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  • Is The Birdcage on Netflix?

    The Birdcage is one of the most famous gay movies in history and one of Robin William’s most successful, but where can you stream it?

    Is The Birdcage on Netflix?

    The Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane is available on Netflix UK.

    The film was originally released in 1996 and has become one of the highest grossing LGBT+ films in history. Find out about where the cast is now.

    The film is about a nightclub owner (Robin Williams) and his long-term partner (Nathan Lane) who is the club’s drag queen star. When their son, Val, announces he is to wed the daughter of a conservative senator, who deplores liberal values and gay rights, they scramble to make their home, lives and partnership suitable for homophobes. Although it doesn’t all exactly go to plan.

    The Birdcage is also available to buy or rent on iTunes

    The Birdcage is also available to buy or rent on Amazon

    The Birdcage is not available on Now TV.

  • FILM REVIEW | The Death And Life of Marsha P. Johnson

    ★★★★★ | The Death And Life of Marsha P. Johnson

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    “There’s a massive number of trans women who have been murdered, and they’re yelling out from their graves for justice”.

    Director David France makes stunning a return with The Death And Life Of Marsha P Johnson, and it’s devastatingly relevant as dozens of trans women, particularly of colour, are murdered every year across the globe.

    In 1992 Marsha went missing she was last seen on the 4th July, two days later her body turned up in the Hudson River, New York. Police and an autopsy ruled her death a suicide, but friends and relatives believe that she would never end her own life.

    Was her death an accident, suicide or something more sinister? This is the question that activist and crime victim advocate Victoria Cruz from the New York Anti-Violence Project has set out to determine as she launches her own investigation into the death of one of New York‘s most prominent LGBT figures.

    Marsha was and is, without a doubt, one of the leading activists who created the modern LGBT+ rights movement in the USA. The film also pays kind tribute to another unsung hero of the movement, Sylvia Rivera who died in 2002. Previously unseen, fascinating footage of Rivera shows her to be a formidable character and unrelenting trans and gay rights advocate. Her life was cut short at the age of just 50 of complications from liver cancer.

    Documentary maker David France, whose other notable work includes, How To Survive A Plague, uses stock and archive footage and touching interviews with those who knew Marsha to haunting effect, bringing alive the formative years of the burgeoning gay rights movement in New York, following the Stonewall Riots in the summer of 1969.

  • 7 LGBT films you need to stream on Netflix July 2018

    Netflix has an incredible catalogue of LGBT+ films on its service. Here are our picks for July 2018

    Good gay movies on Netflix
    God’s Own Country is one of our must watch films streaming on Netflix right now.

    The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen of the Dessert


    It’s a camp classic starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce. Three drag queens venture into the outback to perform their show at an Alice Springs’ casino. Comedy | GAYUK RATING ★★★★★

    Milk


    An outstanding, heartbreaking drama about the life and the death of one of America’s most important historical figures for the LGBT+ community. Starring Sean Penn and James Franco. Read the full review here. Drama / Biography | GAYUK RATING ★★★★★

    The Pass


    The Pass take place in a ten-year time span which tracks the relationship between two Premiership football players. There’s always been some kind of chemistry and attraction between James (an electric and very good Russell Tovey) and Ade (Arinzé Kene – Hollyoaks– also very good). We meet both of them while they’re sharing a hotel room in 2006 in Bulgaria right before one of their first big matches. They’re both very young, and they’re also both very fit, masculine and extremely sexy, and they spend the first third of the movie in their tight white underwear. Read the full review here. Drama | GAYUK RATING ★★★★

    God’s Own Country


    Being referred to as a West Yorkshire Brokeback Mountain, God’s Own Country tells the story of a young farmer who works on the family farm and has casual sex with some of the local boys. But when a Romanian migrant worker shows up to help him out on the farm, their working relationship turns into more than just work, changing both their lives. Shot against the beautiful backdrop that is Yorkshire, God’s Own Country is definitely this year’s hottest and most mainstream gay film. Director and writer Francis Lee, in his feature-length directorial debut (he has acting credits that go back to 1994), has crafted a gay romance set on a farm, a romance that, when it gets lit, is explosive. Read the full review here. Drama | GAYUK RATING ★★★★

    The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson


    “There’s a massive number of trans women who have been murdered, and they’re yelling out from their graves for justice”. An emotional and moving documentary on the life of Marsha P. Johnson by director David France, who also brought us How To Survive A Plague. Fans of the film call it “thought-provoking and insightful” as friends of the iconic activist try to shed light on her mysterious death and get justice for Marsha. Read the full review here. Documentary | GAYUK RATING ★★★★★

    Blue Is The Warmest Colour


    Determined to fall in love, 15-year-old Adele is focused on boys. But it’s a blue-haired girl she meets on the street who really piques her interest. Drama | GAYUK RATING ★★★★

    100 Men


    Paul Oremland looks back on his 100 sexual partners he tries to reconnect with some of them and discusses forty years of gay history and sexual revolution. Documentary | GAY UK RATING ★★★★

  • 16 Amazing pictures from Netflix’s new gay drama, Alex Strangelove

    16 Amazing pictures from Netflix’s new gay drama, Alex Strangelove

    Netflix’s new gay drama, Alex Strangelove was launched last week.

    The new film, starring newbie Daniel Doheny has caught the imagination of fans and reviewers alike. It tells the story of Alex Truelove, who has a bright future ahead of him. He has a beautiful girlfriend and everything seems to be fitting into place. Things get complicated when he meets Elliot. What follows is a rollercoaster of emotions as Alex explores his sexual identity.

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  • Netflix is going gay, again, announces Tales Of The City comeback

    Netflix knows how to give its gays what they want!

    Netflix has announced that it’s to stream a brand new 10 part series of the iconic Tales of the City books.

