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Flare 2016

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By Hook Or By Crook

A recently bereaved small town crook heads for the big city where his life is transformed by a group of queer outsiders.

(Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge; Writer: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge; Stars: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, Stanya Khan, Carina Gia)

Beautiful Something

Four men's lives become entangled one night in Philadelphia.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Joseph Graham; Writer: Joseph Graham; Stars: Brian Sheppard, Zack Ryan, Colman Domingo)

Carmin Tropical

Review preview for Carmin Tropical

Neither the mystery of Mabel's past nor the mystery she faces in her present fully satisfy - the former is too opaque and the latter telegraphed early.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A trans woman returns to her hometown to investigate the murder of her oldest friend.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Rigoberto Perezcano; Writer: Rigoberto Perezcano; Stars: Luis Alberti, Juan Carlos Medellín, José Pescina)

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The Chambermaid Lynn (Das Zimmermädchen Lynn)

An obsessive chambermaid meetsan androgynous dominatrix.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2014; Director: Ingo Haeb; Writer: Ingo Haeb; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis)

Closet Monster

Review preview for Closet Monster

Well-paced, genuinely funny most of the time and emotionally resonant.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
A sexually confused teenager drifts into a fantasy world where his anxieties take physical shape.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Stephen Dunn; Writer: Stephen Dunn; Stars: Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Isabella Rossellini, Joanne Kelly, Aliocha Schneider, Sofia Banzhaf, Jack Fulton, Mary Walsh, Marthe Bernard, James Hawksley, Paula Morgan, Igor Pugdog, Jonathan Watton)

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Coming Out

A young mn travels across America recording the process of his coming out to family and friends.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Alden Peters; Writer: Alden Peters, Megan Mancini; Stars: Alden Peters)

Femme Brutal

A documentary about Club Burlesque Brutal, where performance artists attempt to expand the semantic possibilities of the naked female body.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2015; Director: Liesa Kovacs, Nick Prokesch; Writer: Liesa Kovacs, Nick Prokesch; Stars: Katrina Daschner, Stefanie Sourial, Sabine Marte)

Girls Lost (Pojkarna)

Review preview for Girls Lost

So many questions... challenging us, in one filmic episode, to think long and hard about our definitions and expectations of trans, lesbian and gay.

Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
A strange plant gives three teenage girls the chance to experience life in male bodies.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2015; Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining; Writer: Alexandra-­Therese Keining; Stars: Tuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander)

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Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

On his 17th birthday, a boy finds himself caught between his conservative evangelical upbringing and his passionate feelings towards his best friend.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Stephen Cone; Writer: Stephen Cone; Stars: Cole Doman, Pat Healy, Elizabeth Laidlaw)

Sworn Virgin (Vergine giurata)

Review preview for Sworn Virgin

Bispuri is interested in how escape from one form of repression seamlessly flows into another.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman who has taken an oath to live as a man rediscovers her sexuality.

(Country: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Kosovo; Year: 2015; Director: Laura Bispuri; Writer: Laura Bispuri, Francesca Manieri, inspired by the book by Elvira Dones; Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Emily Ferratello, Lars Eidinger, Flonja Kodheli, Luan Jaha, Bruno Shllaku, Ilire Vinca Celaj)

Full review See: Laura Bispuri and Alba Rohrwacher in conversation on Sworn Virgin, part 2 , Laura Bispuri and Alba Rohrwacher in conversation on Sworn Virgin, part 1 , Flonja Kodheli in conversation on Sworn Virgin