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Based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell, the film explores the effect of Public School life in the 1930's on Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) as his homosexuality and unwillingness to _play the game_ turns him eastwards towards communist Russia. Written by Craig Wood {cew@jiffi.demon.co.uk}

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Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as _the enemy,_ a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth. Written by Strand Releasing {www.strandreleasing.com}

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Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: their relationship is on the rocks after months of Paul's moodiness since his brother Mark died. Matt brings Owen, whom he's dated for three months and wants to live with; to everyone else, they seem singularly incompatible. Will brings Adam, a 20-year old one-night stand, to meet _happy, well-adjusted homosexuals._ As the six men, joined by Mark's lover, James, sort through their own relationships as well as new ones begun during the weekend, happiness and being well adjusted prove elusive. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

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Few moviegoers would know that the real Caravaggio was a convicted criminal and even by today's standards, a hell raiser. Rome's police records list fourteen citations in six years, from public nuisance to several violent assaults. In May of 1606 he murdered a friend, one Ranuccio Tomassoni in a sword fight. Added to these lurid details, his sexual interests show that he freely drifted from the Vatican's ordained model. This makes Caravaggio an interesting person, but a highly complex candidate for a biographic investigation on film.

While Derek Jarman's film captures (with delightful conceit) many of the surface details of Caravaggio's life, it's a work of startling genius because it succeeds on a far more profound level. Jarman tells the story of Caravaggio rather like Caravaggio would paint, infusing it (effortlessly) with the central themes of his life's deepest convictions, creating a portrait which reflects the subject and the artist with equal relevance. What's more, many of the same themes that have been identified with both artists - sexuality, transcendence, violence, censorship, politics (religious/sexual) and the tumultuous source of creative identity are present in both men. It works as very few films do. This is also an unusually accessible film for Derek Jarman. The performances are entertaining and it's filmed with astounding beauty and simplicity. This film is a masterpiece.

However, because of it's homosexual themes and personal tone, _Caravaggio_ is likely to be appreciated only by those viewers who weary of film as simple diversion and long for something more challenging. This is a powerful artistic statement, but it flew under the radar during a decade of British film-making where _Gandhi_, _Chariots of Fire_ and _A Room With A View_ represented the best of what was being made. While those films are great in their way, this film value is greater in terms of bravura and personal expression. See it if you can.

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Craig is a rough kid in Blackpool, picking up cash as a bare-knuckle club fighter; he's also having a hard time accepting that he's gay. Outside a dance club, he meets Matt, a Londoner working for Kelvin, a shady but enterprising music producer. Matt's flatmate is a client, singer Paula Poptart, who's Matt's good friend but also insecure and needy as a performer. Craig comes down to London to join Matt, but this presents problems for Matt, who's had lots of blokes but never fallen in love. Matt's feelings, Kelvin's demands, Matt's dream to run a rock club, Paula's snits and jealousy, and Craig's lack of job skills combine to put Craig and Matt's relationship in jeopardy. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

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Emily Jackson (Brittany Murphy) lives a fast-paced life. Always on the go, able to talk around the clock, with a sensitive soul she loves playing matchmaker for her friends. It's Emily's gay roommate and frequent companion Peter (Matthew Rhys), who becomes again the subject matchmaking skills when handsome new photographer assistant Paolo (Santiago Cabrera) arrives at the Vogue offices, where Emily works. She makes it her mission to bring the two men together. Unfortunately for her, she is so busy arranging a love connection between Peter and Paolo that she remains completely blind to the one suitor who longs to provide her with the loving companionship that she so cheerfully arranges for others. And so it does make sense that Peter, a screenwriter in the making, starts telling the story from his own point of view. Written by kerrsmith2306

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Based in the 1660's of London's theatres, this film is about the rules of gender roles in theatre production, and means to change them for everyone's benefit. Ned Kynaston is the homosexual cross-dressing actor who has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in Othello, he also has a close relationship with a male co-actor. One day however, the rules of only men playing women could change when aspiring actress Maria auditions as Kynaston's praised role, Desdemona, and soon enough, King Charles II decides to make the law that all female roles should be played only by women. Maria becomes a star, while Ned finds himself out of work. But after a while, Ned finds it in his nature to forgive Maria's aspiration, they may even fall in love, and Charles may proclaim women will be played by either gender. Written by Jackson Booth-Millard

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A group of homosexuals try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

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Our hero Adam gets drawn into a web of intrigue as evidence is planted on him of a gay royal affair.

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Flamboyant Glasgow hairdresser, Crawford Mackinzie, gets a letter from the World Hairdresser International Federation inviting him to its prestigious annual contest in L.A. Filmmaker Martin Samuels is making a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Crawford; he and the crew go too. After maxing out his credit card at the Century Plaza Hotel, Crawford discovers he's been invited to participate in the audience, not the contest; he tries every angle imaginable to get in the competition: he phones fellow Scot Sean Connery, he gets a union card, he asks the reigning champion for help, and he connects with Connery's publicist, who's having a bad hair day. Will he succeed, for the little people? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

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An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name _Jimmy_ and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either... Written by Eugene Kim {genekim@concentric.net}

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Two gay teenagers go on the run after witnessing a murder.