    Based on the books by Armistead Maupin, this next chapter – Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City – follows Mary Ann (Laura Linney), who returns home to San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career.

    Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann returns home to her chosen family and will quickly be drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) and the residents of 28 Barbary Lane.

    It’s due to start filming soon and will debut on Netflix in early 2019.

    Find out more from Netflix

  • Netflix goes gay again – announces new gay film

    We’ve had Queer Eye, we’ve had incredible representation in Orange Is The New Black, we’ve had our stories played out in 13 Reasons Why we’ve had our socks blown off in Sense 8. Now Netflix has made a gay film.

    Are you ready for Alex Strangelove?

    ALEX STRANGELOVE tells the story of Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny), a well-rounded high school senior with a wonderful girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein) and a bright future ahead of him – and with plans to achieve his last teenage milestone by losing his virginity. But things get complicated when he meets Elliot (Antonio Marziale), a handsome and charming gay kid from the other side of town, who unwittingly sends Alex on a rollercoaster journey of sexual identity, kicking off a hilarious and moving exploration of love, sex and friendship in our liberated and confusing modern times. Written and directed by Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins, Wilson), produced by Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, and Jared Ian Goldman.

    There’s no trailer yet, but we’ll update when that changes.

    Hurrah we love it when Netflix goes queer. The film is due to be released on the 8th of June 2018.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • 8 Netflix comedies series that are totally binge worthy this January

    Need a laugh?

    Let us help you pick your next comedy binge on Netflix.

     

    Schitt’s Creek

    It’s about a rich to rags family… Businessman Johnny and Soap star Moira Rose lose their fortune, but they still have their twenty-something-year-old kids (David and Alexis) – and a town called Schitt’s Creek, which the dad once bought for a joke. Starring Catherine O’Hara (mother from Home Alone) along with Eugene Levy (Dad from American Pie) and Dan Levy (his son).

    The Good Place

    New to Netflix, this is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Due to an error, self-absorbed Eleanor Shellstrop arrives at the Good Place after her death. Determined to stay, she tries to become a better person. Starring Frozen’s Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. There are two series to dive straight into…

    Santa Clarita

    Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and Sheila (Drew Barrymore) are husband and wife estate agents in the US leading vaguely discontented lives in the LA suburb of Santa Clarita with their teenaged daughter Abby, until Sheila goes through a dramatic change sending their lives down a road of death and destruction…but in a good way.

    Big Mouth

    Big Mouth is a 10-episode, half-hour edgy adult animated comedy from real-life best friends Nick Kroll (Kroll Show, The League) and Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy) about the glorious nightmare that is teenaged puberty.

    GirlBoss

    Girlboss is inspired by the New York Times best-selling book #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso, founder of the fashion brand Nasty Gal. The series centres on Amoruso (Britt Robertson), who began selling vintage clothes on eBay and, by the age of 28, had built the multi-million dollar fashion empire, Nasty Gal.  Unfortunately, Netflix hasn’t commissioned this for a second series, which is a shame.

    Atypical

    Atypical is a coming of age story that follows Sam (played by Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny yet emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?

    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    Now in its third series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has been a runaway hit for Netflix. Kimmy, who has been living in a cult for 15 years, in an underground bunker, comes to terms with life in New York.

    Frankie And Grace

    In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda (“Grace”) and Lily Tomlin (“Frankie”) star as two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an uncertain future together and discover a new definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way

     

  • Comedian Dave Chapelle Comments On Allegations Against Kevin Spacey In Netflix Special

    Comedian Dave Chappelle’s New Year’s Eve Netflix stand-up special cast a unique albeit controversial light on the biggest story of 2017: allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct by men in positions of power in politics, media or Hollywood. (more…)

  • Netflix just freaked out a lot of people

    They’re watching you…

    Always watching Netflix, is known for the way it reads and analyses the data it collects on its users – but this took a somewhat creepy turn today when Netflix US asked its 4.2 million followers who had been watching a particular show repeatedly.

    What was probably thought of as a joke, potentially shows a more sinister side of companies and their data collection. Yes, Netflix knows what its millions and millions of subscribers are watching – and when you’re watching it.

    Needless to say, some people had misgivings and questions about the Tweet.

     

     

    Honestly, we don’t mind too much as long as they don’t hold our almost religiously observed RuPaul’s Drag Race viewings against us.

    So was this creepy or funny?

  • So the Stranger Things’ cast is in the MONEY!

    Caching.

    The cast of the Netflix’s superhit, Stranger Things is being paid a lot. Especially when you’re just a teenager. and relatively unknown (well they are all under 16-years-old – give ’em a break)

    It was revealed that each of the cast, Finn Wolfhard (14), Millie Bobby Brown (13), Gaten Matarazzo (15), Noah Schnapp (13) and Caleb McLaughlin (16) are earning a whopping $30,000 per episode.  Eight episodes per season that’s a massive $240,000 PER SEASON.  Nearly a quarter of a million bucks per season – and they’re probably going to be signed up for SIX series of the show.

    That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    Also, the cast was paid “a less than six-figure bonus” – (so sub $100,000 we’re taking that as) as a bonus, because the show has been so successful.

    However, that’s just a starting point – as always, as a show becomes more and more popular, agents and managers can and will start to renegotiate terms for their actors. If the show becomes an Emmy winner – then the teens can expect large windfalls!

  • Netflix just canned two episodes of House Of Cards which starred Kevin Space

    The Netflix political drama “House of Cards” got into a lot of trouble after its lead star, Kevin Spacey, was accused of sexual harassment by several individuals, including the show’s crew members. The show was already preparing for its sixth season by the time the scandal broke out, and reports have it that two episodes featuring Spacey was already filmed. (more…)