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Mulligans (2008) – Full Film shared with you by Charlie David

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Mulligans (2008)

92 min|Drama, Romance|18 Sep 2009
6.3Rating: 6.3 / 10 from 2,443 usersMetascore: N/A
Two college friends take a journey home. One of them makes a mistake that may tear a family apart. Sometimes there are no second chances, sometimes there are no mulligans.

By: Robert Bell

Mulligans (2008)Mulligans is the kind of film that should appeal to all of the guys out there who have ever wanted to boff their best friends dad; which one can only assume is an enormous demographic. Tyler Davidson (Derek Baynham) has brought his best friend Chase (Charlie David) home to his family, Nathan, Stacey & Birdy Davidson (Dan Payne, Thea Gill & Grave Vukovic) for a vacation. Chase integrates himself well into Davidson family routines, getting along well with everyone and being supportive while Stacey voices concerns of her young daughter’s dalliances with genital exposure and inappropriate lesbian tendencies.

Mulligans (2008)He also finds himself partaking in some work at the golf course with Tyler and attending some wild ‘n crazy keggers with Tyler’s summer girlfriend Bre (Amy Matysio) and her perpetually horny friend Christie (Nhi Do). Problems arise when Chase decides to tell Tyler that he’s a big Moe, which stirs feelings of man-on-man arousal in Tyler’s hunky father Nathan. It isn’t long before Chase and Nathan are secretly playing hide-the-sausage; which starts innocently enough, until Stacey catches them in the act. This somewhat dirty and unconventional plot may intrigue those curious about the perverse coupling, but the sloppy filmmaking, overacting and crappy writing are likely to stifle that intrigue within mere minutes.

 

Mulligans (2008)Unnatural conversations along with peculiar plot transitions and character motivations are the main issues with Mulligans. With such a disjointed and stilted screenplay, it’s unsurprising that the actors often overact and misread scenes. Dan Payne manages to hold his character together with the most effect, showing inner-struggle and turmoil with his closeted married man character. On the other hand, Thea Gill gives an over-the-top stage performance that simply doesn’t work on film. The director really needed to step in with her and say “smaller Thea, smaller; you’re not in Stratford”. A mystery within Mulligans is how anyone thought Chase was straight in the first place.

 

Mulligans (2008)The boy might as well have been wearing a pink baby-T with a rhinestone penis on it, while donning a Madonna tattoo just inches above his vagina. Some occasionally inspired cinematography and a penchant for visual montage show that director Chip Hale may have some talent, but David’s screenplay desperately needed some rewrites before production.

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Charlie David (“Dante’s Cove”) is taking the controls of his career as the star and writer of this gay update of The Graduate. Tyler (Derek Baynham) brings his college buddy Chase (Charlie David) home for the summer to hang out with his surprisingly hot dad, Nathan (Dan Payne), and mom, Stacey (Thea Gill, “Queer as Folk”). They have the picture-perfect, All-American life going on here in quaint Prospect Lake. The father-son duo golf with regularity, there’s always a family barbeque and the conversation is straight out of “Leave It to Beaver.” While Chase knows he’s gay, he has never come out to his friend, who tries in vain to set him up with girls. But when Chase comes out to his summer family, the cracks in the family dynamic start to show. Nathan looks with a lusty new eye to his son’s best friend, and when he and Chase are left alone for the night, their mutual passion bubbles to the surface, and clothes are quickly shed. The drama hits a peak as Tyler and Stacey return early and discover the shocking secret about this young dad. Can Nathan remain true to himself and keep his family together?

Sparkling dialogue, a fast pace and lots of screen time for the ridiculously gorgeous Charlie David keep this indie compelling throughout.

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The Storm (2017) directed by Ricky Mastro

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The Storm (2017)
La tempete (original title)

16 min|Short, Drama|05 Nov 2017
Rating: Metascore: N/A
Léo fantasizes about his weather forecaster. His obsession may be realized when he meets Luca. The night they spend together will take them through both desires and doubts that last into the early morning hours.

