellbinding adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking romantic novel. Set in 1950's New York it…
Freeheld (2015): Dir. Peter Sollett
Feat. Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell…; Julianne Moore and Elliot Page headline this fact–based drama as a couple battling to secure their financial future in the face of a terminal…
Gayby Baby (2015): Dir. Maya Newell; Revealing study of modern day Australia observes the lives of four children whose parents are either gay or lesbian, and explores the ways in which…
Girl King, The (2015): Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist…; Lush period drama about Queen Christina, Sweden's convention flaunting monarch, and her battle with the conservative forces determined to halt her…
Holding the Man (2015): Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce…; Moving adaptation of the classic Australian memoir chronicling the 15–year romance between an aspiring actor and the captain of the high school…
I Am Michael (2015): Dir. Justin Kelly
Feat. James Franco, Emma Roberts, Zachary Quinto; The fascinating true story of a gay activist who rejects his sexuality and becomes a Christian pastor. James Franco is above average in his portrayal…
It's Only the End of the World (2015): Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard…; French–Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan returns with this Cannes–winning melodrama about a terminally ill gay writer who returns to his…
London Spy (TV Mini-series) (2015): Dir. Jakob Verbruggen
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Edward Holcroft…; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Nasty Baby (2015): Dir. Sebastián Silva
Feat. Kristen Wiig, Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe…; Disturbing drama about a gay couple's attempts to create a family irrevocably altered by a fatal encounter with a disturbed homeless man.
Queen of Ireland, The (2015): Dir. Conor Horgan; Triumphant Irish doco about the referendum on marriage equality for same–sex couples, focused on drag queen and gay rights activist Pandora…
Soft Lad (2015): Dir. Leon Lopez
Feat. Jonny Labey, Laura Ainsworth, Daniel Brocklebank; Melodrama set in Liverpool about a married man who has been having an affair with his wife's brother, a young dance student. A love triangle with a…
Stonewall (2015): Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Jeremy Irvine; Hollywood "disaster" specialist Roland Emmerich directs this account of a young gay man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and…
Wasp (2015): Dir. Philippe Audi-Dor
Feat. Hugo Bolton, Elly Condron, Simon Haycock; Romantic drama about two gay men whose vacation in the South of France is interrupted when one of their female friends show up, leading to sexual…
Women He's Undressed (2015): Dir. Gillian Armstrong; Indeed "fabulous" documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three–time Oscar winner Orry–Kelly, who despite his…
Case Against 8, The (2014): This HBO documentary goes behind the scenes inside the groundbreaking case to overturn the ban on same–sex marriage in the state of California.…
Date and Switch (2014): Dir. Chris Nelson
Feat. Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope, Dakota Johnson…; Your standard issue teens–get–laid high school comedy from the exterior, this sweet–centred romp finds two best friends at odds…
Do I Sound Gay? (2014): Dir. David Thorpe; Amusing documentary about the stereotype of the gay voice as director David Thorpe, recently heartbroken and anxious over the sound of his own voice,…
Duke of Burgundy, The (2014): Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn; BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
Hidden Away (A escondidas) (2014): Dir. Mikel Rueda
Feat. German Alcarazu, Adil Koukouh, Joseba Ugalde; Spanish romantic drama filmed in neighbourhoods throughout Bilbao, exploring themes of sexual awakening, racism and deportation through the story of…
I Am Happiness on Earth (2014): Dir. Julien Hernandez
Feat. Hugo Catalan, Gabino Rodriguez, Andrea Portal; Gay–themed Mexican film about the infatuation a commitment–phobic film director has for a talented dancer. Director Julian Hernandez…
Lilting (2014): Dir. Hong Khaou
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Pei Pei Cheng, Andrew Leung…; In the wake of the sudden passing of a young Anglo–Chinese man, his gay lover (Ben Whishaw) is compelled to connect with his widowed mother, a…
Looking (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Álvarez, Murray Bartlett…; A funny and earnest HBO dramedy about the lives of a group of gay friends living in contemporary San Francisco. Co–produced by Andrew Haigh…
Love is Strange (2014): Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei; Poignant drama with John Lithgow and Alfred Molina starring as a recently married gay couple who are forced to move into separate households after…
Normal Heart, The (2014): Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch…; Powerful HBO–produced adaptation of Larry Kramer's stageplay about the AIDS crisis in New York City in the 1980s and the efforts of HIV…
Pride (2014): Dir. Matthew Warchus
Feat. Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West…; An inspired and inspirational dramatization of true events that took place when a group of Gay Rights activists in London offered generous support to…
Saint Laurent (2014): Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Feat. Gaspard Ulliel, Jeremie Renier, Louis Garrel…; A decadent alternate portrait of the iconic fashion designer covering the peak of his career from 1967 to 1976. From the dir. of HOUSE OF PLEASURES.
What Now? Remind Me (2014): Dir. Joaquim Pinto; Extraordinary documentary portrait written, directed by and staring the acclaimed Portuguese director, producer and sound designer Joaquim Pinto. At…
William Yang: Friends of Dorothy (2014): Dir. Martin Fox; Documentary celebrating gay culture and history in Australia, written and presented by renowned Australian–Chinese photographer William…
Behind the Candelabra (2013): Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Scott Bakula…; Steven Soderbergh directs this classy HBO–produced biopic of flamboyant pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his rocky relationship with…
C.O.G. (2013): Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Feat. Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Casey Wilson…; Coming–of–age dramedy based on the story of the same name by David Sedaris. A young man (Jonathan Groff) travels to Oregon to work on…
Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto…; Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both won Oscars for their performances in this dramatization of the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS–afflicted…
Eastern Boys (2013): Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev; Unconventional thriller explores the shifting dynamics in a relationship between an older man and a young immigrant male hustler.
G.B.F (GBF) (2013): Dir. Darren Stein
Feat. Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque…; This fun, all–knowing skewering of teen social dynamics centres on a recently outed high–schooler who is adopted by a pack of alpha…
Geography Club (2013): Dir. Gary Entin
Feat. Cameron Deane Stewart, Meaghan Martin, Justin Deeley; A sweet–centred dramedy of queer coming–of–age, focused on a teenager whose struggle with sexuality is comforted after he joins an…
I Do (2013): Dir. Glenn Gaylord
Feat. Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte…; A gay man marries his bestie to get a green card in this politically motivated family drama.
Keep the Lights On (2013): Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth; Director Ira Sachs' fearlessly personal screenplay chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in New York City through love,…
Perfect Wedding, The (2013): Dir. Scott Gabriel
Feat. James Rebhorn, Eric Aragon, Kristine Sutherland; Nobody's going for the Best Actor Oscar in this Hallmark–but–gay Xmas movie from New York Times Bestselling Author Suzanne Brockmann.…
Please Like Me (TV Series) (2013): Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Josh Thomas, Debra Lawrance, David Roberts…; A charming (if cute) Australian comedy–drama series created by and starring Josh Thomas, who plays a twenty–something who's girlfriend…
Reaching for the Moon (2013): Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Gloria Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf…; A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
Stranger by the Lake (2013): Dir. Alain Guiraudie
Feat. Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao; An unnerving, sexually frank thriller set around an idyllic gay cruising spot, where two lovers strike up a heated romance that threatens to turn…
Tattoo (Tatuagem) (2013): Dir. Hilton Lacerda
Feat. Irandhir Santos, Jesuíta Barbosa, Rodrigo Garcia; Singular Brazilian film set in the 70's, where the leader of a debaucherous cabaret theatre troupe falls in love with a soldier, and is torn between…
Test (2013): Dir. Chris Mason Johnson
Feat. Kevin Clarke, Kristoffer Cusick; Drama set in San Francisco in 1985, exploring the effects that the HIV/AIDS crisis had on a professional dance company working in the city. The test…
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013): Dir. Ryan Gielen
Feat. Brian W. Seibert, Ricardo Valdez, Joie Bauer; Micro–budget indie dramedy about a gay couple who invite their friends over for a 30th birthday party, with all kinds of drama ensuing. A well…
Vicious (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi; Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi have a right 'ol time playing a couple of sardonic queers in this cheesy British sitcom.
A Perfect Ending (2012): Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard…; Romantic drama about a terminally ill women in a loveless marriage who turns to an escort service seeking seeking sexual fulfillment, and meets a sex…
Any Day Now (2012): Dir. Travis Fine
Feat. Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Frances Fisher…; A gay couple in the 1970s fight to earn custody of the Downs Syndrome teenager they've taken in and raised as their own in this poignant family drama.
Dead Europe (2012): Dir. Tony Krawitz
Feat. Marton Csokas, Ewen Leslie, Kodi Smit-McPhee; An Australian photographer journeys to Greece to explore his heritage and lay to rest his father's ashes, only to encounter a tide of hatred and the…
How to Survive a Plague (2012): Dir. David France; Oscar–nominated documentary about the collaboration between two activist groups – ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) and TAG…
Jack & Diane (Jack and Diane) (2012): Dir. Bradley Rust Gray
Feat. Riley Keough, Juno Temple, Kylie Minogue…; Juno Temple and Riley Keough star in this romance between two teenage girls that quickly manifests as terrifying, violent and inexplicable.
Laurence Anyways (2012): Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye…; Young French–Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan stays behind the camera of his third film (made at 23 years of age, no less), an assured…
My Straight Son (Azul y no tan rosa) (2012): Dir. Miguel Ferrari
Feat. Guillermo Garcia, Nacho Montes, Hilda Abrahamz; Venezuelan drama about a successful gay photographer living in Caracas whose teenage son from a past relationship comes to stay. Unfamiliar with the…
Silent Youth (2012): Dir. Diemo Kemmesies
Feat. Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Linda Schule; Low key German indie drama offering a story of gay first love, replete with palpable sexual tension and interesting, honest performances. Like so…
Yossi (2012): Dir. Eytan Fox
Feat. Ohad Knoller; A satisfying, exploratory follow–up to Israeli gay drama YOSSI AND JAGGER, this catches up with the titular Yossi, now ten years older and no…
American Translation (2011): Dir. Jean-Marc Barr
Feat. Pierre Perrier, Lizzie Brochere, Jean-Marc Barr; Drama exploring the dark and violent obsessions of a sexually ambiguous Frenchman. Plenty of casual sex and casual murder, and a truly memorable lap…
Beginners (2011): Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent…; Semi–autobiographical tale from the dir. of THUMBSUCKER reconciles two relationships in the life of a 38–year–old graphic artist…
Circumstance (2011): Dir. Maryam Keshavarz
Feat. Sarah Kazemy, Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai…; A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's dangerous obsession in this courageous, if…
Cloudburst (2011): Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Ryan Doucette; A longtime lesbian couple hit the road for Canada so they can legally marry in this moving road movie.