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When a young gay may comes out of the closet. His friends support him, but when he comes out to his parents, he stirs up a wealth of hidden feelings and secrets in their relationship. Written by Kathy Li {kli@qualcomm.com}

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Author: bamptonj from Melbourne

A British consul and his young son move from Madrid to a peaceful villa in the Spanish country-side.

Michael Hordern plays a dominant father who treats his son Nicholas as a sickly child; giving him cod-live oil every evening and denying the boy's obvious pleasure in active outdoor activities. This over-bearing protection of his son is no doubt due to his wife's recent abandonment of the family.

Nicholas soon becomes friendly with the gardener (Dirk Bogarde) his father has reluctantly hired. Over the insuring weeks, Nicholas comes to devote most of his spare time to the Spainards company. This offends Michael Hordern as the gardener soon becomes a surrogate father to the young Nicholas.

It's funny to see a lightly sun-tanned Dirk Bogarde portraying a Spaniard!Author: bamptonj from Melbourne

A British consul and his young son move from Madrid to a peaceful villa in the Spanish country-side.

Michael Hordern plays a dominant father who treats his son Nicholas as a sickly child; giving him cod-live oil every evening and denying the boy's obvious pleasure in active outdoor activities. This over-bearing protection of his son is no doubt due to his wife's recent abandonment of the family.

Nicholas soon becomes friendly with the gardener (Dirk Bogarde) his father has reluctantly hired. Over the insuring weeks, Nicholas comes to devote most of his spare time to the Spainards company. This offends Michael Hordern as the gardener soon becomes a surrogate father to the young Nicholas.

It's funny to see a lightly sun-tanned Dirk Bogarde portraying a Spaniard!

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In this story, which is as thoughtful, gripping and subtly acted a TV drama as you could hope for, the dad is Charlie, a demolition labourer heading off to a job in Blackpool. The shattering secret is that there, he discovers a side of himself he never knew he had, thanks to an encounter with gay workmate Tom.

The Street is a BBC television series created by Jimmy McGovern which follows the lives of different residents of one street in Manchester. Produced by ITV Productions for BBC One, it began in 2006. It has an all star cast including Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks, Jim Broadbent and Sue Johnston. The second series is began airing on 8 November 2007 on BBC One. In May 2007 the first series won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series.[1] It also won two International Emmy Awards in November 2007 for Best Drama and Beat Actor, played by Jim Broadbent. [2]

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Once upon a time in the village of Kromer lived an isolated tribe of beautiful young men known as _wolves._ Cocksure Gabriel takes newcomer Seth under his paw and helps reconcile him to the vilification associated with being a _wolf._ They fall head-over-heels in puppy love, playing together around picturesque waterfalls, secluded woodlands, and moonlit lakes -- until one day when a wicked old crone and her goofy sidekick kill their mistress, frame the _wolves,_ and incite a torch-bearing mob of religious zealots to seek vengeance on the ha

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Simon and Mark live together in London. When Mark dies of AIDS, Simon gets on with his life rather quickly, too quickly to suit the ghost of Mark, who reappears to disrupt Simon's cruising and then moves back into their flat to prompt Simon to experience and express feelings. Simon is adamant that feelings, especially love, are not for him. Subplots develop as Mark and Simon observe their neighbor Siobhan's love life and as Simon spends his days as a satellite-TV installer partnered with Dogger, a homophobe ignorant that Simon is gay. Is there any key that can unlock Simon's feelings and allow Mark to rest in peace? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

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Matthew is a boy who just left school. He is handsome and athletic and believes himself to be gay. He retains a friendship with only one school friend, Phil, who has stuck by Matthew despite hostile reactions from his peers. As their relationship grows more intense, Phil's girlfriend Sharon and his classmates become vindictive and aggressive. The two friends find themselves ostracized by both friends and family and decide to run away. Written by Chris Abbenhuis {keller@telebyte.nl}

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One-off drama about the friendship that grows between two men from very different backgrounds, whose paths cross for the first time as they approach retirement age.

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This largely character-driven thriller-drama is the feature-film debut of British documentary filmmaker Isaac Julien, and provides viewers with an insider's look at the diverse lifestyles of hip, young black immigrants who lived upon the fringes of 1977 London society.
The film begins in a colourful park setting where, in the late-night hours, gay men cruise. A stabbing occurs and unbeknownst to the killer, a passerby has recorded it on cassette. The story then jumps to two young aspiring DJs, the heterosexual and flamboyant Chris and his best friend, the gay and rather reserved Caz, as they defiantly broadcast soul music from their ragtag, rolling pirate radio station. With their _Soul Patrol,_ the two symbolically thumb their noses at the conservative BBC that dominates the airwaves.
The murder victim is a friend of Caz, and he becomes a prime suspect in the case. Unbeknownst to him, someone has dropped by the cassette tape with the evidence that will save him. At the same time, his friendship with Chris becomes strained when it becomes obvious that both young men are on the cusp of heading in dramatically different life directions. Caz has been getting increasingly involved with the politics and wildness of the fledgling punk-rock movement, while normally wild Chris has been offered a lucrative contract to work as a DJ at a major, mainstream radio station by his new girlfriend Tracy, a production assistant there.
Still, the two try to somehow prepare to co-host a concert protesting the upcoming Queen's Silver Jubilee celebration.

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