Festivals Selection:
Beijing Queer Film Festival 2017
Chéries-Chéris Paris 2017
Mix Brasil Sao Paulo 2017 – National Short Film Panorama
Espace diversités laicité Toulouse 2017
Toulouse Cinématheque 2018
2eme Journee Cinetudiante de l’ESAV Castre 2018
DIGO Film Festival Goiania 2018 – Focus
Rio de Janeiro GSC Film Festival 2018
Curta O Genero Fortaleza 2018
Curta Cinema Rio de Janeiro 2018
For Rainbow Fortaleza 2018 – Short Film Competition
Montevideo Uruguay International Film Festival 2019

Ricky Mastro has a BA in Drama from the University of Washington (Seattle – USA), in Cinema (Fundaçao Armando Álvares Penteado- Brasil), and a Master´s in Cinema in LGBTTT Identities (Universidade Anhembi Morumbi – Brasil). He has produced, directed and written 11 short-films that has being in over 200 film festivals. The Brazilian short film Xavier won the PROAC fund, destined to support cultural projects on LGBT issues in the State of Sao Paolo. In March 2016, he shot a short film La Tapette. In August of the same year, he successfully managed a crowdfunding campaign for his project, The Storm which he shot in Toulouse, France. Ricky is very active in LGBT festival circuit. He was one of the creators of Recifest (the first LGBT film festival in Recife, Brazil). In addition, he is a film programmer for DIGO (International Festival of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Goiás – Brazil).

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Coming out (2013) Hungarian film by Dénes Orosz – trailer

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Coming out (2013)

N/A|Comedy, Romance|05 Dec 2013
5.2Rating: 5.2 / 10 from 877 usersMetascore: N/A
This is the story of present-day Hungary’s most famous gay celebrity who openly admits his homosexuality and fights for gay rights in a society where so many alternative values are denied. But then something happens and he is shocked to discover his growing interest in the female of the species.

“Coming Out” is the story of Erik (Sándor Csányi), a radio personality, gay activist, and Hungary’s most famous openly gay male celebrity. As Erik is preparing to marry his partner Balázs (Gábor Karalyos), he is shocked to discover he has a growing sexual attraction to women.

After experiencing an injury during a motorcycle accident, Erik gradually discovers that he is attracted to women and falls in love with Linda, his physician. His new-found attraction to Linda causes Erik to doubt whether he should go ahead with his marriage to Balázs.

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Glue (2016) Short film by Renato Muro

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Colla (2016)

30 min|Short, Drama|22 Feb 2016
7.6Rating: 7.6 / 10 from 13 usersMetascore: 7.6
Procida, a little Island in the gulf of Naples. Last days of summer. The adolescence of Domenico is coming to an end, just like his tormented relationship with Marcello. Domenico looks for …

Procida, a little Island in the gulf of Naples. Last days of summer. The adolescence of Domenico is coming to an end, just like his tormented relationship with Marcello. Domenico looks for hospitality at Antonios house, his best friend, but soon he finds himself alone with the thirteen years old Antonios brother Lallo. A journey of discovery starts, between adolescence and maturity. The meeting with Sara, a transsexual woman, will bring to light the desires of the two young boys.

About director:
Renato Muro was born in 1986 on the island of Procida. After graduating from art school in Naples, he attended the Academy of Cinema and Television of Cinecitta in Rome. He has worked as a cinema operator and film editor with major directors like Giuliano Montaldo and Herz Frank. He has been attending the Italian National film school since 2012. He has directed several shorts and documentaries, including Bambole, Cosmic Anxiety and Il manichino, shown at TGLFF 2015.

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Soft Lad (2015) by Leon Lopez

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Soft Lad (2015)

87 min|Drama, Romance|09 Nov 2015
5.7Rating: 5.7 / 10 from 712 usersMetascore: N/A
A young man involved in a love affair that will change his life forever, whilst his lover wrestles his demons on a journey that will force him to come to terms with his sexuality, leaving lives destroyed in the wake. Love, lust, sexuality and betrayal all play arts in this coming of age story.

Twenty-two year old David has it all – he’s young, hot, and he’s just got into the prestigious dance school of his dreams. But he has a secret: for two years he’s been sleeping with his sister’s husband, Jules. After an argument between the two lovers, David throws himself into a one-night stand with Sam, a casual encounter which fast becomes something much stronger.