Green, The (2011): Dir. Steven Williford
Feat. Jason Butler Harner, Cheyenne Jackson, Illeana Douglas…; Drama about a gay couple who relocate from NYC to Connecticut seeking some quiet, but find their lives disrupted when one is accused of inappropriate…
Harvest (Stadt Land Fluss) (2011): Dir. Benjamin Cantu
Feat. Lukas Steltner, Kai Michael Müller; Muted romance set against a documentary esque background, that tracks the tentative relationship between two young apprentices training on a farm…
Private Romeo (2011): Dir. Alan Brown
Feat. Seth Numrich, Matt Doyle, Hale Appleman; Utterly disarming and inventive retelling of Romeo and Juliet, set in an all–boys Military Academy where love blooms between two cadets.
Sal (2011): Dir. James Franco
Feat. Val Lauren, Jim Parrack, James Franco; James Franco directs this chronicle of the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one–time teen idol and star of the blockbuster film…
Weekend (2011): Dir. Andrew Haigh
Feat. Tom Cullen, Chris New, Kieran Hardcastle; A thematically rich, dramatically articulate gay romance between a semi–closeted man and a free–spirited cynic who casually hook up over…
3 (Three) (2010): Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow; Dir. Tom Tykwer energises this simple love story of a forty–something couple who fall for the same man with the frenetic visual and narrative…
Bloomington (2010): Dir. Fernanda Cardoso
Feat. Allison McAtee, Sarah Stouffer; Coming–of–age drama following a former child actress who decides to enroll in college to gain more independence, but is drawn away from…
Dirty Girl (2010): Dir. Abe Sylvia
Feat. Juno Temple, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam…; A high school hussy and an overweight closet homosexual become fast friends in this sassy teen comedy. Though overly weighted in cliche and narrow…
Elena Undone (2010): Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie, Gary Weeks; Lesbian drama about a pastor's wife who falls in love with a well–known writer. The ensuing secret relationship upends her marriage just as she…
Heartbeats (2010): Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, Monia Chokri; A quick turnaround for precocious French Canadian dir. Xavier Dolan; his sophomore feature an equally painful and amusing bifurcated romance, in…
Howl (2010): Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm…; A fitting celebration and account of the making and hostile reception of Allen Ginsberg's famously controversial poem, with James Franco superb as…
Loose Cannons (2010): Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek
Feat. Riccardo Scamarcio; An cheerfully overstuffed family comedy of a gay young man who attempts to come out to his ultra traditionalist parents in the south of Italy.
Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Kawa) (2010): Dir. Katie Wolfe
Feat. Calvin Tuteao, George Henare, Dean O'Gorman…; Psychological drama of a family man coming to terms with his homosexuality and whose decision to come out plunges his family into crisis. Based on…
Sasha (2010): Dir. Dennis Todorovic
Feat. Sasa Kekez, Predrag Bjelac, Ljubisa Gruicic; Compassionate gay drama about a Yugoslav–German piano prodigy who is trying to gain admittance to a prestigious music school but who becomes…
Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, The (2010): Dir. James Kent
Feat. Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch…; Quality BBC biopic from director James Kent (TESTAMENT OF YOUTH) about the life of Anne Lister, a 19th–century Yorkshire landowner who defied…
Worried About the Boy (2010): Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Douglas Booth, Mathew Horne, Mark Gatiss…; Compassionate, but never fawning, biopic of the eighties icon Boy George jumps between his early taste of pop stardom to post–fame despair.…
A Single Man (2009): Dir. Tom Ford
Feat. Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult…; Colin Firth gives a career–best performance as a gay English professor who grieves for his long–time lover in this impeccable and…
An Englishman in New York (2009): Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. John Hurt, Swoosie Kurtz, Jonathan Tucker…; Sequel to THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT with John Hurt reprising his role as gay raconteur Quentin Crisp as he spends the latter parts of his life in New…
Bruno (Brüno) (2009): Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten; Controversial mockümentary starring Baron Cohen as a gay Aüstrian fashion joürnalist who travels to the USA to become 'the biggest Aüstrian…
From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim) (2009): Dir. Aluizio Abranches
Feat. João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Rafael Cardoso, Júlia Lemmertz; Controversial Brazilian ode to incestuous half–brothers that's evocatively shot and titillatingly steamy but strangely coy on the consequences.
Gay Traveller (2009): Fabulous pilot guide that traces the evolution of gay pride celebrations from the late sixties to the modern day, and also provides insight into the…
Greek Pete (2009): Dir. Andrew Haigh; An intimate and explicit insight into the actual life experiences of a group of young male escorts.
Humpday (2009): Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmor…; Though easily mistaken for another Judd Apatow dude comedy, this hilarious indie bromance about two macho BFs engaged in a dare to go ‘beyond…
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) (2009): Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément…; An angst ridden teen grapples with growing up gay and his neurotic, overbearing mother in this feisty first feature from young French Canadian…
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009): Dir. John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Feat. Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann…; Jim Carrey plays it reasonably straight as a bored Texas police officer whose excursions into petty crime land him in jail, and into the lap of his…
Make The Yuletide Gay (2009): Dir. Rob Williams
Feat. Keith Jordan, Adamo Ruggiero, Hallee Hirsh; Christmas chuckles aplenty as closeted Jordan tries to remain so while holidaying with his parents, unfortunately for him boyfriend Ruggiero has…
Plan B (2009): Dir. Marco Berger
Feat. Manuel Vignau, Lucas Ferraro, Mercedes Quinteros; Languid drama where a man's efforts to sabotage his ex–girlfriends new relationship – with a half baked plan of seducing her boyfriend,…
Prayers for Bobby (2009): Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley…; Tragically true tale of a zealous christian whose attempts to convert her gay son to heterosexuality lead ultimately to his death and sets her on an…
Redwoods (2009): Dir. David Lewis
Feat. Brendan Bradley, Matthew Montgomery, Elinor Bell…; Low–key drama has a man trapped in an emotionally unsatisfying relationship contemplating an affair with a brooding stranger.
Shank (2009): Dir. Simon Pearce
Feat. Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Alice Payne…; Harrowing coming–of–age drama which makes up for a few cliches with a lot of raw power. Set in Bristol, where a closeted gay youth…
Through Rainbow Coloured Glasses (2009): Grassroots documentary that explores how the Queer community have survived and thrived in Christchurch over the past five decades. Part documentary,…
Undertow (Contracorriente) (2009): Dir. Javier Fuentes-Leon
Feat. Cristian Mercado, Manolo Cardona; A beguiling drama set in a remote seaside Peruvian village, where a fisherman mourns for his deceased lover and experiences his ghost lingering in…
Wolf's Mouth, The (Mouth of the Wolf; La bocca del lupo) (2009): Dir. Pietro Marcello; Impressive hybrid of documentary and actuality chronicles the unlikely romance between a macho ex–con and a transsexual former…
Another Gay Sequel (Gays Gone Wild!) (2008): Dir. Todd Stephens
Feat. RuPaul; Crass follow–up to 'Another Gay Movie' with the group of campy guys returning as college lads on their wild Spring Break where the goal is to…
Ciao (2008): Dir. Yen Tan
Feat. Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza; Low–budget indie gem about two men who form a romantic bond over two days when their mutual friend dies in a car crash in Dallas, Texas.
