Law of Desire (Spanish: La ley del deseo) is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller[1] film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio. It was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo. The story focuses on a […]
I Want What I Want is a 1972 British drama film directed by John Dexter and starring Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews and Jill Bennett.[1][2][3] It is based on the 1966 novel I Want What I Want by Geoff Brown.[4] It’s a complex and controversial film, considered one of the first attempts by mainstream cinema to depict a transgender character. Plot The story centers on Roy (played by Anne […]
Eyes Wide Open (Hebrew: עיניים פקוחות, translit. Einayim Pkuhot) is a 2009 Israeli film. This script was written by the Israeli script-writer Merav Doster. It is the first film of the Israeli film director Haim Tabakman. The film was released in the UK on May 14, 2009 by Peccadillo Pictures[2] The film was co-produced in […]
La Cage aux Folles (also released as Birds of a Feather) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 play of the same name. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a gay couple operating a drag nightclub in a French resort town, Rémi Laurent as the former’s […]
Christopher and His Kind is a 2011 BBC television film. It tells the story of Christopher Isherwood’s exploits in Berlin in the early 1930s. The film, adapted by Kevin Elyot from Isherwood’s autobiography Christopher and His Kind, was produced by Mammoth Screen and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Isherwood is played by Matt Smith, whilst the […]
Plot The setting is a public school, modelled on Eton and Winchester, in the 1930s. Guy Bennett and Tommy Judd are pupils and, because they are both outsiders in their own ways, friends (Bennett is gay while Judd is a Marxist).One day, a teacher walks in on a pupil, Martineau, and a boy from another […]
Gay Shorts – Sleepover (2008) 9 mins Sleepover (2018) is a Swedish gay short film written and directed by Jimi Vall Peterson. It stars Simon Eriksson and Hjalmar Hardestam as Emil and Adam, two close friends who spend a night together after a night at the movies. Emil and Adam have been friends for as […]
