Gay Themed Movies from USA
Cinematic journeys of love, identity, and freedom.
With Scotland in the World Cup in 1974, 13 year old Stephen is more into Glam Rock than football.
A story of a family coming to terms with change in uncertain times.
Director: David Andrew Ward
A drama that charts ten years in the relationship of a male-to-female transsexual’s relationship with her lover.
Director: Xavier Dolan
Caught (2010/I) Director: Monte Patterson Writer: Monte Patterson Genre: Short movie Country: USA Language: English Duration: 14 min Year: 2010 Stars: Richard ‘Rick’
Dance film celebrating the choreographer’s work, featuring extracts from many of his ballet adaptations such as The Car Man, in which Bizet’s Carmen is reset in an American garage, and his award-winning version of Swan Lake. Directed by his long-standing collaborator Ross MacGibbon, the piece celebrates Bourne’s power to imaginatively transform classical works, taking dance and dancers off the stage into the studio, bringing together projections, animation and state-of-the-art shooting to produce a distinctive new way of presenting dance on screen.
Stereotypes are challenged as four attractive gay men unfairly judge their neighbor, Eddie, who doesn’t fit the “West Hollywood” mold.
Director: Michael Simon
A story that reminds us what it’s like to be young and in love, or at least lust. The film is well acted, and the plot is realistic, but the ending is somehow unsatisfying. On it’s own it’s a nice piece of light cinema, but seeing it along with the other shorts in a boy’s life 2, it made a very nice addition.
Director: Nickolas Perry
A father takes justice into his own hands when he thinks his son has been sexually assaulted. A suspected paedophile lies dead outside a block of high-rise council flats. Did he jump or was he pushed, roles are reversed as the hunter becomes the hunted.
Directors: David Leon, Marcus McSweeney Writers: David Leon, Rashid Razaq
A deaf high school runner finds a connection with a teammate after being defended from locker-room teasing. Running Without Sound is a silent and atmospheric look at a friendship that turns into something more.
The Itch (2011) Director: Nora Tennessen Writer: Nora Tennessen Genre: Short movie Country: USA Language: English Stars: Vanessa Hardy, Aaron Harris, Brandon Collins Ovaj simpatični
Jesse has reached a crisis point: his deepest, darkest secret has been revealed as he faces life-altering consequences. He is left alone, drinks, and contemplates suicide. It is in this moment that he reaches out to his best friend, Ryan, for help. In a high stakes situation of life or death, two worlds collide as Ryan must learn how to lay his life down for a friend and just listen.
A late night infomercial promoting homosexuality allows a young man to see his sleeping buddy in a different light.
When an Indian mother finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice. Part electric action thriller, part exhilarating comedy, KALI MA finds the secrets that divide mothers and sons and the love that brings them together.
A fourteen year old boy who is gay is struggling with self-acceptance, reconciling who he is with his belief in God, and grappling with the decision of whether or not he should come out to his family.
A drama about Gavin, a recovering alcoholic, who dies and ends up in a strangely familiar bar where the mysterious Bartender lets him live out favorite moments form his life before entering heaven.
A first person narrative of the exploits of a gay serial killer in deeply disturbing, controversial drama about violence, sexuality, and the imagination. Dennis, the main character, whose lead we follow on this path between what is real and what we can only hope is surreal. His friends attempt to determine if he’s truly a psychopath. The story, is told in the form of a succession of ritual-like murders, comes to life through the letters he writes to his sometime lover and best friend Julian and the object of his desire, Julian’s younger brother, Kevin. The film is set in an erotic world of sado-masochism and portrays the sexual appetites of a young man for whom killing and engorging the victim become the ultimate thrill.
New York-based filmmaker Adam Goldman recently unveiled the first installment of The Outs, a six-part web series about a gay man and his friends trying to find work, happiness and, yes, sex here in the Big Apple.
Director: Adam Goldman
A gay porn star’s mysterious disappearance becomes an obsession for both a writer and another adult film star, leading them into dark supernatural corners that were never meant to be explored.
“All Over The Guy” is a contemporary romantic comedy about the quest to find the “one” when “the one” doesn’t know he’s the “one.” It explores the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance. They do everything they can to NOT fall in love, but finally they overcome the dysfunction of their parents and surrender to their hearts.
Hunting Season (2012– ) Creator: Jon Marcus Genre: TV Series Country: USA Year: 2012 Website: Huntingseasson.TV Stars: Ben Baur, Walker Hare and Jack Ferver
IS THIS SHIRTLESS VETERAN’S DAY AD DISRESPECTFUL TO GAY SOLDIERS? (Gay.Net)
BY: DANIEL VILLARREAL
