Rod Hagen Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Thought of two more touching Gay movies. The theme of both is childhood romance. This Special Friendship and For A Lost Soldier. Here are both movies in their entirety. Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4m_cQfh0CA escortrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Undertow https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/undertow_2009 I didn't see that you'd mentioned this very good movie. Here's the trailer: SuperJunior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) Cuatro Lunas (2014). Subtitled, but really, really good stories. I loved "Cuatro lunas"! The four moons are four gay-themed stories: 1. A young boy's emerging homosexuality and his parents' reaction (very sweet and touching) 2. The romance between two university students, complicated because one is closeted 3. The disintegration of a relationship between two thirty-somethings 4. An old man's crush on a gay-for-pay sauna boy Not all four stories have a happy ending, yet all are very gay-positive without coming off like a cliched ABC After School Special. The highlight for me personally was a brief full-frontal of my biggest Spanish actor crush, Antonio Velazquez The problem I have with a lot of gay movies, or perhaps I should say straight-to-TLA-Video movies, is that the overall production quality is so poor: cliche-ridden scripts, lousy actors, wooden dialogue. "Mulligans" isn't just a bad gay-themed movie, it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen, period. In contrast, I loved "Burnt Money" (despite its ending) because everything about the film was first-rate: great script, Goya-worthy actors (the Goya is Spain's equivalent to the Oscar), quality production values. "Eyes Wide Open" is another of my favorites because of its excellent quality, despite its sad (yet inevitable) ending. "Cuatro lunas" is the best of both worlds - a quality production with an uplifting ending. If you see it on Amazon Prime or Netflix, it's definitely worth watching. Edited January 28, 2018 by BSR OCClient and TruthBTold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCClient Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) The Guardian's piece on recent gay cinema, including LOEV, Beach Rats, and God's Own Country. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/04/gay-cinema-gods-own-country-beach-rats-loev Edited February 10, 2018 by OCClient TruthBTold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Snbrd Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 The Comfort of Strangers (1990) stars Rupert Everett at his sexiest. Erotic not gay themed but a homoerotic sub theme as the couple played by Christopher Walker & Helen Mirren both seem to fancy Rupert. It's also set in Venice which is a plus. + WilliamM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Article from 2006: The Williamstown Theatre Festival production of The Opposite of Sex, the musical's East Coast premiere, began August 9th and will play through August 20th. The musical features music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen with a book by Cohen and Robert Jess Roth, who also directs. It is based on the screenplay of the movie of the same title by Don Roos. The musical premiered in San Francisco in 2004. The cast includes Kerry Butler (Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors), four-time Tony-nominee Gregg Edelman (Wonderful Town, Into the Woods), David Burtka (Gypsy), Kaitlin Hopkins (The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Bat Boy), Herndon Lackey (Parade, Les Miserables), as well as Ian Scott McGregor and Lance Rubin. The musical recounts the misadventures of DeDee Truitt, who seduces the lover of her gay half-brother. Things become more complicated when DeDee becomes pregnant. "Lessons of life and love are learned as they all confront and explore their own sexuality, learn to let go of their traditional beliefs and ultimately discover that what they really want is what Dedee calls the opposite of sex - lasting, committed and loving relationships." TruHart1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthBTold Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Article from 2006: The Williamstown Theatre Festival production of The Opposite of Sex, the musical's East Coast premiere, began August 9th and will play through August 20th. The musical features music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen with a book by Cohen and Robert Jess Roth, who also directs. It is based on the screenplay of the movie of the same title by Don Roos. The musical premiered in San Francisco in 2004. . . . I hope the musical's book is equal to the movie material. The movie was a masterwork. Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) http://wtfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/08112006133025.jpg From the musical version of "The Opposite of Sex," David Burtka seems right for his role. Burtka is third from the right. Edited February 11, 2018 by WilliamM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthBTold Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Is Edelman playing Bill? Who is Burtka playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ WilliamM Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Who is Burtka playing? Bill's lover Matt. Ivan Sergio's role on the role. TruthBTold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 The movie was a masterwork. Agreed. Too bad his other work fell so far short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthBTold Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Agreed. Too bad his other work fell so far short. Yes, but it did have its funny moments. I thought that Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lisa Kudrow, and Bobby Cannavale were really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Daddy Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 The Way He Looks - a very sweet coming of age film from Brazil (on Netflix) And, Eastern Boys TruthBTold and OCClient 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurryDude Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 (edited) My Beautiful Laundrette was an early favorite of mine. One of the first films in which the gay characters didn't end up dead or broken at the end. Has anyone mentioned Happy Together, by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai? Definitely not a happy movie, but worth a viewing. I really liked it when I saw it. It's about 20 years old, and I haven't seen it in a long time. Carol, Todd Haynes' most recent movie, is pretty great. Actually, anything by Todd Haynes is pretty great, IMHO. Edited February 13, 2018 by FurryDude TruHart1 and OCClient 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Carol, Todd Haynes' most recent movie, is pretty great. Actually, anything by Todd Haynes is pretty great, IMHO. Actually, he has a more recent movie. People hate it, it's a mess. I liked it a lot, fantastic sets. Here you go: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2 FurryDude, OCClient and TruHart1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FurryDude Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Actually, he has a more recent movie. People hate it, it's a mess. I liked it a lot, fantastic sets. Here you go: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2 I forgot about Wonderstruck--haven't had a chance to see it yet. I'll bump it up the list. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthBTold Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Actually, he has a more recent movie. People hate it, it's a mess. I liked it a lot, fantastic sets. Here you go: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2 Sometimes I go for Todd Haynes, sometimes not. But just the Bowie music was worth it. I also like Julianne Moore in most things. So definitely on my list. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCClient Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 THE HANDMAIDEN Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim won at BAFTA for best non English film. Great Korean flick. Very sensual girl/girl, erotic, psychological thriller. Awesome, epic movie. Rod Hagen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I know there's going to be several threads on this movie, but I thought I'd start here. I saw Love, Simon tonight. It's going to do very very well. TruHart1 and OCClient 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearBill Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 B & B Filmed in England, A gay couple seek revenge against a hotel owner after they are turned away. Good thriller. B&b https://g.co/kgs/W21k34 SuperJunior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Not Wilde Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 A Single Man with Colin Firth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I thought Love Simon would do a lot better. I think it opened this weekend to like $12 million. That's too bad. It seems like the kind of movie young girls would like, but maybe it's just that young people don't go to the theaters anymore. Maybe Twilight and Hunger Games were the last goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Hagen Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 A Single Man with Colin Firth. Please read the book and then see the movie again and you might appreciate why those of us who love Isherwood think Ford should apologize. It's only positive, I guess, is that it proved one can die from good taste (I stole that from a friend). hornytwells, + WilliamM and TruthBTold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBrian72 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Please read the book and then see the movie again and you might appreciate why those of us who love Isherwood think Ford should apologize. It's only positive, I guess, is that it proved one can die from good taste (I stole that from a friend). I agree wholeheartedly. If Tom Ford wants to write his own original story he should do so, instead of manipulating someone else's art to the point where it is unrecognizable. On its own, A Single Man was a fairly good film, but it wasn't a filmed version of the book I read many years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJunior Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Hope the QA was good; I was at the QA in the dome for the woody allen movie. I bought those tickets before I saw that there was a CMBYN QA, oh well. So, can this critic really believe the shit he's saying, or is he just fanning the flames for the magazines stupid (William F. who?) readers? http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454242/call-me-your-name-hollywood-hypocrisy-teen-sex As soon as I saw your statement, I knew it was about ArmondvWhite. He’s the antithesis of joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now