L.
Laawaris 
(English Meaning - The Orphan)
Director : Prakash Mehra
India : Language - Hindi : 1981 : Genre - Drama / Action
With : Amitabh Bachchan as Heera; Zeenat Aman as Mohini; Rakhee Gulzar as
Vidya; Amjad Khan as Ranvir Singh
Viday (Rakhee) and Ranvir (Amjad) are lovers. When Vidya becomes pregnant then Ranvir advises her to abort and leaves her, but Vidya gives birth to a boy and dies. This boy, Heera (Amitabh) grows up as a kind young man, who has a girlfriend Mohini (Zeenat). Heera has only one goal in life to discover his true father. Situations bring Ranvir and Heera together, and the father has to face society and the son has to accept his father's abandonment.
Gay Interest : In a comedy song, Amitabh in drag with five costume changes. Song is good for a laugh.
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This film is both camp and
a drama and made by Almodovar so it is a little tricky to explain but I
will try. Riza is the son of a Middle East tyrant who is no longer in
power. He falls for the first time in love with a girl and not with a
man, her name is Sexi and she is a member of a rock band. There is also
Sadec (played by Antonio Banderas) who falls for Riza and wants the man
as his lover. Meanwhile there are terrorists who want to kidnap both
Riza and the gay guy. You see I told you it is hard to explain this
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This is a good thriller and besides the main story is a story about the setting up of a district attorney (who is on the take) and a actor who is gay and used for bait to get the district attorney. Phillip |
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This is a true story - believe it or not - set in the 1830´s. Lacenaire is a very intelligent person but put it to use in all the wrong ways. He commits minor crimes and finally ends up in jail. There he meets Avril who is also a homosexual and they become partners. Lacenaire is the stronger of the two and gets Avril to follow him in whatever he want to do, so when they get out of prison they set out on a wave of crimes including murder. The police arrest Avril who was turned in by his last partner and he in turn tells everything that Lacenaire has been up to - including murder. Lacenaire is then arrested and before he goes to trail he writes his life story (which become a bestseller in its time) an then to top it off he pleads his own case asking that he is given the death penalty. Phillip |
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Chester Lee works as a salesman who wants a raise. In order to get it he must coach an all girls soccer team and get them to win and when he see there isn't a chance in hell for these girls to win, he decides to cheat. His fiance's son is called Matthew and just what the team needs except for one little/big thing ! He is a boy but Chester is not about to let this stop his raise and the team winning so the only solution is the old drag routine for Matthew. Sounds like a lot of other pictures except this is a young transvestite. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________
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in Question is Charles Busch, The
USA: 2005: 90 mins: Directors: John Catania & Charles D. Ignacio Charles Busch is among many things, a drag performer, leading Lady in Die Mommie, Die and is repoonsible for the Psyco Beach Party and he has been on both off – Broadway and Broadway in various plays (some of which he wrote), This film follows his life so far and is a great insight into the person he was aned has become. Have a peak. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________ Lady in Waiting, The
What happens when you put a prim
and proper English spinster called Miss Scarlet and a wildly
outrageous Black drag queen called Miss Peaches, in an elevator
during a 1977 black-out - well the feathers fly in this 30 minute
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Beach: A Love Affair 
1995 Gay men around the world have the same problems in find the right relationships. This comedy shows the problems gay men face in the changing lives of gay men. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________ Lalaki
sa buhay ni Selya, Ang 1997 tells the story of what happens when a woman is determined to marry a gay man called Ramon. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________
La Maison des rêves Director:Marik BoudreauCanada: 2004: short: 7 Minutes: A short road moving which takes place between Montreal and smaller towns. Contains modern media images. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________
(Brazilian Title: Má Educação) Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain: 2004: 110 Minutes With: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez & Javier Camera
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Lantana
Director:
Ray Lawrence
With: Anthony LaPaglia, Barbara Hershey, Geoffrey
Rush, Kerry Armstrong:
A woman disappears and Police detective Leon Zat (a guy with his own personal problems) gets into an investigation when a woman is reported missing. The investigation leads him to four couples and all have things to hide. A good who done it ! Phillip
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Lan
Yu
Director: Stanley Kwan
With: Hun Jun, Liu Ye, Su Jin,
and Li Huatong
2002: 86 Minutes: In Mandarian with English subtitles:
First it was an anonymous Internet novel in 1996 and got a lot of people talking in China - then it got filmed. This is the story of a good-looking middle aged in the closet Business man Handong (played by Hu Jun from East Palace, West Palace) and the young gay architecture student Lan Yu (played by Liu Ye) who he meets, has sexual encounters with and then falls in love with.The choice of love and being out or staying in his closet alone is what Handong has to decide on.Phillip
Note: a very nice story and filming: It also won the 2003 Glitter Award for Best International Gay Film, plus is the winner of four other awards, including Best Director and Best Actor which took place at the 2001 Taiwans Golden Horse Film Festival.