Derek (2008): Dir. Isaac Julien
Feat. Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton; Heartfelt tribute to British vanguard filmmaker and gay activist Derek Jarman, whose radical ourvre is surveyed in conjuction with one of his final…
Fabulous Flag Sisters, The (Le Sorelle Bandiera) (2008): Candid documentary following the career of The Fabulous Flag Sisters–three drag queens that inspired, offended and entertained the people of…
Ice Blues (2008): Feat. Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence; Gay detective Donald Strachey investigates an anonymous donation of $3 million to a children's charity, only to find himself entwined in corruption…
Jihad for Love, A (2008): Dir. Parvez Sharma; Revealing documentary on homosexuality and the Islamic faith, filmed in secret over 5 and a half years under the Muslim government radar. Although…
Little Ashes (2008): Dir. Paul Morrison
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Javier Beltran…; Meandering and soapy look at three of Spain's artistic enfant terribles; Luis Bunuel, Federico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali. Focussing on the…
Milk (2008): Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin…; Saying it proud but not too loud, this dramatized biopic of the first openly–elected gay official fittingly tributes the legacy of San…
Mulligans (2008): Dir. Chip Hale
Feat. Thea Gill, Derek James, Dan Payne; Earnest gay drama from Canada centered around an affair between a married man and his son's best friend. Although there's plenty of scope for…
On the Other Hand, Death (2008): Dir. Ron Oliver
Feat. Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Margot Kidder…; Gay detective Donald Strachey (Allen) is back to investigate some ruthless property developers who he suspects are the culprits of homophobic…
Otto; Or, Up With Dead People (Otto: Or Up With Dead People) (2008): Dir. Bruce LaBruce; Watchably pretentious piece of repugnant fare from provocative director LaBruce, this time following a gay zombie who must de–code his sordid…
Rubbings From A Live Man (2008): Dir. Florian Habicht; Film–maker Florian Habicht finds the perfect portrait subject in Warwick Broadhead, a fiercely independent, 40–year veteran of performing…
Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (2008): Dir. Nick Moran
Feat. Con O' Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris…; Suitably poppy biopic of the rise and fall of flamboyant music producer Joe Meek whose pioneering sound experiments briefly made him the toast of…
Valentino - The Last Emperor (2008): Dir. Matt Tyrnauer; Surveying the final two years of Italian fashion great Valentino Garavani's career before retirement, this head–turning doco celebrates his…
Walk Like A Man (2008): Worthy documentary focused on the preparation of two top rugga teams from Sydney and San Francisco for the World Cup of gay rugby – the Bingham…
With Gilbert and George (2008): Dir. Julian Cole; Poetic documentary about controversial art duo Gilbert and George, who work as a single entity and have mounted more exhibitions in museums and…
Black, White and Gray (2007): Dir. James Crump; Stilted documentary investigating the relationship between controversial photographers Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe and their influence on…
Boystown (2007): Dir. Juan Flahn
Feat. Pepon Nieto, Pablo Puyol, Carlos Fuentes; Very dark comedy with Hitchcockian flourishes with a nefarious real estate agent killing off old ladies who refuse to sell him their apartments in a…
Breakfast With Scot (2007): Dir. Laurie Lynd
Feat. Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett; Tom Cavanagh (from TV's ED) plays up his character's awkward machismo – a closeted sportscaster whose 11–year–old adoptive son is…
Chris and Don - A Love Story (Chris & Don) (2007): Dir. Guido Santi, Tina Mascara; Love–letter–as–documentary recounting the poignant 33–year relationship between novelist Christopher Isherwood (author of…
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007): Dir. Daniel G Karslake; Heartfelt doco exploring the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the USA. Director Karslake takes an evenhanded approach to the…
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007): Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Melonie Diaz, Nicole Vicius, Guinevere Turner; Rousing comedy of radical feminism from dir. Babbit (BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER) follows the indoctrination of a naïve lesbian (Diaz) who falls in with…
Naked Boys Singing! (2007): Dir. Troy Christian, Robert Schrock; Truth in advertising! This raunchy revue rife with risque show tunes performed by a cast of men with literally nothing to hide is raucous fun with a…
Running Deep (2007): Dir. Mark Kokkoros
Feat. Douglas. A. Hary; Affecting drama involving a scattered family unit who upon hearing of the death of their mother decide to meet up with unpredictably tragic results.…
Savage Grace (2007): Dir. Tom Kalin
Feat. Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne…; Featuring another fearless performance from the great Julianne Moore, this takes the family dysfunction drama to a disturbing extreme as it maps the…
Save Me (2007): Dir. Robert Cary
Feat. Chad Allen, Robert Gant, Judith Light…; Drama following a gay man who checks into a Christian "conversion therapy" retreat in the New Mexico desert, to try to heal himself of a dangerous…
Shelter (2007): Dir. Jonah Markowitz
Feat. Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes; Gay surfing drama following young surfer Zach (Wright), who, when forced to give up dreams of art school to help care for his family, finds solace in…
This Kiss (2007): Dir. Kylie Eddy
Feat. Melanie Lockman, Tamsin Gatewood; Drama about the relationship between two women, best friends since childhood but torn apart by a heartbreaking incident. One has become a successful…
Witnesses, The (2007): Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila…; Told in three chapters, this matter–of–fact ensemble drama centred on the AIDS crisis as it hit Paris during the eighties, develops into…
Almost Normal (2006): Dir. Marc Moody
Feat. J.Andrew Keitch, Joan Lauckner, Tim Hammer…; Enjoyable low–budget indie flips the script on sexual norms by re–imagining a gay professor's high school peers as being predominantly…
Another Gay Movie (2006): Dir. Todd Stephens
Feat. Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman, Jonathan Chase…; Raunchy sex comedy sees four gay friends make a pact to lose their virginity by the end of the summer. This an almost shot–by–shot…
Beyond Hatred (Au Dela de la Haine) (2006): Sensitive documentary following the aftermath of a hate crime in which a 30–year old gay man was beaten to death by a trio of skinheads in a…
Big Gay Sketch Show, The (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Erica Ash, Julie Goldman, Stephen Guarino…; Like a gay SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, this strings together a series of sketches and social commentary from a LGBT perspective. Biting satire this is not…
Boy Culture (2006): Dir. Q. Allan Brocka
Feat. Derek Magyar, George Jonson, Patrick Bauchau; Gay 'guy' movie exploring an enigmatic hustler's most intimate thoughts and desires, in strict contrast to his macho exterior. Although the thick…
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006): Dir. Lisa Ades, Lesli Klainberg; Scintillating sequel to the dirs. 1995 CELLULOID CLOSET, here discussing the history of 'out' gay cinema in the twentieth century from Kenneth…
Fat Girls (2006): Dir. Ash Christian
Feat. Ash Christian; Brazenly off–beat comedy with shades of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE centres on two outcasts trying to survive their squaresville Texan high school days…
Grimm Love (Rohtenburg) (2006): Dir. Martin Weisz
Feat. Keri Russell, Thomas Kretschmann, Thomas Huber; Morbidly fascinating drama based on the sensational true story of Armin Meiwes, a cannibal who searched the internet for a companion willing to be…
History Boys, The (2006): Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Samuel Anderson…; Alan Bennett's hit stageplay about the precocious lads and frustrated teachers at a well–bred English boarding school is transposed directly to…
Infamous (2006): Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig…; Beaten to the punch, this second take on Truman Capote’s infamy suffers inevitably from de–ja vu, yet has plenty new to offer as an alternate…
Line of Beauty, The (2006): Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Tim McInnerny, Oliver Coleman, Dan Stevens; BBC serial adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker award–winning novel about a young, gay man who gains entree to an upper class milieu during…
Poltergay (2006): Dir. Eric Lavaine
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu; Farcical French comedy sees a couple haunted by the ghosts of five gay guys, who died in their house when it used to be a gay disco. This fluff…
Queer Duck: The Movie (2006): Dir. Xeth Feinberg
Feat. Tim Curry, David Duchovny, Billy West; Raucously wacky animation set around a flamingly queer duck flapping through a series of bizarre events and around oddball friends like 'Openly…
Quinceañera (2006): Dir. Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer
Feat. Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez; Accessible indie about a Mexican–American teen approaching her Quinceañera ( "sweet 15"), who is forced to seek refuge with her great uncle…
Shock to the System (2006): Dir. Ron Oliver
Feat. Chad Allen, Morgan Fairchild; Latest Donald Strachey outing (from Richard Stevenson's novels) has the queer detective investigating another fishy murder linked to the underworld…
Shortbus (Short bus) (2006): Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Feat. Sook-Yin Lee, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson…; A raucous, freewheeling comedy of intercourse from gay auteur John Cameron Mitchell, audacious in its employment of explicit sex, unknown actors and…
Tan Lines (2006): Dir. Ed Aldridge
Feat. Jack Baxter, Lorena Arancibia, Jed Clarke…; Sun–soaked coming of age drama with a hard partying surfer stuck in small town Australia falling under the spell of a worldly older surfer.…
Time to Leave (2006): Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi…; Dir. Ozon expands on the theme of death and mourning, first explored in UNDER THE SAND, with this carefully composed, if somewhat underdeveloped male…
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005): Dir. Stewart Main
Feat. Rima Te Wiata; Rural New Zealand forms a stylised background to this unusual rites–of–passage drama which combines whimsy, pathos and cruelty for a…
Adam and Steve (2005): Dir. Craig Chester
Feat. Parker Posey, Chris Kattan, Malcolm Gets…; Romantic farce, with the odd song–and–dance number, follows the second–chance love between two men, and the ups and downs in the…
Brokeback Mountain (2005): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams…; A 'cause celebre' of recent cinema, this epic romantic drama is set around the terse and smouldering long–term love affair between two cowboys…
DL Chronicles, The (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Damian T. Raven, Sheilynn Wactor, T. Ashanti Mozelle; Pioneering TV series about a group of gay African–American males who choose to lead double lives and attempt to keep their homosexual…
Gay Sex in the 70's (2005): Dir. Joseph F. Lovett; An honest look at gay sex in Manhatten during the 70s, this captures a moment in time between two historical benchmarks: when homosexuality was…
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2005): A unique celebration of the life and work of Ireland's adored literary genius, Oscar Wilde, on his 150th birthday, in which 150 celebrities trade…
Happy Endings (2005): Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Lisa Kudrow, Steve Coogan, Maggie Gyllenhaal…; A clutch of hedonistic Americans collide, abuse and impregnate each other in this typically light yet smart black comedy from the dir. of THE…
Hard Pill (2005): Dir. John Baumgartner
Feat. Jonathan Slavin, Scotch Ellis Loring, Susan Slome…; Provocative comedy–drama dares to posit a scenario in which a little pill can induce heterosexuality and when a depressed gay man wonders if…
Hate Crime (2005): Dir. Tommy Stovall
Feat. Seth Peterson, Bruce Davison, Chad Donella; Gay revenge melodrama takes a hard line against the religious right, telling the story of a gay accountant who suspects his Christian fundamentalist…
Hidden History of Homosexual Australia, The (2005): Dir. Con Anemogiannis; A panoramic look at the history of gays and lesbians in Australia, from settlement convict days through to the present.