Unable to express his feelings to anyone, Jules is slowly driven mad by his secret desire for David, and jealous of his newfound, public relationship. When David’s sister, Jane, insists he brings his new boyfriend over for dinner, Jules snaps, revealing in turn a secret which none of them can ignore.

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Under the Skin (2016) Transgender short film by Antonio Ufarte

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Tras la piel (2016)

18 min|Short, Drama|N/A
Rating: Metascore: N/A
After years away from home, Duna returns to his home village to get reunited with his ill father. Upon arrival, she will feel rejection and misunderstanding about her trans-sexuality. Will she reconcile with her past and father?

AWARDS:
Audience Award – Almería International Film Festival 2017
Audience Award – Valladolid International Film Festival (Cinhomo) 2017
Best Trans International Short – Paraguay International Film Festival LesBiGayTrans 2017
Best Shortfilm – I Festival de Películas Trans de Alicante
Best director to Antonio Ufarte – I Festival de Películas Trans de Alicante
Best Actress to Rocío Alzueta – I Festival de Películas Trans de Alicante
Best Actor to Joan Verdú – I Festival de Películas Trans de Alicante
Best Promotional Art – BelMag Awards
Best Director – BelMag Awards
Best Screenplay – BelMag Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival 2018
LesGaiCineMad 20162nd
Annual Transfluential Film Festival, Chicago 2016
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes, sexo y género de Granada (Nahia Film Festival) 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine de la Diversidad Sexual de Chile (Movilh) 2016
International Queer Film Merlinka Belgrado (Serbia) 2016
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2018
The First LGBTQ Coming of Age Shorts-Film Festival Paris & San Francisco 2018
I Certamen de Cortometrajes sobre Personas Mayores de Castilla León
Corvallis Queer Film Festival Oregon 2017
Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Ecuador (El Lugar sin Límites) 2017
Cinema Pride 2017 Madrid
12 Months Film Festival Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT 2016 ¨Santo Domingo OUTFEST» 2016
SERILE FILMULUI GAY International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine por la Equidad de Género Mujeres en Foco (Argentina) 2016
Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico y Gay de Andalucía (Andalesgai) 2016
Festival di Cinema Omosessuale, Transgender e Questioning Omovies, Napoles (Italia) 2016
VII Muestra de Cortos por la Diversidad Sexual, Dos Hermanas (Sevilla) 2017
Mostra da diversidade sexual de campinas (MoDive-Se) Sao Paulo 2017
2a Muestra de Cine Queer en Bucaramanga (Colombia)
OutfestPeru, el Festival de Cine Gay Lesbico Trans, Lima (Perú) 2017
IV Censurados Film Festival, Lima (Perú) 2017
Equality Festival of Kiev (Ucrania) 2016
Festival de Cine de Berja 2018
Muestra de Cine Trans en el Benidorm Pride Festival 2018
Muestra de Cine Transgénero en la Universidad de Alicante 2018
Plural- Festival de la Diversidad, Araçatuba (Brasil) 2017
Mix México: XXI Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video, Ciudad de México 2017
Festival artístico Demolición de Género, Monterrey (México) 2016

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Aladdin: Gay Love Story – A Whole New World – Violin Cover

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As Disney continues to take their classic animated stories and remake them as live action films, we here at Shirtless Violinist HQ continue turning them into Gay Love Stories! We’ve put our own gay twist on Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, and Hercules….but now it’s Aladdin’s turn!

We all remember the scene when Aladdin and Jasmine go on their famous magic carpet ride, swooping over clouds while singing “A Whole New World”. In our version, Al and Jazz meet in Yoga class and instead of a magic carpet, they find themselves on a magic yoga mat!

For this unique take on the classic, I found two wonderful Acro-Yogis (yep, that’s a thing!) who developed a beautiful “flow” just for our music video. Zach and Andre are not only extremely bendy…they’re also really hot!! (Oh yeah, and talented.)

(And that kiss! Need I say more?)

I hope you enjoy, and please leave a comment with YOUR suggestion for our next “Gay Disney” retelling! (Lion King, anyone?)