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Laramie
Project, The
Directed By: Moises Kaufman:
USA: 201:
With: Peter Fonda,
Christina Ricci, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Madigan, Laura Linney, Steve
Buscemi:
In this HBO film a New York City troupe goes to Laramie, Wyoming to meet and interview the residents of the town to try and find out how such a horrible crime such as happened to a gay college student named Matthew Shepard, who was beaten to death there just for being gay.Will they dig deep enough to get answers – see this ground breaking film to find out. Phillip
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Frank Valentine is a high
up advertising executive manager. A bit of his past comes to live when
his childhood friend from a private school come to visit him. Soon
Franks wife gets the picture of what their relationship was really
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Last
of the Blond Bombshells , The
Another film about an all girls band reuniting and includes Ian Holm as the one in drag ! Phillip
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Last Blow Job, The
Germany:
Short:2000: 14 Minutes:
Director: Lutz Lemke.
With: Ulrich Bähnk
as Tim, Markus Knüfken as Paul:
Tim and Paul are lovers and co-workers. The gay pair are called upon to defuse bombs when they are found by the police. This time they are called upon at a time when the two gays are experiencing problems in their love affair and this while trying to defuse a bomb. See this short to see if their problem explodes. What a title... Phillip
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This is the story of the closing of the oldest lesbian bar in San Francisco. Phillip |
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Last
Day, The: Jim Morrison
France 1992: 14 Minutes:
Jim Morrison is put to rest at the Père La-Chaise grave yard. He died on 3. Juli 1971 and made his fame as the lead singer of the Doors. He was only 27 years old and the mystery of his life and death is explored in the Documentary short film. He was sure a good looking guy and could really sing. Phillip
Note: There are men who say he was bisexual and slept with them
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Last
Day, The: Edith Piaf and Jean Cocteau
Director: Arnaud
Hamelin.
France 1992: 13 Minutes:
On 11.Oct.1963 Edith Piaf died and France lost one of their greatest singers. A journalist phoned to Jean Cocteau in the night to tell him about the death and two hours later France lost one of their most famous gays. Phillip
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Last
Exit to Brooklyn
Director: Uli Edel.