King and the Clown, The (2005): Dir. Jun-ik Lee
Feat. Woo-seong Kam; Subversive yet broadly–appealing Korean comedy with a gay streak that turns the Chosun Dynasty on its head with its story of two bawdy court…
Stupid Boy (Garçon Stupide) (2005): Dir. Lionel Baier
Feat. Natacha Koutchoumov, Pierre Chatagny, Rui Pedro Alves; Raw drama focused around Loic, a young gay swinger in Switzerland, and his attraction to an older man who offers unexpected emotional stability.…
That Man: Peter Berlin (2005): Dir. Jim Tushinski; Documentary about Peter Berlin, the model, porn star, photographer, film maker, clothing designer and gay cultural phenomenon. Told in his own words…
Third Man Out (2005): Dir. Ron Oliver
Feat. Chad Allen, Sean Young; First adaptation of Richard Stevenson's 'Donald Strachey' detective novels – about a homosexual PI who works cases involving Albany's queer…
Transamerica (2005): Dir. Duncan Tucker
Feat. Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers; Gender–bender road drama with a winning central performance by 'Desperate Housewife' Felicity Huffman as a transsexual about to take the final…
A Home at the End of the World (2004): Dir. Michael Mayer
Feat. Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek; A strange dramatic creation from the writer of THE HOURS, concerns an unusual orphan manchild (Farrell) with a desire to make 'everyone happy' who…
Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…; An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
Bad Education (Mala Educación, La) (2004): Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Javier Camara; Another fascinating work from Almodovar who, after TALK TO HER, again matches his renowned taste in decor with adventurous yet controlled…
Balls (Männer wie wir) (2004): Dir. Sherry Horman
Feat. Maximillian Bruckner; Discovered by homophobic teamates to be a gay, a German goalie gets chucked off his provincial soccer team and vows to return in a mere four weeks…
Brother to Brother (2004): Dir. Rodney Evans
Feat. Anthony Mackie, Larry Gilliard, Jr, Duane Boutte…; Heartfelt drama delves deep into the quagmire of identity politics in its depiction of the challenges faced by gay black artists in America set both…
C.R.A.Z.Y. (Crazy) (2004): Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Marc-André Grondin, Danielle Proulx, Michel Côté; Rockin' and colourful rites–of–passage drama evolves out an adolescent boy's (Grondin) experiences as part of an unusual family during…
De-Lovely (Delovely) (2004): Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce; Refined and dandy musical biopic of legendary tunesmith Cole Porter, who composed some great music while leading a gay double–life during his…
Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004): Dir. Andy Kimpton-Nye
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry; Maddeningly conventional portrait of the iconoclastic director is lacking Jarman's own formal audaciousness, and is too often a clunky mix of talking…
Do I Love You? (2004): Dir. Lisa Gornick
Feat. Harri Alexander, Birghitta Bernhard, Darren Black; Lesbian drama made on a shoestring budget exploring the life of a women in crisis. In her 30's, she is questioning her relationship with her…
Eating Out (2004): Dir. Q. Allan Brocka
Feat. Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros, Emily Stiles…; Farcical comedy focusing on a straight guy convinced by his gay best friend that if he pretends to 'bat for the other team' he could score any chick…
Enter the Phoenix (2004): Dir. Stephen Fung
Feat. Daniel Wu, Karen Mok, Nicholas Tse…; The disowned gay son of a dying triad leader must inherit control of an organised crime family in this typically scattershot Hong Kong comedy…
Funny Kinda Guy (2004): Dir. Travis Reeves; Heartfelt documentary of trans–gendered singer–songwriter Simon de Voil, whose desire to become a man is complicated by various…
Hellbent (2004): Dir. Paul Etheredge-Ouzts
Feat. Dylan Fergus; Curiously queer–themed slasher flick is surprisingly non–camp, and instead offers an intense throwback to old school…
Kinsey (2004): Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell…; Polished dramatization of the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who boldly pioneered research into human sexuality in an ultra–conservative…
L Word, The (TV Series) (2004-2009): Feat. Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner, Pam Grier…; A fiercely determined "queer" series exploring Los Angeles' liberal gay scene, canvasing a tight–knit community of attractive lesbians and…
Mysterious Skin (2004): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg…; An acclaimed realisation of 'New Queer Cinema' dir. Araki's early promise, with an uncompromising fable based around a teenage hustler who is…
Outing Riley (2004): Dir. Pete Jones
Feat. Pete Jones, Nathan Fillion, Michael McDonald…; Good–natured comedy about a man summoning up the courage to tell his tough Irish family he's gay, when his sister decides to take matters into…
Poster Boy (2004): Dir. Zak Tucker
Feat. Karen Allen, Michael Lerner, Jack Noseworthy…; A campaigning right–wing senator conscripts his closeted gay son to play happy families for the public, but the stakes are raised when the son…
Producing Adults (2004): Dir. Aleksi Salmenpera
Feat. Minna Haapkyla, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio…; Finnish comedy–drama about a woman who develops an unlikely relationship with the female doctor she meets at the fertility clinic, while she is…
Rice Rhapsody (Hainan ji fan) (2004): Dir. Kenneth Bi
Feat. Sylvia Chang, Mélanie Laurent, Maggie Q; Light, good–natured familial farce about a sturdy single mother who, fearing a drought of grandchildren, plots to ‘straighten’ the…
Strange Bedfellows (2004): Dir. Dean Murphy
Feat. Paul Hogan, Michael Caton, Roy Billing…; In this nicely–judged farce, red–blooded Aussie mates Hogan and Caton masqerade as a same–sex couple to exploit various tax…
Summer Storm (Sommersturm) (2004): Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner
Feat. Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann; Two best friends – the pride of the local rowing club – find their loyalties and chances of winning threatened, as one gets serious about…
Three Dancing Slaves (2004): Dir. Gaël Morel
Feat. Nicolas Cazalé, Stephane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez…; French romantic drama set in a working class Annecy neighbourhood where three brothers are in and out of the criminal world after their mother dies,…
Touch of Pink (2004): Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Jimi Mistry; A gay Indo–Canadian man (Mistry) living happily in London with his boyfriend faces a crisis when his straight–laced Muslim mother flies…
Tropical Malady (2004): Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Feat. Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee; A gorgeous two–hander from the dir. of BLISSFULLY YOURS begins as a tender romance between a farmer and a solider, before transforming into a…
Tying the Knot (2004): Dir. Jim de Seve; An acclaimed look at the 'same–sex marriage' debate in the United States, beginning with footage of 1970s protests and current political…
Walk on Water (2004): Dir. Eytan Fox; An arresting drama based on the obsessive efforts of an Israeli Mossad hitman –in grieving over his wife's suicide – to search for and…
15 (2003): Dir. Royston Tan
Feat. Melvin Chen, Erick Chun; Doing for the tiny island nation of Singapore what LA HAINE did for France, this box–office hit follows the misfiring antics of three teenagers…
Event, The (2003): Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley…; The taboo of assisted suicide is broached in this measured Canadian ensemble drama about an AIDS–afflicted musician (McKellar) who takes his…
Goldfish Memory (2003): Dir. Elizabeth Gill
Feat. Fiona Montgomery; Free–spirited take on the modern conundrums of romance, dating and lust set in a contemporary Dublin of gay, straight and bisexual cycle…
Latter Days (2003): Dir. C. Jay Cox
Feat. Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Jacqueline Bisset; Putting a slight twist on the conventions of romantic gay comedy, a Los Angeles party animal falls for and becomes involved with a young Mormon…
Mambo Italiano (2003): Dir. Emile Gaudreault
Feat. Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino; Light–hearted story follows an Italian immigrant family in Canada who comically resist their son's efforts to announce he is gay. Set around…
Normal (2003): Dir. Jane Anderson
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Lange, Clancy Brown; Tom Wilkinson takes on the brave role of an All–American husband and family man who one day tells his wife (Lange) that he "is a woman trapped…
Party Monster (2003): Dir. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Feat. Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloe Sevigny; A dramatization of the rise and fall of dandy NY nightclub promoter Michael Alig, who murdered one of his acolytes in the late 1980s, this depicts…
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (TV Series) (2003-2006): Genuinely amusing series in which five gay men (Ted Allen, Thom Filicia, Kyan Douglas, Jai Rodriguez and Carson Kressley) help transform the life of…
Tarnation (2003): Dir. Jonathan Caouette; Famously stitched–together documentary of one Jonathan Caouette’s troubled life, where 19 years of home movie footage was edited for pennies…
Twist (2003): Dir. Jacob Tierney
Feat. Nick Stahl, Gary Farmer, Stephen McHattie…; 'Gay hustler' recasting of the Charles Dickens classic, set amid a group of heroin addicts who inhabit the inner–city dark corners of modernday…
Watching You (2003): Feat. Diane Flacks, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cara Pifko…; A collection of award–winning international lesbian short films, which will be a treat for the target audience. There's a huge variety of…
9 Dead Gay Guys (Nine Dead Gay Guys) (2002): Dir. Lab Ky Mo
Feat. Glen Mulhern, Brendan Mackey, Steven Berkoff…; Irreverent, often damned funny, crime comedy in which two lads stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful…
Close to Leo (Tout contre Léo) (2002): Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Yaniss Lespert, Pierre Mignard, Marie Bunel…; French drama exploring the tensions in a family when a closeted gay man is diagnosed HIV positive and his parents attempt to hide the news (and the…
Cockettes, The (2002): Dir. Bruce Weber, David Weissman
Feat. Divine; A grandly entertaining chronicle of the lives of a zany troupe of drag vaudeville performers from 1969–1972: from their early days in San…
Don't Ask Don't Tell (2002): Feat. Peter Graves; A sci–fi spoof that re–dubs minor 50's B–movie "Killer from Space" with new dialogue and a plot concerning a military scheme to…
Family Fundamentals (2002): Dir. Arthur Dong; Balanced insight from documentarian Arthur Dong into the lives of Christian fundamentalist parents and their gay children. If less probing into…
Far From Heaven (2002): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert; An exquisitely designed pastiche of 50s soap opera that mimics the look and acting style of vintage–movie melodrama but cleverly deviates by…
Georgie Girl (2002): Dir. Annie Goldson; The unique and quite remarkable life story of Georgina Beyer, born George, a Maori transsexual and former sex–worker, who recently was elected…
Laramie Project, The (2002): Dir. Moisés Kaufman
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Clea Duvall, Jeremy Davies…; Moisés Kaufman directs this film based on his own play, set in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student in…
Madame Sata (2002): Dir. Karim Ainouz
