Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name. The film was a critical and box […]
Can’t Stop the Music is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in her only directed featured film. Written by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography of the 1970s disco group the Village People loosely based on the actual story of how the group formed. The film also […]
The Whale is a 2022 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Samuel D. Hunter, based on his 2012 play of the same name. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton. The plot follows a reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter. The Whale premiered at the 79th Venice International Film […]
Of an Age is a 2022 Australian romantic drama film, directed and written by Goran Stolevski.  The film stars Elias Anton as Kol, a Serbian immigrant in Australia who enters a brief but intense romance with Adam (Thom Green), the brother of his ballroom dance partner Ebony (Hattie Hook). The film premiered on 4 August 2022 at the Melbourne International […]
Beautiful Something – 2016 Â Four gay men living in Philadelphia reflect on life, love, and art over the course of one night. A model-turned-actor (Zack Ryan) serves as a muse for a talented sculptor (Colman Domingo), but worries that their relationship lacks real intimacy. Elsewhere, a poet (Brian Sheppard) deals with writer’s block, and […]
Lonesome – 2022 Lonesome is an Australian drama film, directed by Craig Boreham and released in 2022.  The film centres on Casey (Josh Lavery), a young man who grew up on a ranch in rural Australia but moves to Sydney when he is rejected by his father after being outed as gay. The film’s cast also includes Daniel Gabriel as Tib, […]
Hypochondriac – 2022 A young potter’s life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma. Hypochondriac, and the phrase that haunts the character of Will (Zach Villa) as he spirals deeper and deeper down into paranoia that his body’s betraying him and a […]
The lord of the Ants – 2022 Il signore delle formiche Il signore delle formiche is a 2022 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film, presented in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, traces the story of the writer and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti, protagonist between 1964 and 1968 of a very controversial judicial process, the so-called “Braibanti case”, played by Luigi Lo Cascio. In 1959 Aldo Braibanti, former partisan and […]
Golden Delicious – 2022 Golden Delicious is a Canadian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Jason Karman and released in 2022. The film stars Cardi Wong as Jake, a Chinese Canadian teenager who must confront the expectations of his family when he joins the school basketball team in a bid to get closer to his classmate Aleks (Chris Carson), with whom […]