'An unusual and
highly charged
emotional film.'
For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Ines Efron,). Alex is not like other girls. She is a 15 year-old with a secret, one that no other can claim. She was born an inter-sex child. Her parents keep her hidden away at a coastal town in amongst the dunes of the shoreline, buying time before they must decide on a life-threatening operation.
When old family friend and plastic surgeon Ramiro arrives with his teenage son Alvaro, Alex begins to realize that his visit could change her life forever. As the parents wrestle with the complications that will arise as Alex reaches adulthood, Alex and Alvaro become close, their relationship causing tensions amongst the locals.
However, as the parents battle it out to instill a sense of open-mindedness amongst their society, it is the children who prove themselves to be flexible in understanding the sexual leanings and complexities of others. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality. The complexity to her personal search for identity forces both families to face their worst fears.
Film Information: 'XXY'
Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Information at IMDb
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Writers: Sergio Bizzio (short story "Cinismo") and Lucia Puenzo
Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama
Awards: 17 wins & 11 nominations
Runtime: 86 min
Spoken Language: Spanish
Subtitled in: English
Film Clip: 'XXY' (created by a fan)
* Trailer score is "The Hill" from the Hearts In Atlantis soundtrack by Mychael Danna
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. ."the Nazi party
begins a violent
purge of homosexuals" . .
Sean Mathias directed this screen adaptation of Martin Sherman's award-winning play about the persecution of homosexuals by Nazis during World War II. In Germany, the Nazi party's program of genocide against any and all perceived "enemies" is coming into full swing when the party begins a violent purge of homosexuals in its membership.
Max (Clive Owen), a bisexual playboy, is attending an orgy thrown by drag queen "Greta" (Mick Jagger) and featuring a number of party members when the festivities are raided by the police; Max and his lover Rudy (Brian Webber) escape, but they are later arrested and sentenced to a concentration camp.
En route to the camp, Max betrays Rudy and arranges to be given a yellow identification star, marking him as a Jew, instead of a pink triangle, which would signify him as gay; while the Jews are destined to be executed, gay prisoners receive even more brutal treatment from the guards.
While incarcerated, Max meets Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), an inmate who proudly wears the pink triangle. Max and Horst fall in love with each other, and Horst's bravery leads Max to accept his sexual identity.
Film Information: 'Bent'
Web: Cast, Bios and Additional information at IMDb
Director: Sean Mathias
Writers: Martin Sherman (play & screenplay)
Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama | Romance | War
Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations
Runtime: 105 min
Spoken Language: English
Clip: Gretta (Mick Jagger) performing "Streets of Berlin"
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TOUCH OF PINK (+ Selecciones de Soundtrack) (2004) (Canadá y Reino Unido) (Ian Igbal Rashid) (Lenguaje Inglés)
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Life with Cary Grant . .
Alim (Jim Mistry) is a young, South-Asian Canadian, who thinks he's living with the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan). He's living in London, working as a stills photographer in the movie business and trying with Cary;s help to live up to the glamorous standards of old Hollywood.
Alim's partner Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried) is a handsome economist whos's charming, intelligent, comfortable with who he is and completely unaware of his lover's fantasy life. Alim and Giles are happy together despite Alim's secret, until Alim's mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew) shows up for a visit, an the whole charade begins to unravel.
Nure, a widow, lives in Toronto, in complete ignorance of her son's life in London and in an intense but loving, sibling rivalry with sister Dolly (Veena Sood), which she is decidedly losing. When Dolly's son Khaled, a dentist, announces his big wedding plans to a Muslim girl, Nuru despairs. She becomes determined to get Alim back to Toronto to at least attend the wedding festivities and return into the fold of the family, and hopefully, to find his own bride.
Nuru's arrival in London creates a problem for Alim but it's the sort of problem a man like Cary Grant can handle and he confidently suggest a solution. The plan seems perfect to Alim, but it comes as a shock to poor Giles, who nevertheless agrees to play along.
When Neru won't be put off by Alim's bachelor ruse, and insists that he must find a nice girl to marry. Cary always thinking on his feet suggest a finance to be played by Giles sister Delia. But following an argument Alim angrily admits to his mother that he's not engaged and storms off to work. Cary follows him impressed by the documentary style of telling the truth.
Meanwhile, in an effort to smooth things over, Giles takes Nuru out for a day of sightseeing in London and slowly and unexpectedly Nuru grows fond of Giles. The trip awakens memories of the time she spent in London years before whe she was trying to get over the loss of her husband, and a Cary Grant fan herself , she was searching for he own Hollywood ending. Giles seems like the sort of man she wishes she had met all those years before. But Giles can't be Nuru's Hollywood ending, as a jealous Alim makes clear when he finally comes out to his mother.
