Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
Ha-jun is always popular with his friends for his handsome looks. Min-woo, a close friend who is jealous of Ha-jun, summons a devilish ghost, but the ghost who fell in love with Ha-jun spends a hot night with Ha-jun every day. Looking at Ha-jun who looks happy after all, Min-woo is planning another curse.
Lin Qin Nian and Li Guang are classmates and, to many others, they're besties who share everything. However, only they themselves know the changes and undertow in their hearts. When Li Guang starts dating another schoolboy, Lin Qin Nian decides to distance from him despite still having strong feelings. As the college entrance exam approaches, are they one step closer to the young adult they dream to become? Weird and odd film.
Single gay guy meets Johnny at a bar who is a troubled, lonely, alcoholic, moody and tormented. An unusual friendship develops between the two, where the guy wants more from the friendship but clearly Johnny wants to maintain the boundaries. It was a weird film.
A man vacations with his wife and son, and bumps into an old friend who asks him to restart a game they started a long time ago. One of the more hot and sensuous gay short films I have seen in a while.
A young boy braves the streets of nighttime Manila to meet an anonymous hookup. Thinking one of them is a hookup, he trails a pack of young hustlers who then draw him into their strange world of death and desire. A weird film about human connection, this one had their from the famous "Gameboys" series. The short was weird but I was happy to see the couple.
Two men are working in a kiosk and taking advantage of the shift change to get to know each other. They may show themselves to be indifferent to one another but there maybe something brewing between them secretly.
BOMgAY is 6 vignettes based on the collection of poems by gay Indian poet R Raj Rao, who features and reads his poems here. The vignettes are interspersed with text that frames the film within a nascent gay political articulation. I had been looking for this for a long time and so happy that I finally got to see this.
This story takes place about 2 and half years after their first encounter. Kijima moved from Tokyo to his parents' house where his sister and her husband live, and Kuzumi, who was a university student, got a job and works in Tokyo as a member of society. The two, who had only communicated by letters, reunited in the countryside where Kijima lives.
Tyler, a young gay man who is HIV positive, must deal with the demons of his past when he is confronted by a mysterious woman. This was totally a weird film.
Scarborough Ahoy! (UK)
A straight woman and a gay man cruise their way across north-east England in this Tennessee Williams-inspired short. Not very interesting.
Oskar is on the night train, heading home after an interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time he meets the gaze of someone who feels the same desire as he does. They meet in the toilet & the kiss happens. A beautiful and very sensual gay teen love story.
Anthony, a rugby player of 19 years old, is used to challenge his friends. But one evening, they challenge him to kiss the new waiter. An unexpected love follows but will Anthony be prepared to get his heart broken? A very beautiful and sentimental story about first love and friendship.
A sweet couple invite a third person over for the night, who brings a lustful energy to spice things up. But it also makes the couple question their own relationship. A very realistic and contemporary approach to relationships between men complete with sex, and the emotional crisis after a threesome.
A film about friendship, winter games and atraction with its profound, seductive ambiguity. In the middle of the winter in Northern Norway and surrounded by a wild group of kids, a young boy's impulses are affected by his attraction to his best friend.
4 young teenagers are playing games around the pool, measuring their power and proving themselves is part of the boys' everyday life. Even for the 13-year old gentle-natured Yannik. Until his best friend's upcoming sexual curiosity suddenly puts him in a threatening situation. Where is the line between game and reality and what happens if that line is crossed?
Struggling with maintaining his same-sex long term relationship a secret and keeping up with his image of being the perfect straight A son, Alex must face his father and tell him the truth about his sexuality.
A gay teenager desperately attempts to hold on to the only companion he has left. A rough, dirty, and realistic take on the breaking point of a relationship between two boys living on the streets.
Danny, a Czech student, and his Spanish boyfriend go on a trip to the Czech countryside. At the railway station they meet a couple of locals who do not know Danny understands them, so they start to make sarcastic comments. It does not take long until this situation generates a conflict, the outcome of which is devastating for both couples.
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Johnny was too weird for me.
Now I want to find How to die in Manilla, Sweet curse and Bomgay.
Apparently it has been made by film makers as a pilot to get finances to make a full length feature film. Lets see how that goes.