VIOLIN Matthew Olsheski
WARDROBE https://www.rufskin.com/

JAZZ (Flyer) Andre Mattus (IG: untamed_arts)
AL (Base) Zach Farber (IG: zachrobat)
WARDROBE https://www.andrewchristian.com/

DIRECTOR Paul Castle
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Lavina Fuller
SOUND ENGINEER Bill Simpkins
LOCATION Yogasmith, Seattle
SPECIAL THANKS Joel Benjamin

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In The Dark (2018) Written by Ryan Beene

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In The Dark (2018)

30 min|Short, Coming Out| 2018
N/ARating: N/AMetascore: N/A
Austin, a college athlete struggling with his sexuality, meets Eric. Austin is attracted to Eric’s comfort in his sexuality, but when the two start a relationship, he has to choose between keeping his secret and keeping Eric.


Austin, a college athlete struggling with his sexuality, meets Eric. Austin is attracted to Eric’s comfort in his sexuality, but when the two start a relationship, he has to choose between keeping his secret and keeping Eric.

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Austin, a college athlete struggling with his sexuality, meets Eric. Austin is attracted to Eric's comfort in his sexuality, but when the two start a relationship, he has to choose between keeping his secret and keeping Eric.

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Trémulo (2015) by Roberto Fiesco

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Trémulo (2015)

20 min|Short, Romance|08 Mar 2015
7.9Rating: 7.9 / 10 from 211 usersMetascore: N/A
Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

Set in Mexico City, this story could have taken place pretty much anywhere in Latin America (or the US 40+ years ago). A “small town”, hard-working kid away from any family to speak of gets his validation through the work he does, and he sees his tips as a testament to that. A stranger, claiming to be a soldier comes in and has an immediate attraction to the kid and decides to come back later to spend time with him. The time they spend together will make most viewers (myself included) uneasy, as it looks like this may turn out to be a very mercenarial situation, as the soldier could easily take advantage of the kid…which is what it appears he intends to do. Not only until the end do we see the soldier’s true intentions, and the full scope of the kid’s innocence. The film is masterful in that it does not come off as an apology for pedophilia (yes…unfortunately, these films do exist) but rather a display of what the smallest act of kindness and affection, and the effects it can have. Both the soldier and the kid almost appear to be each other; the soldier seeing himself in the kid at his age and the kid seeing the soldier as someone he would like to be. I’m just extremely grateful the writer did not see the need to cross any boundaries/lines for shock-value to make this point: which is why I think this is an incredibly touching short-film worth watching.

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Shots (2014) by Isak Kohaly

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Shots (2014)

7 min|Short, Drama| Jun 2014
N/ARating: N/AMetascore: N/A
Idan and Elad, both straight, meet for the first time after they are picked up by a girl they each meet at a bar. The three of them go back to her place and end up in bed together but the men, during the act, are inexplicably unable to take their eyes off each other. After the girl has fallen asleep, Idan and Elad, sitting in bed and unable to sleep, initiate an awkward conversation, both trying to reach out to the other and understand those new feelings stirring inside of them.

Isak Kohaly is an Italian-Israeli filmmaker, writer, editor and producer. Since moving to Tel Aviv from his hometown of Padua, in Italy, Isak has graduated from Steve Tisch School and Film and Television and has directed and written both narrative and documentary short films, which have been screened at festivals worldwide and aired prime time on television. Isak is currently working on a new short film and an animated web series.

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Area X (2007)

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AREAXCArea X (2007)

 

Director: Dennis Shinners
Writer: Dennis Shinners
Genre: Short movie
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Language: English (Original version)

 

Stars: Joseph De Santis, Anthony Galluccio, Antony Raymond

 

The boy’s father unexpectedly picks up his son, sets him up with a hooker with 200 dollars but he is gay and so he runs away. These are just a few of the bizarre events that Paul recounts to Marco, a seductive hustler he meets in a dicey bar on a hidden street underneath New York City’s infamous Port Authority Bus Terminal, also known as ‘Area X’. Its too late when he realizes that the hustler actually look all his money.