Germany: 1989: 99 Minutes:
With: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Burt Young, Peter
Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin:
This film is based on the famous book. It takes place in NYC and is about a prostitute who gets soldiers to follow her and then her brother robs them. Also it is about a married man called Harry (played by Jerry Orbach) who during a strike discovers his homosexuality. Phillip
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Last Island, The
Director: Marleen Gorris
The Netherlands: 1990: 101 Minutes. :
Gay Characters:
There is a plane crash on a deserted island where 5 men, 7 women and a dog get stranded. They must struggle for survival and much like life in a min society they must also deal with tons of problems both moral, physical and the question of homosexuality as two of the men are gay and one of the women seems to be a lesbian - sorry I am not sure about the dog :-) Phillip
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This is a film for Derek Jarman fans and is about "post nuclear England" shown in Jarman fantasies including very handsome sexy rough type of men and boys.Worth a see !. Phillip |
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SECOND 
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Last Seduction, The 
The
film is listed here, as there is a transgender story line to it. Phillip
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This film has a lot in common with the USA film "It's My Party". It is about Chris who a dancer and in the last stages of AIDS. He to has decided to take his death into his own hands and has chosen euthanasia. The film deals with his last hours alive and with the assistance of both his lover and his Doctor he is able to do what he considers his last piece of art - the planning and "choreography" of his death which includes everything that made his life special. Get out the tissues and enjoy this film and then see It's My Party to see how Hollywood deals with the same subject (tip: don't watch them both on the same evening as it is toooo depressing). Phillip |
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Last Year, The In this story of gay students at Bible college there is Paul (played by Ron Petronicolos) who has long hair and is thinking about a seminary but knows that he desires men and has had sexual contact during the summer. He returns to school and hopes to further his relationship with Hector (played by Merrick McMahon) but gets distracted with the new hunk at school called Alex (played by Mike Dolan). He discusses homosexuality in Bible Study and this seems to bring Paul even closer to him and it becomes sexual with them (there is also abuse by a group of guys). As the affair becomes the talk of school Paul is threatened with expulsion (and this from a closet case Dean Saunders (played by Rand Smith).What will happen to Paul will he go on to the seminary or will he bring his relationship with Alex out into the open ? see the movie to find out !! Phillip
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This film is made on a small budget but it gets to tell the big story of a married woman with a child who meets and has an affair with a Lesbian. Phillip |
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Latin Boys Go To Hell This comedy is about young Latino gay men who live in Brooklyn and seem to always lust for sex or so we are led to believe ! Phillip
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Latter days Note: has won the following Awards:
AUDIENCE AWARD: Outstanding First Narrative Feature, Los Angeles Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
AUDIENCE AWARD: Best Feature, Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
Alternative review:
Latter
days
L'auberge
Espagnole
Director / Writer: Cédric Klapisch
France: 2002
With: Romain Duris, Cécile De France, Judith Godrèche, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Xavier De Guillebon, Kevin Bishop, Federico D'Anna, Christian Pagh, Cristina Brondo, Barnaby Metschurat, Olivier Raynal, Iddo Goldberg
Is the story of a 25 year old economics student called Xavier (played by Romain Duris). He comes to Spain in an exchange student program and discovers the world of women. He ends up in a student apartment which has many people living there and the apartment becomes known as l'auberge Espagnole meaning the Spanish Inn.There also lives his best friend in the apartment the Belgian Isabelle (played by Cécile De France), who wishes Xavier was a girl ! Phillip
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This documentary is lesbian films and is a must for Lesbian film loves ! Phillip |
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This is a film about Pablo who lives and is works as a filmmaker in Madrid. He is in love with Juan but Juan is not sure that he feels the same way so he leave Madrid and tell Pablo that he can continue their relationship through letter writing. Pablo becomes lonely and one night picks up Antonio (played by future star Antonio Banderas) who in turn falls head over heels in love with Pablo and will do anything to keep him as a lover. Pablo does not love him and so now the comedy changes to a drama for Antonio finds out about Juan and in a fit a jealousy goes to his town and kills him (talk about doing anything for love ! ) Pablo´s sister Tina arrives in the film and it turns out she was his brother before the sex change (just to keep the film moving). When Antonio sees that he is not going to get Pablo and that Pablo is now against him, he decides to frame Pablo for the murder. There is one last scene with Pablo held hostage and is FORCED to go to bed with Antonio before the police get him. Hum I know a lot of people who would do this without the force ! Anyway this is a good film and very open about being gay, plus it is interesting to see Spanish gay life through the eyes of this film. Phillip |
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This is the story of a
group of ex-service men who get together for a bank robbery. It is
listed here as one of the ex-service men is gay. Frans Stevens is that
man who was thrown out of the military for being gay and is now a
trainer in a gym who loves giving massages to men and also get
blackmailed. There is a cameo by Oliver Reed as a student who is very
swishy and makes most of the others queens you have met look masculine.