Feat. Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Felippe Marques…; The underbelly of 1930s Rio de Janeiro glistens in this atmospheric drama about the celebrated João Francisco dos Santos (Ramos), a flamboyant gay…
Sex, Politics and Cocktails (2002): Dir. Julien Hernandez
Feat. Julien Hernandez, Marisa Petroro; West Hollywood’s gay dating scene is the setting for this comedy–romance of queer encounters. Julien Hernandez takes on the acting,…
Showboy (2002): Dir. Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann
Feat. Christian Taylor, Lindy Heymann; An effective mockumentary follows real–life screenwriter Taylor being 'fired' from SIX FEET UNDER, and shifting to Las Vegas where he attempts,…
Suddenly (2002): Dir. Diego Lerman
Feat. Carla Crespo, Tatiana Saphir, Veronica Hassan; Grimy, punkish road movie morphs that into a rather tender tale with two tough girls from the hood kidnapping a local shop girl and taking her on an…
Yossi and Jagger (2002): Dir. Eytan Fox
Feat. Ohad Knoller; Subversive, sweetly–natured gay drama set amid the close–quarters comraderie of the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) where a commanding…
All Over the Guy (2001): Dir. Julie Davis
Feat. Richard Ruccolo, Dan Bucatinsky, Adam Goldberg…; An indie gay homage to generic Hollywood romancers, centred round the crack–up of Richard Ruccolo and Dan Bucatinky’s stilted…
Bob and Rose (TV Series) (2001): Dir. Julian Farino, Joe Wright
Feat. Alan Davies, Lesley Sharp; Smart, open–minded relationship drama contemplates the possibility of a gay man and a straight woman falling in love. Devoid of stereotypes,…
Brotherhood, The (I've Been Watching You) (2001): Dir. David DeCoteau
Feat. Samuel Page; Refreshing 'homoerotic' horror takes a stab at an all–boy vampire fraternity with a penchant for sharp knives, semi–nakedness, and lusty…
Drole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix aka Funny Felix) (2001): Dir. Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel
Feat. Sami Bouajila; Seeking to meet his father for the first time, HIV–positive Sami Bouajila journeys across France from Dieppe to Marseille in a tour of…
Ellen Show, The (TV Series) (2001-2002): Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Cloris Leachman, Martin Mull…; America's most mainstream lesbian Ellen DeGeneres puts her comic talents to use in her own TV series about a successful big city entrepreneur tempted…
Fluffer, The (2001): Dir. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland; Salacious piece of fluff about an aspiring filmmaker whose fascination with a male porn star leads him to scoring a job on the set. He soon rises to…
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Hard On (2001): The complete set of music promos (and alternate versions) from the notorious mid–1980s British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who briefly rose…
Friends and Family (2001): Dir. Kristen Coury
Feat. Tony Lo Bianco, Greg Lauren; An unassuming, mostly ticklish comedy, in which a gay couple in New York are visited by relations and have to conceal their careers as Mafia hitmen.…
Further Tales of the City (TV Series) (2001): Dir. Pierre Gang
Feat. Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis; Armistad Maupin’s tales of San Francisco friends, families and lovers continues in its likeable way.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001): Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Feat. John Cameron Mitchell; Robbed of his rightful place in rock history by a former protégé, transsexual rocker Hedwig is resigned to playing on the lowest rung of the tour…
Ignorant Fairies, The (His Secret Life) (2001): Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek
Feat. Stefano Accorsi; A woman's life in Rome is thrown into relief after the death of her doctor husband – especially when she discovers a secret inscription on the…
Lawless Heart (2001): Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Feat. Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy; A triptych of inter–related stories set in a coastal village in Essex, from the points–of–view of three different men who convene…
Legend of Leigh Bowery, The (2001): Dir. Charles Atlas; An out and proud exponent of 'wearable art', Leigh Bowery's outlandish conceptual fashions brought him to London (from the 'cultural wasteland' of…
Trembling Before G-D (Trembling Before God) (2001): Dir. Sandi Simcha Dubowski; Contemplative and personal filmmaking that intimately captures the personal stories of Orthodox and Hasidic Jews coming to terms with their…
Beefcake (2000): Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Daniel MacIvor, Carroll Godsman, Jack Griffin Mazeika…; The director of THE HANGING GARDEN blends archival footage and dramatic action to reveal the secret world behind the well–oiled muscles and…
Before Night Falls (2000): Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Javier Bardem, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp; The life and times of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem) told as a florid visual collage – dream, memory and history merging on the…
Big Eden (2000): Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Arye Gross, Louise Fletcher, George Coe; Benignly wishful drama set in the small Montana hometown of a slightly stressed gay NYC painter (Gross), who has returned to nurse his ailing…
Borstal Boy (2000): Dir. Peter Sheridan
Feat. Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York; Well–mannered adaptation of playwright Brendan Behan's classic memoir of being sent to a youth prison in WW2 England after being caught with…
Broadway Damage (2000): Dir. Victor Mignatti
Feat. Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro; Big gay hugs to the Big Apple and Broadway culture, centering around two friends with mismatched romantic lives, and their scene–stealing…
Broken Hearts Club, The (2000): Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Timothy Olyphant; Ensemble romantic comedy set in and around a baseball team in the bustling gay mecca of West Hollywood. Centre plate is up–and–coming…
Chuck and Buck (2000): Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Chris Weitz, Mike White, Paul Weitz…; Squirmingly funny independent film that makes exemplary use of its small budget with a sustained, original script and handsome digital videography.…
Common Ground (2000): Dir. Donna Deitch
Feat. Edward Asner, Beau Bridges, Harvey Fierstein…; Compassionate, quality trilogy of short stories dealing with gay issues over three different eras. "A Friend of Dorothy" concerns a woman…
Edge of Seventeen (2000): Dir. David Morton
Feat. Thomas Arklie; With its drab mid–1980s Ohio setting, complete with pastel clothing, Boy George–inspired haircuts and Bronksi Beat music, this puts a…
Flawless (2000): Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman; After suffering a stroke that leaves him part–paralyzed, an arch–conservative, retired security guard (Robert De Niro) agrees to let a…
Gendernauts (2000): Dir. Monika Treut; Prolific lesbian director Monika Treut takes a tour of San Francisco’s transgender community. Aided by the likes of queer luminaries Annie…
Iron Ladies, The (2000): Dir. Yongyooth Thongkonthun
Feat. Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit; The true story of a volleyball team in the Thai national champs composed of gay men, transsexuals and transvestites, never really clears the net of…
Our Lady of the Assassins (la Virgen de los Sicarios) (2000): Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo; A middle aged author returns to his native Colombian village to find that it has been overrun by violence and corruption. After his young male lover…
Paragraph 175 (2000): Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman; An uneasy delve into past atrocities, this bitter–tasting but necessary document of Nazi war crimes goes beyond the oft–told persecution…
Phantom (Fantasma, O) (2000): Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues
Feat. Ricardo Meneses; This plunge into Portugal’s gay underground concerns an alienated garbage collector who seeks out anonymous sexual encounters in Lisbon’s…
Presque Rien (Almost Nothing) (2000): Dir. Sebastien Lifshitz
Feat. Jérémie Elkaïm, Stephane Rideau; French drama of melancholic first love that, despite the common themes, sets itself apart with sensitive acting and a deeply felt approach to the…
Queer As Folk (TV Series) (2000-2005): Feat. Hal Sparks, Gale Harold, Peter Paige…; An American variation on the groundbreaking British series (currently unavailable due to censorship restrictions) which is likewise completely set…
Southern Comfort (2000): Dir. Kate Davis; A fascinating and compassionate portrait of two transsexuals – a craggy cowboy (born a woman) and a vivacious siren (born a man) – who…
Urbania (2000): Dir. Jon Shear
Feat. Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keesler; Edgy indie hit following the insomniac wanderings of a dashing yuppie who is coping with the death of his partner. A hit at the 2000 Sundance Film…
Bedrooms and Hallways (1999): Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Ehle…; Utterly delightful relationship comedy about men, and gay men in particular, but appealing to human beings of any of the three sexual orientations…
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999): Dir. Jamie Babbitt
Feat. Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, Melanie Lynskey…; A camp comedy in both style and setting, cheerleading teen Natasha Lyonne is suspected by her God–fearing parents to be a lesbian, and is thus…
Five Senses, The (1999): Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Pascale Bussieres, Daniel MacIvor…; Austere relationship drama in which five loosely–connected characters serve as metaphors for the five senses, including a bisexual housecleaner…
Gohatto (Taboo) (1999): Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Takeshi Kitano; Visually stunning evocation of the tensions in a samurai–training school in 1860s Japan, with Kitano playing a captain who agonises over his…
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love (1999): Dir. Shinichiro Watanabe; Prequel to the cult anime series GRAVITATION that sees the lead singer of 'Bad Luck' at a crossroads in his professional and personal life with album…
Happy, Texas (1999): Dir. Mark Illsley
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy; Sweetly sardonic crowd–pleaser indeed took the audience award at Sundance '99, adding a pinch of fashionable 'gay irony' to the more familiar…
I Think I Do (1999): Dir. Brian Sloan
Feat. Alexis Arquette, Christian Maelen, Lauren Valez; Feelgood, gay–affirmative comedy revolves around six 20–somethings of various persuasions, who come together when two of their number…
If Only You Knew (1999): Dir. David Snedeker
Feat. Johnathon Schaech, Alison Eastwood, James LeGros…; Journalist Johnathon Schaech needs an NYC apartment urgently and ends up feigning 'gay–ness' so as to placate sexy Alison Eastwood, who has an…
Queer as Folk (TV Series) (1999): Feat. Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly, Charlie Hunnam…; Groundbreaking television drama that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Eight…
Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in all the World (TV Series) (1999): Dir. Q. Allan Brocka; Deliciously offensive grown–up animation tracking the lives of a gay couple Rick and Steve whose cosy little West Lahunga Beach existence is…
Story of a Bad Boy, The (1999): Dir. Tom Donaghy
Feat. Jeremy Hollingworth, Christian Camargo; Taken from the dir.’s stageplay, this not–so–bad gay teen drama sets itelf in early 80s New Jersey with student Jeremy Hollingworth…
Trick (1999): Dir. Jim Fall
Feat. Tori Spelling; Downtown Manhattan is the setting of this easy–going, nightlife adventure for a group of gay friends and fag–hag Tori Spelling...