Area X (2007)
  • Runtime:15 minutes
  • Actors:
    Hustler
    Joseph De Santis
    Older Patron
    Anthony Galluccio
    Marco
    Antony Raymond
    Paul
    Matt Schuneman
  • Plot: Paul's dad unexpectedly picked him up from work today. And then a hooker. After dropping them off at a seedy roadside motel, Paul's father handed him two hundred dollars and told him not to come out until he's a man. These are just a few of the bizarre, sexually charged events that Paul recounts to Marco, a charming and seductive hustler he meets in a dicey bar on a hidden street underneath New York City's infamous Port Authority Bus Terminal, an area officially named but rarely referred to as "Area X". It is here in this dark and shady place that Paul must navigate his way through what he wants, what he needs, and the high cost attached to both. Written by Anonymous
  • Rating: (56 votes)

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Attention of Men (2017) by Francis Luta

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Attention of Men (2016)

N/A|Short, Drama, Thriller|N/A
Rating: Metascore: N/A
Colt, a struggling aspiring writer collects money after having sex with a complete stranger. Soon after the stranger is gone, an unexpected knock comes. Fearful for his safety, he makes a run for it. Somewhere out there, Colt falls into the hands of Ely, a wealthy man. Their relationship quickly evolves into a complex dynamic of father and son. As Ely’s demons unravel, Colt tries to manage and becomes witness to this king all alone in his castle.

Colt, (Evan Spergel) a struggling aspiring writer collects money after having sex with a complete stranger. Soon after the stranger is gone, an unexpected knock comes. Fearful for his safety, he makes a run for it.
Somewhere out there, Colt falls into the hands of Ely (Adam Kenneth Wilson) a wealthy man. Their relationship quickly evolves into a complex dynamic of father and son. As Ely’s demons unravel, Colt becomes witness to this king all alone in his castle.

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Coffee House Chronicles – Pretty People Problems

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Director: Stewart Wade
Writer:Stewart Wade
Country: USA
Year: 2019
Duration: 8 min

Stars: Tyler Richmeier, Stefanie Estes, Andrew Dinh

Oliver (Tyler Richmeier), Sandra (Stefanie Estes), and Randy (Andrew Dinh) bond over Sandra’s dog, Ruffles. But which of these pretty people isn’t being entirely honest about their intentions?

Coffee House Chronicles – Pretty People Problems

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Coffee House Chronicles – And Baby Makes…

A gay couple (Adam Huss and Adam Bucci) get a surprising reaction when they announce to their parents (Julie Brown and Jacques Freydont) that they are having a baby. Director: ...
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CoffeeHouse Chronicles – Politically Bi

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Episode 1 of the second season of "Coffee House Chronicles," starring Christian Olivo, Tezz Yancey, and Rob Warner -- and featuring Kevin Caliber ...

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Dániel (2015) short film by Dean Loxton

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Dániel (2015)

15 min|Short, Drama|20 Jun 2015
Rating: Metascore: N/A
Daniel, a male escort, attends a lunch at which his close friend Nori introduces her new partner.

Dániel is studying in London while working part-time as an escort to pay his tuition fees. He is invited to a lunch with Hungarian friends at which his close friend Nori introduces her new lover Tom. The result not being what she hoped for.

Short film DANIEL was selected to be part of a curated collection of short films distributed by Peccadillo Pictures (Embrace the Serpent, Weekend, Stranger by the Lake)

Iris Prize nomination for Best International & Best British Short 2015
Palm Springs Shortfest, USA 2015
Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, USA 2015
Cinefiesta, Puerto Rico 2015
Q! Film Festival, Indonesia 2015
Hamburg Queer Film Festival 2015
BFI Flare 2015
Hamilton Film Festival, Ontario, Canada 2015
Stockholm International Film Festival 2015
Tous Ecrans Geneva International Film Festival 2015
London Short Film Festival 2016
Mezipatra QFF, Czech Republic 2015
Mix Brasil 2015
Chéries-Chéris Film Festival, Paris 2015 (Best International Short – Runner up)
Mecal Pro Short Film and Animation Festival, Barcelona 2015
Pinx Film Festival, Gent, Belgium 2016
Roze Filmtagen Amsterdam LGBTQ Festival 2016
Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Festival 2016
Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Festival 2016