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I really like this film from the 60´s which hold up even when looking at it today. I know it was about rebel teenagers but that is not the way I view this film. For me it is the story of a Reggie who is young man who basically wants to spend his time with male friends but gets caught by Dot who manages to get this handsome youth to marry her. They are married at too young an age and playing married only lasts for so long and they start to separate and spend more time away from each other. Low and behold comes a young man called Peter who wants Reggie all to himself. They ride motorcycles together, get drunk together eventually share both an apartment and bed together, which is what Pete wants. Pete is nasty to Dot when she tried to get Reggie back and she says they look like a couple of queers (she hit the nail half way on the head). Reggie does not realize that Pete is gay until the last scene when they have decided to go to America together on a ship. Pete sends Reggie into a gay bar to wait for him and at that point the light comes on in Reggies head that Pete is a regular in this bar so he must be gay. Reggie is shocked and leaves the bar and Pete (in a fantastic last scene of the movie). Pete tried getting Reggie for a lover without telling him what he wanted so it could only end in a shock for Reggie. This film is a very good one so see it when you get the chance. Phillip
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This is a b/w film and I thought that it would be a low budget film but what I saw was a wonderful about a young boy who comes to Silverlake to find his way in live. He there meets some drag queens who take him to their bar and where they perform. He meets and becomes sex partners with an S/M guy (who already has a lover) and starts to like leather coats. He blooms and gets on with his life and if it is with the S/M guy you will just have to watch this really good film ! Phillip Note: has some good sex scenes too! |
Leeches! 
L'
ESCORTE This story takes place in the time of Aids and is about two lovers called Philippe and Jean-Marc. They have lived together for 8 years, when suddenly another guy enters into their lives – how they deal with this new aspect of life and what happens can only be found out when you see the film ! Phillip
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Legally Blond
USA:
2001:
Director: Robert Luketic:
With: Reese Witherspoon (Elle
Woods), Luke Wilson (Emmett Richmond), Selma Blair (Vivian
Kensington), Victor Garber (Professor Callahan), Matthew Davis
(Warner), Chaney Kley (Brandon), and Jennifer Coolidge (Paulette):
Elle (played wonderfully by Reese Witherspoon) is taken to be a dumb blond from California. The problem is she is blond and loves being that and she is certainly different. She set outs to prove everyone wrong and studies law (she turns out to be blond and smart) and in the end she proves in court that a witness is lying (and gay too) a fun film...Phillip
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Legal Memory
Canada:
1993 Genres: Crime/Drama gay murder
Directors & Writers: Lisa
Steele Kim Tomczak:
This is a slow paced documentary and is about the last man hanged in British Columbia. The crime he was hanged for was the 1958 killing of his boyfriend who was a sailor. Phillip
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Légitime violence
Director: Serge Leroy
France: 1982
In this French film (which I have not see yet) there is a gay character listed: François Clavier as Le Gay.Phillip
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Les Nuits Fauves 
France:
1992: 122 Minutes
Director: Cyril Collard.