When Love Comes (1999): Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning…; Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998): Dir. Tommy O'Haver
Feat. Sean P. Hayes, Paul Bartel, Meredith Scott Lynn; A giddy tribute to the wayward impulses of the heart, the affable Sean P. Hayes plays Billy, a struggling gay photographer infatuated with a dreamy…
Get Real (1998): Dir. Simon Shore
Feat. Ben Silverstone; This British tale of a teen schoolboy's frustratingly closeted affair with the athletic head boy of his high school makes the grade to appeal to…
Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) (1998): Dir. Liddy Oldroyd
Feat. Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus; Ill–matched, yet inseparable flatmates squabble in this cult late night sitcom, that’s one of comedian Kathy Burke’s more enduring…
Gods and Monsters (1998): Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave; In one of the more quietly celebrated dramas of the year, Sir Ian McKellen creates a finely shaded, Oscar–nominated role as real–life gay…
Head On (1998): Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Alex Demitriades; Touted as a 'rebel without a cause'–pinup for the 90s, former soap–star Alex Dimitriades grapples with homosexuality and…
In and Out (1998): Dir. Frank Oz
Feat. Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck…; Bow–tied teacher Kevin Kline is 'out'–ed by an ex–student during his Oscar acceptance speech, casting suspicion on his impending…
Last Bus Home, The (1998): Dir. Johnny Gogan
Feat. Annie Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Brophy…; Opening to the angry punk–rock culture of late '70s Dublin and a 'COMMITMENTS'–style band–struggle, this changes its tune midway…
Like It Is (1998): Dir. Paul Oremland
Feat. Steve Bell, Roger Daltrey; Amateur boxing champ Steve Bell does well in his acting debut as a naïve prizefighter who abandons violent life in Blackpool's underworld to find…
Love is the Devil (1998): Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton; Audacious biopic of great British painter Francis Bacon (he of the 'screaming pope' paintings), travels the raw–nerve edge of artistic…
Object of My Affection, The (1998): Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd; Another misfired kickstart to the Jennifer Aniston big screen career – the girl has comic talent, so why does she waste her time playing…
Relax...It's Just Sex (1998): Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty…; Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998): Dir. Patrice Chereau
Feat. Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling…; Friends and associates of a deceased painter make a procession, via train, to the artist’s burial in this superb French drama. A highly nuanced…
Velocity of Gary, The (1998): Dir. Dan Ireland
Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Salma Hayek, Thomas Jane; Urban soap–opera set in a Manhattan fringe world of hustlers, trannies and coke–heads, with Vincent D'Onofrio as a bisexual…
Velvet Goldmine (1998): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette…; An intriguing, visually sensational 'faction' history of 70s British 'glam' music, centring itself on the rise and nosedive of Ziggy–type…
Wilde (1998): Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle; It seems this belated dramatisation of the life of Oscar Wilde was simply waiting for the right man for the job and they found him in Stephen Fry,…
Will and Grace (TV Series) (1998): Feat. Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally…; Out and proud sitcom cooks up hysterical chemistry between its two eponymous leads – Will, a gay lawyer, and Grace, a straight interior designer…
Alive and Kicking (Indian Summer) (1997): Dir. Nancy Meckler
Feat. Jason Flemyng; Solid British drama takes the post–AIDS–revelation scenario and couples it with an interesting setting – a crisis in a…
Bent (1997): Dir. Sean Mathias
Feat. Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen…; Martin Sherman adapts his award–winning and extensively performed play about Nazi persecution of homosexuals, and the agonizing love story of…
Grace of God, The (1997): Dir. Gerald L’Ecuyer; Biographical ‘essay’ that’s a genuinely moving patchwork of scenes from the director’s life, sharing stories of his loves, losses, emerging…
Hamam - The Turkish Bath (1997): Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek
Feat. Alessandro Gassman, Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi; Beautifully presented, exotic drama about a young Italian designer whose sexual and spiritual life takes a profound turn after inheriting a steam…
Hanging Garden, The (1997): Dir. Thom Fitzgerald
Feat. Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox; Family secrets come to light in odd and interesting ways in this small–scale drama set on a wedding–day in sunny, seaside Canada.…
Happy Together (1997): Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Chen Chang; Wong Kar Wai's South American gay love story features the usual dazzling Christopher Doyle camerawork, but replaces the genre thrills of FALLEN…
Kiss Me Guido (1997): Dir. Tony Vitale
Feat. Nick Scotti, Anthony De Sando, Anthony Barrile; Gay–straight comedy of mistaken identity (ala WEDDING BANQUET) set in New York's Little Italy has an authentic sub–cultural bent, but be…
Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997): Dir. Ela Troyano
Feat. Irwin Ossa, John Bryant Daula, Jenifer Lee Simard; Torrid sexual intrigue, dance–club shenanigans and breakneck plot twists power this low–budget story of the New York Hispanic gay…
Licensed to Kill (1997): Dir. Arthur Dong; Applauded, regularly disturbing investigation into the mindset of anti–gay killers, bringing together a series of interviews by dir. Arthur…
Love and Death On Long Island (1997): Dir. Richard Kwietniowski
Feat. John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Sheila Hancock…; Delightful central conceit sees John Hurt fall in love with flaky teen–movie actor Jason Priestley in this decidedly genre and…
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997): Dir. Joe Mantello
Feat. Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella; The exclamations–marks certainly fly in this spirited comedy of summer–weekend craziness and bad manners. Based on Terrence McNally's…
Ma Vie En Rose (1997): Dir. Alain Berliner
Feat. George Du Fresne, Michele Laroque, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey…; Confusion envelops an idyllic French suburban household when their youngest son starts believing he is a little girl. Solemn regard for themes of…
Star Maps (1997): Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Douglas Spain, Efrain Figueroa; With dreams of Hollywood stardom, a Mexican teen migrates to California, settles for work in his father's prostitution ring, and makes 'progress' as…
Beautiful Thing (1996): Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Linda Henry, Meera Syal, Glen Berry; An effervescent take on first love between two teenage boys living in the un–secluded environ of a London council tenement block. Their…
Birdcage, The (1996): Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane…; Robin Williams lets someone else wear the frocks in this faithful remake of the French hit, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. As the live–in–lover left…
Boys Life (1996): Dir. Raoul O'Connell, Robert Lee King, Brian Sloan
Feat. Josh Phillip Weinstein, Raoul O'Connell, Russell Scott Lewis…; Three half–hour short films that examine the gay perspective in America through three adolescent characters. 'Pool Days' – For…
Butch Camp (1996): Dir. Alessandro De Gaetano
Feat. Judy Tenuta, Paul Denniston; Outrageous gay rom–com set in an S&M boot camp training center for gay men to learn macho survival tactics.
Celluloid Closet, The (1996): Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Stewart Stern, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg…; Fascinating doco revises the history of mainstream cinema from a gay and lesbian perspective, with an eye for discreet and…
Different for Girls (Crossing the Border) (1996): Dir. Richard Spence
Feat. Rupert Graves, Stephen Mackintosh; Trans–genderism gets an affectionate workout when estranged schoolboys resume their friendship years later as man and woman! Like BEAUTIFUL…
East Palace / West Palace (1996): Dir. Zhang Yuan
Feat. Vicki Zhao, Si Han, Jun Hu; This rare independent mainland Chinese film is a difficult, often devastating two–hander between a gay man and the policeman sent to arrest him…
Eclipse (1996): Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Von Flores, John Gilbert, Pascale Montpetit; Canadian festival fave is a fluent, quirky first feature that follows a chain of disparate sexual encounters that come full circle under the…
Hollow Reed (1996): Dir. Angela Pope
Feat. Sam Bould, Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson…; An exceptional and gripping British drama is made of delicate subjects –child abuse, custody rangling, homosexuality. The women…
It's in the Water (1996): Dir. Kelli Herd
Feat. Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders…; When hordes of gays and lesbians come out of the closet in a well–to–do Texas hamlet, the red–blooded residents go into a panic…
It's My Party (1996): Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Eric Roberts; Eric Roberts is bravely cast against as an LA professional dying of AIDS, who decides to host a farewell party before taking his own life. His…
Killer Condom (Kondom des Grauens) (1996): Dir. Martin Walz
Feat. Udo Samel; Hysterical horror comedy is an eye–popping oddity even for the Troma stables; it combines crude but impressive phallic special effects (by H.R.…
Lilies (1996): Dir. John Greyson
Feat. Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Matthew Fergusson; Stylised, ripely sensual adaptation of Michel Marc's play 'Les Feluettes' set in a men's prison in 1950s Quebec, where the inmates kidnap a local…
Man of the Year (1996): Dir. Dirk Shafer
Feat. Vivian Paxton, Claudette Sutherland, Michael Marisi Ornstein; Dirk Shafer's crafty autobiographical 'mockumentary', reconstructs his bizarre experience as a gay model having to live the charade of being…
More Tales of the City (TV Series) (1996): Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Colin Ferguson…; The second series of the much–loved TV show set among the varied folk of San Francisco.
