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17 films · 6 reviews

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Age Of Consent

A documentary about leather bar The Hoist, gay sexualities and the law.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Charles Lum, Todd Verow; Writer: Charles Lum, Todd Verow)

The Alternative Miss World

A collection of artists and outsiders present their own takes on daywear, swimwear, evening wear and what it means to be ladylike.

(Country: UK; Year: 1980; Director: Richard Gayor; Stars: Divine, Little Nell)

Blue Is The Warmest Colour (La Vie D'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2, The Life of Adele, Blue Is The Warmest Color)

Review preview for Blue Is The Warmest Colour

A commanding painting of passions, relationships and enlightenment.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
Two young women fall unexpectedly and passionately in love.

(Year: 2013; Director: Abdellatif Kechiche; Writer: Julie Maroh, Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche, Jérémie Laheurte, Catherine Salée, Aurélien Recoing, Mona Walravens, Alma Jodorowsky, Fanny Maurin, Benjamin Siksou, Sandor Funtek, Benoît Pilot, Baya Rehaz, Karim Saidi)

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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (Night Warning)

A young man's life is dominated by his possessive aunt in this original Video Nasty.

(Year: 1982; Director: William Asher; Writer: Stephen Breimer, Boon Collins, Alan Jay Glueckman; Stars: Jimmy McNichol, Susan Tyrrell, Bo Svenson)

Caged

Women behind bars fall prey to blackmail by a lesbian warden.

(Country: US; Year: 1949; Director: John Cromwell; Writer: Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C Schoenfeld; Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorhead, Hope Emerson)

Concussion

Review preview for Concussion

A brilliant central performance from Robin Weigert.

David Graham · 3.5 out of 5
A frustrated woman secretly becomes a lesbian escort.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Stacie Passon; Writer: Stacie Passon; Stars: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Emily Kinney, Laila Robins)

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Everybody's Got Somebody But Me

A publishing editor finds herself inspired by a student.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2013; Director: Raul Fuentes; Writer: Raul Fuentes; Stars: Jeronimo Rodriguez Garcia, Laura Pino, Carlos Taibo)

Fright Night

Review preview for Fright Night

Some films are made with so much love, and are so palpably full of people enjoying themselves, that the mood is infectious.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A teenager becomes obsessed by the idea that the sophisticated stranger living across the street is actually a vampire.

(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Tom Holland; Writer: Tom Holland; Stars: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Stephen Geoffreys, Roddy McDowall)

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Gerontophilia

A young man discovers an unusual attraction for the elderly that will lead to an off-kilter road trip.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Bruce La Bruce; Writer: Bruce La Bruce, Bruce La Bruce, Daniel Allen Cox; Stars: Pier-Gabriel Lajoie, Walter Borden, Katie Boland, Marie-Hélène Thibault, Yardly Kavanagh, Jean-Alexandre Létourneau, Brian D. Wright, Nastassia Markiewicz, Shawn Campbell, Tamsen Fields, Moe Jeudy-Lamour, Guillaume Lambert, Mélodie Simard, Rosalie Simard, Dana Wright)

I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives Of Wakefield Poole

A documentary portrait of the innovative pornographer.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jim Tushinski; Writer: Jim Tushinski)

The Lost Boys

Review preview for The Lost Boys

Most of those who fell for this film when it came out still love it today. There's just one problem: it really isn't very good.

Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
Cult brat pack movie about a boy trying to save his big brother from becoming a vampire.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Joel Schumacher; Writer: Janice Fischer, James Jeremias; Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Edward Herrmann, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth)

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A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Review preview for A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

An unexpected and interesting aspect of Freddy’s Revenge is a subtext hinting at homosexual anxiety and repression.

James Gracey · 2.5 out of 5
The new tenant of a house on Elm Street begins to have uncomfortable dreams.

(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Jack Sholder; Writer: David Chaskin; Stars: Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Marshall Bell, Robert Englund)

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The Passion of Michelangelo (La pasión de Michelangelo)

Political drama set during the Pinochet years.

(Country: Chile, France, Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: Esteban Larraín; Stars: Sebastián Ayala, Claudia Celedón, Patricio Contreras, Roberto Farías, Catalina Saavedra, Alejandro Sieveking)

Quick Change

Story of an entertainer who offers cheap, cosmetic fixes to transgendered men.

(Country: Philippines; Year: 2013; Director: Eduardo W Roy Jr; Writer: Eduardo W Roy Jr; Stars: Mimi Juareza, Jun Jun Quintana, Migs Cuaderno, Francine Garcia, Natashia Yumi, Filipe Martinez, Rolando Inocencio, Sashi Giggle)

Stranger By The Lake (L'Inconnu Du Lac)

Review preview for Stranger By The Lake

The investigation has a surreal aspect to it that stretches credulity while the final resolution seems unsatisfactorily far-fetched.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
After a shocking incident takes place at a cruising spot, a young man is caught in the throes of a dangerous passion.

(Country: France; Year: 2013; Director: Alain Guiraudie; Writer: Alain Guiraudie; Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte, Mathieu Vervisch, Gilbert Traina, Emmanuel Daumas, Sébastien Badachaoui, Gilles Guérin, François-Renaud Labarthe, Claude Bellelle, Slawomir Cieminski, Jean-Marie Crémier, Bernard Delavaux, Bernard German)

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Veronica Videla's Passion (La Pasión de Verónica Videla)

A trans woman fights for the right to get a university education without compromising her dignity.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2012; Director: Cristian Pellegrini; Writer: Cristian Pellegrini; Stars: Mariana Arancibia, Sonnia De Monte, Silvia del Castillo)

Who's Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

A dissolute artist decides to make a film to try and impress a girl.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Anna Margarita Albelo; Writer: Michael Urban, Anna Margarita Albelo; Stars: Anna Margarita Albelo, Guinevere Turner, Janina Gavankar)