With: Cyril Collard,
Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Corinne Blue, Claude Winter,
René-Marc Bini, Maria Schneider:
This is the story of a bisexual man called Jean (played Cyril Collard) who makes film and is also HIV infected. He is aware that he is infected but still goes after sexual adventures which include boys and girls. Interesting French film which explore both aids and bisexuality. Phillip
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Les
Patterson saves the world
Barry Humphries produces and stars in this wacky film where he gets to play both Dame Edna and a male role. Phillip
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Let's Get Real
Film goes under the belief that a young gay kid hears per day 26 insults about gays. That seem like a lot but see the film to find out if their calculation is correct. Phillip
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Let's Talk About Love: Plan
B
Director:Gary Leva
USA 1996:
With: Jon Cryer (Stuart
Winer):Lisa Darr (Clare Sadler):Lance Guest (Jack Sadler):Mark
Matheisen (Ricky Stone):Sara Mornell (Gina Ferris):Stacey Katzin
(Emily Fishbach):Ilia Volokh (Flash):John Kozeluh (Randy
Elliott):Claudia Carey (Marie):Annie Grindley (Candace):
Jack and Clare Sadle are around 30 and married. They are having a midlife crisis and are trying to find a solution to their crisis. They even try taking a guy to a Halloween party to share but this goes wrong as they find out the guy is 100 % (guess what). So they have to go to Plan B ! Phillip
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George Cuckor directed this scandal ridden musical in which stars Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand. Phillip |
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There were two TV films
rushed out to tell the story of Liberace and I personally think both of
them are OK. They tell the story of Liberace who was a great
entertainer and lived his life quite gay without ever saying he was
gay. He has his own TV show and was the first real gay person people
was on TV. They all knew it but it was never really spoken about.
Liberace always said about the nasty stories that "He laughed all the
way to the bank" and he did. One of the big loves of his life was Scott
who was a very young boy who lived and toured with him. His last laugh
was that he said he was sick and losing weight due to a "watermelon
diet". He died without out ever saying he was gay and in the end a
lawsuit exhumed his body and it was found out that he died of AIDS ! So
not only was he a closet gay, he was also a closet aids person. In the
end it came out and I still wonder if he could have helped the cause if
he had come out and said he has Aids before he died as Rock Hudson
finally did. Oh well each person has to make his own decisions right ! Phillip |
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Liberace
- Mr. Showmanship
USA: 1991, 44 Minutes:
Another filming about the life of Liberace and his death in 1987. Phillip
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LIBERTIN, LE
The story line takes place in the 18th century and is about Diderot who is creating an Encyclopedia while living in refuge. Has gay content. Phillip
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Licensed
to Kill
Director: Arthur Dong
1997
This is a film to see. It goes direct to the men who have murdered gay people to find out why they did it. The various answers will shock you but none the less it is worth seeing. Phillip
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It is the story of a New
York gay guy who is not about to spend the hot summer in New York so he
decides to take off to Providence Town (a gay resort - which I can tell
you is a wonderful place to be in summer) to work and play. He has to
find work as he doesn't have enough money to stay without work so he
starts looking for work as a house boy but has arrives after all the
good jobs have been taken and so his adventures start as he looks for a
job, a sleeping place and a lover! He finds one hot Latin lover who
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Life and death
(original
title: Liv & død)
Directors: Svend Wam & Petter
Vennerød
Norway: 1980: Gay and bisexual characters
With:
Bjørn Skagestad, Kjersti Døvigen and Sossen Krogh:
A bisexual doctor enters into a threesome with his wife and one of his male nurses. In the beginning, all goes well but there are clouds on the horizon...This is another of those anarchistic movies made by the infamous Wam & Vennerød, where everything is questioned, like moral values, sexual sterotypes and human freedom. There is a nice scene from a disco, packed with transvestites (music by Abba). The doctor also meets up with a gay biker wearing a really cool leather outfit. Oh..and the leading actors are quite handsome. A very gay film. Yngvar
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Life and Times of MC Beer Bong, The
Director: Richard Cranor
USA: 2004: 85 Minutes:
Yes there is a gay character in this film, listed as Big Gay Dude played by the director of the film.Phillip
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Life aquatic with Steve Zissou, The
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Lip Gloss
An actor is appearing in a film with a gay bashing scene. Phillip
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Lipstick
In this coming out story of a young girl and how easy it all seems to come out to the people near her. Phillip
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Lisa
Picard is Famous
Director: Griffin Dunne
USA: 2000: 93 Minutes:
With: Laura Kirk, Nat DeWolf, Griffin Dunne, Sandra Bullock, Spike Lee, Charlie Sheen, Buck Henry, Carrie Fisher:
This film is abut Lisa Picard (Kirk) who want to be famous and her gay friend Tate Kelly (quite a cutie) who also wants fame. Lisa will do almost anything to get famous and the film follows her try for success. The good thing about the film is the gay roll as Tate who is doing his own off-off-off Broadway play which is about homophobia and is played by the actor in all the time his his underwear. The play seems doomed and has very few viewers until the New York Times critic write it is a fantastic play and with that review the play is a success and Tate becomes famous before his friend Lisa does -who knows if she will get fame so you will have to watch this movies to find out. I liked it. Phillip
Johnny is a gay man who is in love with the character that Tom Bell plays but this character is a heterosexual so no way is this once sided love affair going to work ! Phillip
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Little
Black BootA new twist of the Cinderella story. Cindy has a thing for the most popular girl at school and is finally able to do something about it with the help of her fairy god-brother who transforms her - see the short to find out just what she is transformed into... Phillip
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Little Britian
With: Matt Lucas and David Williams
UK: 2003 to 2006: TV show:
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This film is done on a small budget and is about a woman who enters into a lesbian affair with her professor. Hum I wonder if that was a good idea.. Phillip |
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L.I.E.
(Aka Titles: Long Island Expressway)
USA: 2001: 97 Minutes:
This is the story of a teenage boy with big problems as his life goes into a bad spin (played by Paul Franklin Dano) so he turns to crime and comes in contact with Big John (no I didn´t make-up the name) who is a paternal pedophile that he ends up hanging around with (played by Brian Cox) – see the film to see what happens. Phillip
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A young boxer from meet a club promoter and falls head over heels for him. He decides to go to London to join the guy who is surrounded by other people and makes his life hell. A very good film - very good plot and very handsome good actors made this 90 minutes of good film seeing. Phillip |
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A great film by the leading Swedish female director, this is the story about Rune Runeberg, an accountant and father of 3 entering into menopause. He is stuck in a loveless marriage, but tries to keep a brave face about it.On a holiday-trip to the sea he befriends Petrus, a young guy into magic and sorcery. Petrus casts a spell on Rune, which threatens not only to break up his marriage, but also to liberate his lost soul. A true gem of a movie, with excellent actors, first-rate camera-work and a warm, tender script by the famous gay Swedish writer and stand- up comedian Jonas Gardell. Yngvar |
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This is look at one of
England's famed families and is interesting for "US" as Richard The
Lionhearted is hot for King Philip of France - what you don't believe
me !- well if you want to check this story line out or if you like
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Strange film about strange aliens who land in NYC and want to eat strange things. If they get to eat the stars of this film well you will have to see it to find out... Phillip |
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Using black and white line drawing this film show the reaching out of a butch lesbian to her homophobic mother. Phillip
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In this surprising film there is finally a gay Indian called Littlehorse. I am told that gays were accepted by the Indians and were not treated badly, so watch this rare film about a society in which we know little about their reaction to gays. Besides that - it is a good film. Phillip |
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Little
City
With: Josh Charles, Joanna Going and JoBeth Williams:
Adam is a S.F. Painter and cab driver. He thinks all his problems are caused by his ex-girlfriend who has left him for a woman. The ex-girlfriend is played by Joanna Going and her girlfriend is played by JoBeth Williams. Phillip
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Little
Darlings
With: Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal
These two girls are trying to lose trying to become ex virgins and if you watch carefully there are lesbian undertones (no they do not end up together). Phillip
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Little More Than a Year Ago
Original title: Poco Piu di un anno fa
Italy: 2003 - 103 Minutes:
Director and screenplay : Marco Filiberti:
With: Marco
Filiberti, Urbano Barberini and Alessandra Acciai:
It is the year 2014, and a television crew is making a documentary about Ricky Kandisky, a famous, gay porn star who was found dead in a hotel in 2000 and whose real name was Riccardo Soldani. The crew finds his brother, Federico, who recounts the actor’s story: the death of their father, an Italian, eleven years after the death of their mother, a French woman; the brothers’ later reunion, after years without contact; Riccardo’s frustrated attempts to adopt a little boy, whose mother he and a fiend saw die in an accident. The little boy’s grandparents refused to allow the adoption to go through, because of Ricky’s immoral line of work. The first feature by this director, the film was screened at the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival in 2003.