Stonewall (1996): Dir. Nigel Finch
Feat. Guillermo Diaz, Fred Weller, Brendan Corbalis…; Mismarketed as a comedy to cash in on the post–Priscilla 'drag' craze, this has serious things to say about what it was like to be 'gay' well…
Campfire (Short Films by Bavo Defurne) (1995-2000): Dir. Bavo Defurne; Four short films by the renowned gay Belgian filmmaker Bavo Defurne, whose work is distinguished by an aesthetic that combines an astute sense of…
Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys (1995-2000): Dir. Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams; Two documentaries, one on the fascinating and hitherto unexplored world of Japanese women wrestlers (GAEA) and a second on Japanese transmen 'Onnabe'…
Jeffrey (1995): Dir. Christopher Ashley
Feat. Steven Weber, Sigourney Weaver, Patrick Stewart…; Spunky and broadly–appealing comedy that tries just about anything outrageous to address some home truths about gay men in the nineties. The…
Like Grains of Sand (1995): Dir. Hashiguchi Ryosuke
Feat. Yoshinori Okada, Kouta Kusano; Remarkable, intense Japanese high school romance is centrally about a gay relationship, though it essentially captures the universal,…
Madagascar Skin (1995): Dir. Chris Newby
Feat. Bernard Hill, John Hannah; Intimate drama that portrays the unlikely relationship between two outsiders in a remote seaside cottage in South Wales. Hannah plays a disfigured…
My Brother's Keeper (1995): Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. John Lithgow; Courageous true story of twin–brother teachers, one of whom required a precarious bone marrow transplant from the other to keep his HIV from…
Pink Video, The (1995): Record of 1995's 'Out–rageously Pink' variety show at London's Playhouse Theatre. Includes such gay luminaries as Scott Capurro, Steve Best,…
Red Ribbon Blues (1995): Dir. Charles Winkler
Feat. Paul Mercurio, RuPaul , Debi Mazar; Seeking to liberate an AIDS wonder–drug from commercial interests, Paul Mercurio, RuPaul and Debi Mazar, embark on a Robin Hood–style…
The Pink Show (1995): Feat. Scott Capurro, Steve Best, Maria Esposito; A 'gay–friendly' revue show hosted by Ian Keable at the Playhouse Theatre, London in 1995. Acts include Scott Capurro, Steve Best and Maria…
Thin Ice (1995): Dir. Fiona Cunningham Reid
Feat. Sabra Williams, Charlotte Avery; Lesbian ice–skating comedy, has Sabra Williams pairing–up with the straight Charlotte Avery for the Gay Games, and teetering into romance…
Total Eclipse (1995): Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis; Voraciously dueling bohemians of late 19th century Paris, Leonardo Di Caprio and David Thewlis impersonate Rimbaud and Verlaine – French poet…
Wigstock (1995): Dir. Barry Shils; Following PARIS IS BURNING and UNZIPPED, this is the third quintessential camp New York doco! Essentially an on–the–spot recording of an…
Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux Sauvages) (1995): Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Frederick Gorny, Gael Morel; Beautifully studied coming–of–age saga set in rural France at the end of the Algerian war, as four young friends on the cusp of adulthood…
Coming Out Under Fire (1994): Dir. Arthur Dong; As America joined the war effort against Nazism and the persecution of Jews, its own military continued to discriminate against gay and lesbian…
Glitterbug (1994): Dir. Derek Jarman; An unnarrated montage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage from 1970 to 1986, with a specially composed soundtrack by Brian Eno. It offers a personal…
Grief (1994): Dir. Richard Glatzer
Feat. Illeana Douglas, Alexis Arquette, Mary Woronov…; A quirky blend of 'situation–satire' and contemporary mores, centred round the production offices of Californian TV soap 'The Love Judge' (set…
No Ordinary Love (1994): Dir. Doug Witkins
Feat. Smith Forte, Erika Klein, Robert Pecora…; Intriguing clash of styles marks this MELROSE PLACE spoof as one to watch, with five sexy and possibly dangerous housemates coping with a unexpected…
Not Angels But Angels (1994): Dir. Wiktor Grodecki; A documentary exploring the male prostitution scene in and around Prague, as it was in 1994, with director Grodecki in remarkably candid interviews…
Postcards From America (1994): Dir. Steve McLean
Feat. James Lyons, Michael Tighe, Olmo Tighe; Important film of the New Queer Cinema is a fierce, impressionistic drama inspired by the writings of performance artist David Wojnarowicz, who died…
Priest (1994): Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Linus Roache; Provocative working–class drama about a gay priest wrestling with multiple dilemmas – his sexuality, a new parish and his exclusive…
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The) (1994): Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce; Three drag queens drive to Alice Springs in a bus called Priscilla. A perfect ensemble cast make this classic "out" in the outback roadtrip as…
Strawberry and Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) (1994): Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra; Oscar–nominated for Best Foreign Film 1995, a red–blooded conservative is befriended by a gay communist who challenges his prejudices.…
Sum of Us, The (1994): Dir. Kevin Dowling, Geoff Burton
Feat. Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe; Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe star in this screen adaptation of David Stevens' heralded stageplay as the ultra–liberal widower and his…
To Die For (1994): Dir. Peter MacKenzie
Feat. Thomas Arklie, Ian Williams, Dilly Keane…; A bizarre, often amusing ‘gay’ version of BLITHE SPIRIT, in which Thomas Arklie is haunted by the camped–up spirit of recently…
And the Band Played On (1993): Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin…; The story of the AIDS epidemic from a medical viewpoint and their immediate patients is satisfying once it cuts through laboratory double–talk.
Blue (1993): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry…; Against a simple, unchanging blue screen, Derek Jarman weaves intricate collages of sound, music and poetry. A moving self–portrait, as the…
Boy's Life, A (1993): Dir. Todd Haynes, Raoul O'Connell, Peggy Rajski; Three short – and very different – short films about growing up gay, from the little boy who likes a soap star in Todd Haynes' remarkable…
Desperate Remedies (1993): Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith…; An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
Dottie Gets Spanked (1993): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick; Or Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fetishist. This smart Todd Haynes short bears witness to an artistically inclined young boy with three…
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993): Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Sean Young…; A joyously ropey adaptation of Tom Robbins beloved 1970s novel in which a big–thumbed hitch–hiker (Uma Thurman) eventually hooks up at a…
Farewell My Concubine (1993): Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung; Lavish, episodic journey through 20th Century Chinese history, encompassing more revolutions than a 45. Joint winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes is…
For a Lost Soldier (1993): Dir. Roeland Kerbosch
Feat. Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbe, Andrew Kelley; A dance teacher recalls his childhood love affair with a Canadian soldier at the end of WW2. Taboo subject is subtly drawn and fulfils the director's…
Homo Promo (1993): Dir. Jenni Olson; A brief yet fulfilling history of gay cinema in theatrical trailers from 1953–1977. Marvel at the sometimes–hilarious depiction of gays,…
Lip Gloss (1993): Dir. Lois Siegel; The lives of transvestites, drag queens and female impersonators are chronicled in this revealing portrait that takes you behind the scenes as they…
M Butterfly (1993): Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, John Lone; Bizarre true–story of a French diplomat's long–term sexual relationship with a Chinese opera singer who managed to conceal the fact that…
Philadelphia (1993): Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington; First major Hollywood AIDS movie is more concerned with prejudice than the disease itself, and is effective in its aim to educate as much as…
Super 8 1/2 (1993): Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Feat. Bruce LaBruce; No–budget sex spoof in which self–styled gay icon Bruce LaBruce plays a washed–up pornster who confesses all to a predatory lesbian…
Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993): Dir. Alastair Reid, Pierre Gang
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney; A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…
Totally F***ed Up (1993): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid…; A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
Wedding Banquet, The (1993): Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang, Winston Chao…; A simple white lie gets way out of hand for a gay Chinese–New Yorker when his excited parents fly in from Taiwan to celebrate his 'straight'…
Wittgenstein (1993): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Clancy Chassey, Jill Balcon, Sally Dexter; A fittingly unorthodox tribute to the life of the gay millionaire's son turned philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Unmistakably Jarmanesque, it probes…
Zero Patience (1993): Dir. John Greyson
Feat. John Robinson, Normand Fauteur, Dianne Heatherington; Completely unusual AIDS musical is a chaotic pastiche of sketches and styles that collectively debunk the various myths about the origins of AIDS.…
Daddy and the Muscle Academy (The Art, Life and Times of Tom of Finland) (1992): Dir. Ilppa Pohjola; A fascinating delve into the mind of cult gay artist 'Tom of Finland', whose iconic hyper–masculine images of muscled, uniformed men and women,…
Doing Time On Maple Drive (1992): Dir. Ken Olin
Feat. James Sikking, Bibi Besch, Jim Carrey…; Effective tragic farce about an 'ordinary' family in crisis over several coinciding issues, including alcoholism, closet homosexuality, abortion and…
Living End, The (1992): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel; Irreverent road movie posits a pair of HIV–positive young hunks on the fast–track to nowhere as they attempt to live the rest of their…
Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992): Dir. Mark Rappaport; An irreverent deconstruction of the films of Rock Hudson with an amusing conceit; that Rock never concealed his homosexuality, it was all up there on…
Edward II (1991): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry; Self–conscious updating of the Elizabethan play by Phillip Marlowe, imbued with a stagey panache by dir. Jarmen (a la WITTGENSTEIN),…
Hours and Times, The (1991): Dir. Chris Munch
Feat. David Angus, Ian Hart; Intriguing gem posits what might have gone on between John Lennon and his gay manager, Brian Epstein, a weekend in Barcelona, just before The Beatles…
My Own Private Idaho (1991): Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, James Russo…; Melancholic tale imbued with the director's stylistic flair stars Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix as a pair of young hustlers with opposing personal…
Our Sons (1991): Dir. John Erman
Feat. Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret; Middle–aged Julie Andrews and Ann–Margret discover their estranged gay sons have only weeks to live. In other words they have AIDS,…
Poison (1991): Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith…; Personal, arty dissertation about AIDS, alienation and childhood rebellion cross–cutting three disparate stories – a mock–tabloid…
Swoon (1991): Dir. Tom Kalin
Feat. Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester; A stylised interpretation of the famous Loeb–Leopold murder case of 1924. The fateful gay lovers entwined their clandestine sex life with that…
Together Alone (1991): Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Terry Curry, Todd Stites; Two disparate gay men share their thoughts 'the morning after' on everything from gay issues and abortion to poetry, dreams and betrayals. This…
Young Soul Rebels (1991): Dir. Isaac Julian
Feat. Frances Barber, Shyro Chung; A melange of black, white, gay, straight, soul and punk cultures as it might have been in London in the late 1970s. Popularly dubbed as the black MY…
Garden, The (1990): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills; Derek Jarman's sincere personal affront with AIDS and the Christian church is represented through a non–narrative dreamscape with himself as…
Longtime Companion (1990): Dir. Norman Rene
Feat. Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett; Spirit–lifting work chronicles a decade in the lives of a group of gay men and their freinds who become personally affected by AIDS.
No Skin Off My Ass (1990): Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Feat. Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Caroline Azar; Canadian queer provocateur LaBruce takes his cue from New York underground artists' Warhol and Richard Kern. Starring as a punk hairdresser with a…
Paris Is Burning (1990): Dir. Jennie Livingston; Revealing and rare insight into the colourful but often tragic lives of Harlem's gay and trans–sexual community, whose calendar highlights are…
Beyond Gravity (1989): Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Iain Rea, Robert Pollock; Gay romance blossoms for a astronomy–obsessed technician when he encounters a free–spirited Italian.
