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FILM REVIEW | Cocoon
Cocoon is a true depiction of the trials and triumphs of female adolescence, a coming-of-age tale that every woman can relate to.
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FILM REVIEW | Funny Boy
A young boy is a bit different in Deepa Mehta’s charming and emotional new film Funny Boy.
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FILM REVIEW | Patrick – Clothes not needed
Patrick has lost his hammer, and he’s also lost his clothes! You see Patrick (Kevin Jannsens), in the new film simply called ‘Patrick,’ works at a nudist camp deep in the woods in a remote area in Belgium. It’s a nudist camp his father owns, and where, along with his mother, all share a home […]
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FILM REVIEW | County Lines – Drug dealing is hard work
Henry Blake, in his debut as director and writer, gives us an intimate and moving portrait of a young man groomed into the drug trade. In County Lines, we meet Tyler (Conrad Khan), who lives at home with his single mother Toni (a very good Ashley Madekwe) and his little sister Briony (Shauna Sim). Tyler […]
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FILM REVIEW | Ghosts of the Republique – Gay French couple desperately want a child
A newly married French gay couple journey to America to find a surrogate in the moving documentary ‘Ghosts of the Republique.’ It was love at first sight for Aurelien and Nicolas when they meet at a gay club in Paris. They wind up getting married and such begins the film and their journey. It’s 2014 […]
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FILM REVIEW | Bare – For fans of male nudity – and dance
In the new documentary film Bare, these men are whittled down to eleven who rehearse and perform the premiere of Belgian choreographer Thierry Smit’s new dance piece ‘Anima Ardens.’ Director Aleksandr M. Vinogradov’s captures the auditions, and rehearsals, in this documentary that is both revealing, sexy and fun. Filmed in Brussels, the men, all presumably professional […]
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FILM REVIEW | Dating Amber – Growing up gay is not easy
Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew are just about perfect as a young couple who pretend to fall in love in1995 Ireland in the new film Dating Amber. But they are not an actual couple. You see Eddie (O’Shea) is Gay (though he won’t admit it), and Amber (Petticrew) is a Lesbian, and both are on […]
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FILM REVIEW | Proxima – Will melt your heart
A film that will bring tears to your eyes and will melt your heart.
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FILM REVIEW | Dedalus – startling and memorable
Dedalus is a fictional triptych portraying community, love, and loss. It’s a film that deals with homosexuality and age, with three very different storylines. And while one of them is a bit confusing, it’s a very good piece of work by a first-time director. A goodlooking young man (newcomer Alexander Horner, a natural) is a bit […]
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FILM REVIEW | Summer of ’85 – The joys of young love
Remember your first romance? It probably took place during the summer. The new film Summer of ’85 beautifully tells the story of one young man who experiences his first romance – in the summer of 1985. The opening song ‘In Between Days’ by The Cure sets the era for the film (yes, you know it […]
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FILM REVIEW | I am Woman – Hear me Roar!
An Australian singer, with a young daughter in tow, arrives in 1996 New York to make it as a singer. The woman’s name was Helen Reddy. Yes, Helen Reddy the legend who sang such hits as “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”, “Delta Dawn” and “Angie Baby” and the iconic “I am Woman” started her career […]