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20 June 2010
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
The story of Joe Orton and his partner, Kenneth Halliwell, tracks the latter’s relationship with the former’s burgeoning success. It is, of course, tragic, but the tragedy is less a reflection on being gay than an attempt to understand the symbiotic relationship between two men when that unanimity becomes encumbered. Personally, I’ve come to see [...]
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4 April 2010
Humpday (2009)
Humpday is a film about straight dudes for straight dudes and its topic is the anxiety straight dudes feel about gay dudes. Two college buddies reunite – one has been a drifter, an artist, has hip hats that have cooler stories than anything he’s done; the other has built a life, has a home, a [...]
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8 March 2010
Mulligans (2008)
Attempting to corner the market on reviews for awful gay movies available via Netflix streaming, Mulligans is but another conquest deserving of the addition of three sub-categories and a new major category. I must admit: the quest is not mine, rather: Eugene’s. And it is he who is on the quest to find a decent, [...]