Common Threads (1989): Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman; Oscar–winning doco from the makers of 'Harvey Milk' and the more recent 'Celluloid Closet', weaves together the disparate stories of five AIDS…
Wonderland (the Fruit Machine) (1989): Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Robbie Coltrane; Two gay teenagers witness a murder and flee their Northern home for Brighton, where their problems seem to escalate. Robbie Coltrane cameos as a…
Muscle (Kitami) (1988): Dir. Hisayasu Sato
Feat. Kiyomi Ito, Takeshi Ito, Simon Kamai; Interesting, expressively stylised item from cult Japanese dir. Hisayasu set in the muscle clubs, bars and bedrooms of Tokyo.…
Torch Song Trilogy (1988): Dir. Paul Bogart
Feat. Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick; From his Broadway play, Harvey Fierstein stars in this whimsical yet moving story of a flamboyant gay New Yorker's search for love and respect in the…
Two of Us (1988): Dir. Roger Tonge
Feat. Jason Rush, Lee Whitlock, Kathy Burke; This gay youth drama made for British television caused a political outcry upon release just as the sex education laws were being revised. This…
We Think the World of You (1988): Dir. Collin Gregg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Alan Bates; Quirky Brit comedy/drama about a love triangle between two men and an alsatian! Jealousy overcomes Gary Oldman when a prison sentence brings together…
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987): Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon; A naive and self–conscious woman lands a job in an art gallery and grows to idolise the chic and sophisticated female curator. Quirky parable…
Maurice (1987): Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Hugh Grant, James Wilby, Rupert Graves…; In the face of Edwardian attitudes and noble breeding, two young Englishmen comes to terms with their homosexuality. From E.M. Forster's novel.
Month in the Country, A (1987): Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson; Colin Firth plays a shellshocked WW1 vet keen to recoup a medieval painting in a remote Yorkshire town. Kenneth Branagh and Natasha Richardson prove…
Prick Up Your Ears (1987): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman; Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
Caravaggio (1986): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean; A stylised, impressionistic biopic of the controversial bisexual artist from the Italian renaissance. The film is similarly cryptic, bold and…
Law of Desire (1986): Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura; Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
Parting Glances (1986): Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung; A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Second Serve (1986): Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Fletcher, Martin Balsam; Vanessa Redgrave gives a remarkable performance in this TV–movie true–story as a transexual…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt; Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Mala Noche (1985): Dir. Gus Van Sant; Low–budget granular drama and the first film made by the eclectic Mr Van Sant near the start of his influential career.It tells the tale of a…
Me and the Girls / Bon Voyage / Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 6) (1985): Dir. Jack Gold, Gavin Millar
Feat. Tom Courtenay, Robert Glenister, Nigel Havers…; – Me and the Girls (85') Touching drama centred on a terminally ill gay man reminiscing on his past life performing and managing a dance…
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985): Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis; First and best Hanif Kureishi comedy (so far), explores race and sex prejudices in the London EastEnd.
Another Country (1984): Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes; An oppressive private schooling has an adverse affect on a couple of young, gay Englishmen in the 1930s, who eventually become spies for the…
Before Stonewall (1984): Dir. Greta Schiller; Anecdotes and archival footage reflect the difficulties and absurdities of gay life from the 1920s up until the landmark revolt in 1969 following a…
Robert Epstein Collection, The (The Times of Harvey Milk, Common Threads: Stories From The Quilt, The Celluloid Closet, Paragraph 175) (1984-2000): Dir. Robert Epstein; Superb collection of four documentaries and special features from Academy–Award winning director Robert Epstein acclaimed for his confronting…
Times of Harvey Milk (1984): Dir. Robert Epstein; A powerful and moving document of the life of the first openly homosexual political candidate who was tragically assasinated in San Fransisco after…
Divine: Live at the Hacienda (1983): Feat. Divine; The unique Divine, John Waters 'associate' (PINK FLAMINGOS) and committer of many an outrageous (and unhygenic) act, is caught live at the Hacienda…
Dresser, The (1983): Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay; Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
Fourth Man, The (1983): Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe; Jeroen Krabbe is a gay alchoholic writer prone to hallucinations who suspects his hairdresser of triple murder. Weird and stylish…
Making Love (1982): Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean; A glossy but under–rated love triangle drama starring former "Charlie's Angel" Kate Jackson that was the first mainstream Hollywood film to…
Querelle (1982): Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau; Fassbinder's parting shot is a fittingly bleak, ultra–stylised adaptation of Jean Genet's writings about the (bi)sexual escapades of a…
Naked Civil Servant, The (1981): Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Colin Higgins; The life and times of homosexual Quentin Crisp, as drawn from his autobiography. John Hurt is a revelation as this courageous man who endured major…
Can't Stop the Music (1980): Dir. Nancy Walker
Feat. Steve Guttenberg; Attempt to revive the musical in disco garb comes off somewhat flat, but worth seeing for some eccentric details – The Village People acting…
Cruising (1980): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen; Controversial, grimy thriller places cop Al Pacino undercover in New York's gay community in an effort to ensnare a serial killer, but the job begins…
La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980): Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru; Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
La Cage Aux Folles (1979): Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru; A gay couple masquerade as husband and wife for the sake of their son's marriage prospects. Screwball drag comedy was a phenomenal hit worldwide.
Tempest, The (1979): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Peter Bull, Richard Warwick; One of dir. Jarman's early triumphs, reimagines Shakespeare's final play as a blend of Edwardian drama, cabaret carnival and punk jamboree, all…
To Forget Venice (1979): Dir. Franco Brusati
Feat. Mariangela Melato, Eleonora Giorgi, Erland Josephson; Brooding melodrama about an extended family reunion in the house of an Operatic matriach.
Valentine's Day - Liberace (1979): The flamboyant ivory–tinkler shows us around his personal museum, hot air ballon, super–yacht and wardrobe, performing some piano ditties…
In a Year of 13 Moons (1978): Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John…; Volker Spengler plays a hopelessly insecure trans–sexual cast adrift amid imposing cityscapes of modern Berlin. Fassbinder trawls out the…
Nighthawks (1978): Dir. Ron Peck; Hailed on release as the first British gay feature , this groundbreaking drama focuses on the double life of a school–teacher who remains in…
You Are Not Alone (Du er ikke alene) (1978): Dir. Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Feat. Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg; Beautifully evocative Danish coming–of–age story set in an all–boys boarding school, which confronts themes of homosexuality and…
American Film Theatre - Butley (1976): Dir. Harold Pinter
Feat. Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan…; Another in the excellent American Film Theatre series, playwright Harold Pinter directs his first film, based on the Simon Gray play. An…
Sebastiane (1976): Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Leonardo Treviglio; A Roman soldier is banished to an outpost because of his Christian sympathies where he is eventually immortalised as a martyred saint. Jarman doesn't…
Terence Davies Trilogy, The (Children, Madonna and the Child, Death and Transfiguration) (1976-1983): Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Wilfred Brambell; A striking – if not, overtly autobiographical – early trilogy of shorts from dir. Terence Davies, spanning the life of one man’s struggle with…
Fox and His Friends (1975): Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Peter Chatel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Adrian Hoven; Fassbinder himself stars in one of his best melodramas as a working class lottery–winner who is exploited by his middle–class lover. A…
Death in Venice (1971): Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde; Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…
Pink Narcissus (1971): Dir. Jim Bidgood
Feat. Bobby Kendall; Major gay cult film with a non–narrative structure and opulent ‘garage’ aesthetic comparable to Kenneth Anger, but with more explicit…
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971): Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch; Bizarre love triangle develops when a couple find themselves having an affair with the same man. A mature and provocative drama.
Boys in the Band (1970): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey…; Set at a hilarious and fractious birthday party, this look at the life of a group of gay men in the 70s captures the bawdy tenor of the times, with…
Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970): Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery; Acclaimed version of British stage–farce delivers playright Joe Orton's bisexual innuendos with a rather heavy hand. Story concerns a fetching…
Fellini Satyricon (1970): Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born…; Freely adapted from the Roman author Petronious, this follows the adventures of two bisexual youths through the decadent, fragmented age of Rome's…
Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no Soretsu) (1969): Dir. Toshio Matsumoto
Feat. Shinnosuke Ikehata (aka Peter), Yoshio Tsuchiya; A bold and significant product of the Japanese New Wave that loosely transposes Oedipus Rex to the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo with a…
Gay Deceivers, The (1969): Dir. Bruce Kessler
Feat. Kevin Coughlin, Lawrence P Casey; Two draft–ees hope to dodge the army by pretending to be gay.
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 4 (1969-1980): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Underground film–maker Kenneth Anger manifests his dark artistic vision in two shorts that almost defy description. "Lucifer Rising"…
Staircase (1969): Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt; Sitting somewhere between farce and melancholy, a pair of aging barbers bicker over the possibility of ending their loving but often volatile…
Flesh (1968): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro; A product of the Andy Warhol factory in which trash icon Joe Dallesandro hustles his way through a series of (homo)sexual encounters.…
Sergeant, The (1968): Dir. John Flynn
Feat. Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law; Rod Steiger plays a decorated war veteran who turns to drinking after he experiences an attraction to one of the soldiers under his command.
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967): Dir. John Huston
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith…; Adaptation of Carson McCuller's novel. Taking place on a peacetime army base, a career officer finds his personal and professional life compromised…
Leather Boys, The (1964): Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton; Gritty study of an impulsive young woman's incompatible marriage to motorcycle–loving mechanic, and his subsequent 'close' relationship with a…
Taste of Honey, A (1961): Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Dora Bryan, Rita Tushingham, Robert Stephens…; Powerful and starkly realistic 'kitchen sink' drama in which a mollycoddled lonely girl (Rita Tushingham) leaves her loveless home to befriend a…
Victim (1961): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms; As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 2 (1954): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Features "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), a depiction of an imaginative world of gods invoked and controlled by the untamed desires of…
Olivia (1951): Dir. Jacqueline Audry
Feat. Simone Simon, Edwige Feuillere; One of the first French films to portray lesbian relationships, Olivia is set in a girls' school in the late 1900s, where a newly arrived British…
Un Chant D'amour (A Song of Love) (1950): Dir. Jean Genet; Sole foray into cinema for French convict–turned–playwright Jean Genet is a brief and intense visual poem about the fantasies of…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
Rope (1948): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger; A perverse comedy about a couple of gay men who murder a friend for the thrill of it, then throw a party with the body hidden in a cabinet. Hitch's…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953): Dir. Kenneth Anger; The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…
Michael (Mikael) (1924): Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen; A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras: The official videos of both the 1994 and 1995 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade integrating insider and public interviews with the famously flamboyant street…
Julian Clary Live: Feat. Julian Clary; Everybody's favourite fruitcake is captured in all his sequined glory, accompanied by the lovely Russell and a swag of double entendres. Two shows:…

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