Cast and Crew
Da´niel: Bala´zs Cse´my
Nori: Hilda Pe´ter
Agi: E´va Magyar
Neomi: Mimi Kovacs
Andra´s: A´da´m Tompa
Tom: Henry Garrett
Client One: Alex Reece
Client Two: Tim J Henley
Client Three: Peter Faulkner
Director of Photography: Nicola Daley
Art Director: Laura D’Asta
Second Camera: Gregory Luscombe
Sound: Donal Sweeney, Liam Cotter, Jeremiah Spillane
1st AD: Elizabeth Boag
Make Up: Lizzie Downes, Billie Jade Kermack
Runner: Alice Kidd
Editor: Dean Loxton
Colorist: Francois Kamffer
Sound Design: Gernot Fuhrmann
Director: Dean Loxton
Producer: Dean Loxton & Elizabeth Boag

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Slant (2011) short film by Stephen Soucy

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Slant (2011)

15 min|Short, Drama|26 Jul 2011
Rating: Metascore: N/A
Slant, inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem, tells the story of a college professor in his early 50s, looking for connection long after the loss of his partner to AIDS.

“Slant” Finding Love Amos Lassen I have just had the pleasure of watching an amazing new short film from Steve Soucy, the wonderful mind behind Modernist Press. Here is a film that many of us should have no problem identifying with as the search for love is something we have all experienced. Set in Palm Springs, a college professor, Ash (Christopher Fairbanks), in his 50’s looks for romance. He lost his partner to AIDS some time ago and now he is ready to start to live again. The film is inspired by a poem by the Belle of Amherst, Emily Dickinson and she is not just the inspiration as she can be felt throughout the film.

Ash, like so many of us is blinded by the vigor and beauty of youth and in his case, Luis (David Calderon), the gardener is the object of his feeling. Even more surprising is that Luis shows a knowledge of Dickinson and Ash senses a connection only to be turned down for a drink and then stood up for dinner. By chance he meets a new neighbor, Patrick (Granville Armes), and after a pleasant conversation and a tentative meeting set, Patrick shows up at Ash’s apartment with a bottle of wine and the two share the dinner that Ash had prepared for Luis.

Sometimes we just read signals wrong as Ash did when he assumed that Luis’ love for Dickinson would be a step to coming together. Realizing that perhaps he has made a mistake, Ash ultimately finds someone with whom he shares a history like his own and that coming together was completely natural and required no preparation.

It is amazing how much we see in such a short film (some 14 minutes). I thought it particularly interesting that when Ash thought that he was going to have time with Luis, he was careful in what he chose to wear and how to prepare for dinner while with Patrick no preparation was necessary. So often we, as older men, are flattered when a young person pays attention to us and we read the signals wrong. It is that much easier to be with someone with whom there are commonalities than it is to train someone to like what we like. It is also easier (albeit lonelier) to let things happen naturally.

We do not often see films in which “older”men find love and each other and seeing that here was fresh and new. I must mention the beautiful music score and the actors who are so good that we easily feel what they do.

Source: IMDB

Also see new documentary film “The Merchant Ivory Partnership” by Stephen Soucy

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The Merchant Ivory Partnership: A Documentary Film

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Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership is a feature documentary film produced and directed by Stephen Soucy in collaboration with Oscar-winner, Director, and Screenwriter, James Ivory. The film aims to be the definitive presentation on the 50-year history of Merchant Ivory and the unique trajectory Ismail Merchant and James Ivory had via their professional and personal partnership. There will be a deep-dive on the films they made during their strongest decade of work, when as a production entity, they were firing on all cylinders. This is the period when their films connected most with audiences, garnered the most awards, when Merchant Ivory became an adjective to describe their “type” of filmmaking, and when they secured their loyal fan-base.

Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership

Ismail Merchant was the streetwise son of a Bombay textile trader and James Ivory comes from a rich West Coast lumbering family. They were companions and partners—joined in a relationship that the great Indian actor, Shashi Kapoor, called “more than a marriage.”

Merchant and Ivory lived together from 1965-2005, and around them, they gathered a sort of moviemaking family that took in their two principal collaborators, novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer, Richard Robbins. This group made up one of the most unusual and unique associations in the movie business that has in no way been replicated.

Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership touches on the early years of Merchant Ivory Productions, then delves deeply into the period when these creators (along with Jhabvala) were riding high from their phenomenally successful film, A Room With a View.