Nuru is horrified and feels betrayed, and immediately make plans to go home to Toronto. Her dreams, and her chances of trumping Dolly are shattered. The wonderful wedding and little grandchildren she had hoped for will never happen and she fears that she won't have a happy ending of any kink. Giles is appalled by Alim's treatment of Nuru and leaves. Alim is distraught and frustrated by Cary's eternally upbeat and normally welcome advice. Realizing that the best solution to his problems is the truth, and that illusion isn't always the answer.
Alim sets out for Toronto. He hopes to finally come clean but instead ends up telling more lies this time to protect Nuru. Alim goes to all the family pre-wedding celebrations and much to Nuru's pleasure starts to enjoy himself. Cary fearing Alim is slipping away decided to "Indianising" himself to fit in. The groom to be Khaled comes over to see Alim after his stag night He wants to start with a kiss and Nuru overhears appalled. It slowly becomes clear that Khaled has been keeping some secrets of his own and had no intention of being truthful with his soon-t0-be-wife. As Nuru confronts Khaled, she realizes that by contrast Alim is truly honest about who he is and truly in love with Giles. Cary is happy with this scene as he's pretty certain it's time to go back for a happy ending in London as he can't imagine that anyone would now go to Khaled's wedding. But he hasn't counted on how important family is to Nuru and to Cary's surprise, Alim agrees to escort his mother to the event.
It is at the wedding that all of Alim's worlds finally collide. Neru is desperate to be honest with Dolly, Cary is trying to fit in, Khaled is trying to avoid Nuru and Alim, Dillis is determined to maintain dream-wedding perfection and suddenly Giles arrives and Alim realizes he has to choose between his fantasy life with Cary and the earthly pleasures of real life.
FILM INFORMATION: 'Touch of Pink'
Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Information at IMDb
Director: Ian Igbal Rashid
Writer: Ian Igbal Rashid
Credits: Full Cast, crew & Credits
Genre: Drama | Comedy | Romance
Awards: 4 nominations
Runtime: 91 min
Spoken Language: English
FILM CLIP: 'Touch of Pink'
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FAN VID: 'Touch of Pink'
Fan Vid Track: mp3: "Lies of Handsome Men" by Cleo Laine
Mp3 SOUNDTRACK SELECTIONS: 'Touch of Pink'
01. 'Sailing On The Real True Love' by Emilie Claire Barlow
02. 'Summer Son' by Texas
03. 'Cello Sonata No 1 in B-flat Major'-Vivaldi
04. 'XTC' by Me and My
05. 'Nagumomo' by Susheela Raman
06. 'O Rama' by Susheela Raman
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"Deep in the heart
of the Bible Belt,
it is evident the fight
for equal rights
is far from over."
It's easy for city dwellers to take gay bars for granted, but Malcolm Ingram presents the other side of the picture. Social opportunities are more limited for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender citizens in rural America.
Deep in the heart of the Bible Belt, it is evident the fight for equal rights is far from over. Homosexuals in these areas lack social outlets, still face cruelty, ridicule and even violence. Despite being attacked on all sides by the Christian coalition, several spirited bar owners have created an oasis for gays to call home a Small Town Gay Bar.
Executive Producer Kevin Smith presents an intimate portrait of these establishments and the patrons who inhabit them. Exploring the gratefulness the patrons feel for these various places we learn there is much more provided than a evening of entertainment. With production assistance from Kevin Smith, Ingram focuses on several communities in Mississippi.
While some gay-themed documentaries are depressing and others inspiring, Small Town Gay Bar is a bit of both. Rick Gladis, for instance, owner of Rumors nightclub, created an oasis for the local GLBT community, but remains closeted from his Pentecostal parents. Scotty Weaver, on the other hand, was open about his orientation--and brutally murdered because of it (Ingram speaks with Weaver's family). As Gladis notes, "As far as being gay in Mississippi, it's hard, it's very hard." Proof comes in the form of Reverend Fred Phelps, who states categorically, "God hates fags."
Other subjects include patrons, bartenders, drag performers, and strippers. In addition, Ingram looks back on bars that have closed over the years, which lends the film a nostalgic air, though he concludes with new beginnings for two of them. Small Town Gay Bar isn't as heart-wrenching as Paris Is Burning or For the Bible Tells Me So, which cover similar territory, but that doesn't make its voices any less valuable--and a soundtrack filled with alternative acts like the Hidden Cameras and Broken Social Scene is a nice touch. ~Kathleen C. Fennessy
Film Information: 'Small Town Gay Bar'
Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Details at IMDb
Director: Malcolm Ingram
Writers: Malcolm Ingram
Cast: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Documentary
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
Runtime: 81 min
Spoken Language: English
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