From here, the release of their 21st film together was the commercially risky adaptation of E.M. Forster’s posthumous homosexual love story, Maurice, was the film that would have the greatest long-term impact on their film-going audience, and I argue, was the lasting gift of their collaboration.

After A Room With a View with its three Academy Awards, eight nominations, and a $30 million return on a $3 million investment, Hollywood establishment offers were pouring in, but Merchant Ivory chose to make Maurice – against the advice of everyone. This was typical Ismail and Jim.

Because Maurice dealt with homosexual themes at a time when such topics were extremely controversial, Merchant and Ivory were told the financial viability for the film was limited. But Ivory charged forward, intrigued by the romantic tale of a young man’s bewildering discovery that he is homosexual and his attempt to find love.

Ivory says: “It was a story that has relevance to today. The book offered some of the same things as A Room With a View, it’s about confused young people coming to their senses and finding a life and love for themselves in an honest way. Nothing has changed but the law since Forster’s time. People ‘born under that star [homosexuals],’ as Forster put it, still have to feel their way along to find some sort of state they can live decently in.”

Stories like these, told from various contributing points of view from long-term collaborators, a kind of oral history of Merchant Ivory and their partnership, anchored primarily by James Ivory…this is what the film strives to present.

Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership will take a deep dive on the Merchant Ivory films The Bostonians (1984) through The Remains of the Day (1993) and will include their most critically acclaimed films, A Room With a View (1986) and Howards End (1992).

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THE TROLLEY SONG

Love Is- A Message From Uganda’s Gay & Transgender Community

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In Uganda, being gay is illegal.

In Uganda, members of the gay and transgender community face discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrests and forced evictions simply because of who they love.

But in Uganda, there is hope.

These are the voices of gay and transgender Ugandans.

This is what love means to them.

To learn more about Love Is, please visit:
loveisuganda.com

Video by:

Katie G. Nelson
Journalist & Photographer
katiegnelson.com

Joshua Carlon
Editor & Graphics

Official Selection
Free Range Film Festival, 2016
National Geographic Shortfilm Showcase, 2016
The Île Courts-International short film festival, 2016
Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2016
MNTV Showcase, 2017
300 Seconds Short Film Festival, 2017
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. 2017
BASS2017: EDGE OF AFRICA, 2017
Baltimore International Black Film Festival, 2017
San Francisco International Museum of Art, 2018

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Ideal Home (2018) by Andrew Fleming

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Ideal Home (2018)

91 min|Comedy, Drama|06 Jul 2018
6.5Rating: 6.5 / 10 from 6,153 usersMetascore: 62
A bickering gay couple must now deal with the unexpected task of raising a ten-year-old boy.

Ideal Home is a 2018 American comedy-drama film, written and directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Alison Pill, Jake McDorman, and Jack Gore.

It premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 15, 2018 and was released in the United States on June 29, 2018.

Erasmus (Coogan) and Paul (Rudd) are a gay couple whose life is turned inside out when a ten-year-old boy, Bill, shows up at their door claiming to be Erasmus’s grandson. Erasmus is a famous chef and Paul is the producer of his cooking show, and they live in a large showplace house in New Mexico. Bill’s father, Beau, was the result of a one-time heterosexual encounter, and Erasmus has never met him or Bill. Beau has been jailed on drug charges and instructed Bill to find his grandfather.

Erasmus and Paul come to embrace parenthood, although Paul does most of the heavy lifting. Beau attempts to get clean in jail, and tells Erasmus and Paul that he plans to take Bill out of state once he is released. When Bill says he would rather stay with the couple, Erasmus consults a lawyer. He is told that it’s unlikely he’ll get custody unless Bill is in immediate danger from his father. Erasmus and Paul try to enjoy the holidays with Bill and the time they have left with him.

Erasmus and Paul’s relationship has been strained, and Paul tells Erasmus that he plans to take a job with Rachael Ray’s show in New York. Erasmus seems indifferent at first but jumps in front of Paul’s car and begs him to stay. Paul goes as far as the airport, but turns back and they reconcile. Beau gets into a drunk-driving accident with Bill in the car, and Erasmus and Paul are awarded custody.

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical by Stephen Soucy & Jay Marcus

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert at Celebration Theatre | Full Show File | Produced by Stephen Soucy & Jay Marcus

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