Claudio
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Little
Richard
Director: Robert Townsend:
USA: 2000: 85 Minutes:
With: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Tamala Jones, Mel
Jackson, Garrett Morris, Michael Mantell.
When Little Richard was a young boy he loved his moms clothes and dressed in them. Later when he became a Rock and Roll star he could again wear the glitter and make-up but this time in public. Drugs and orgies almost got him but he is is back in the Biography of his life.Very good performance by Leon. The film is a little kitchie but good ! Phillip
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This is a strange Black comedy made on a shoe string budget but none the less worth mentioning and seeing. It is the story of Jon who lives in the city and makes films. He meet and enters into a relationship with Luke (who is a drifter) they go off on a road movie type of adventure with one exception that they are both gay and both have Aids. Jon moans all the way as he has given up his city life and standard of living to go with Luke on this adventure. Later on in this adventure Luke comes up with an answer to his problem to shoot himself during sex on the beach but can't do it in the end. The film ends with them sitting on the beach together facing the world which they blame for their aids. Somehow you are giving the thought that they will find a place to be together. Phillip |
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This is a documentary which shows the way Aids effect people from different walks of life. Phillip |
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Living
With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100
Ruth C. Ellis was born in 1899, she is an African American who had her first love in 1917 and lives with a woman who has been her lover for 34 years. Quite a life has she lived and so this is a must see film about a Lesbian who says she was always OUT !! Phillip
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Locked
up
Prison-sex
drama about young Dennis, serving time for credit card fraud, and his
passionate
love affair with fellow prisoner Mike. Not a
spectacular film by any means, low budget with mediocre music and
photo, but the story is entertaining and very sexy. Shot in hi-def
video and amateurishly acted, but strangely compelling and sweet,
too. (Take warning, there are some violent and semi-pornographic
scenes, so don't say I didn't tell you!). The extras on the DVD
include some good interviews with the leading men and hot deleted
scenes.
Note: This review is about the American DVD, soft-core release of the film, but there is also a hardcore version, that is definitely porn. If you want to know more about that, try other sites than Movies Too Gay. Yngvar
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Lola
and Bilidikid In this German film about a Turk who is also a born Berliner and a in the closet gay tean. Murat´s family feel that being gay is a sin so he has to live his gay life in secret. He is 16 years old and becomes involved in the gay culture of Transvestites and hustlers.
Then enters Lola who is a gay star into Murats life. They get very close to each other but there is a secret involving Murats family which he does not know about but Lola does.
Will these lovers get a chance to make a life together or will there be too much against their love – see this very interesting German film ! Phillip
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This is the first feature film made by Hanif Kureishi who wrote the screen play for My Beautiful Laundrette. It is the story of a London drug dealer and is mentioned as on of his friends is a transvestite. Phillip |
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Long as It's Love
[Original title: In una notte di chiaro di luna]
[AKA :
Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love]
[AKA : On a
Moonlit Night]
Director / Writer: Lina Wertmueller
Italy /
France: 1989: 105 Minutes. : aids drama
With: Rutger Hauer as John
Knott, Nastassja Kinski as Joelle, Peter O'Toole as Prof. McShoul,
Faye Dunaway as Joan Colbert, Dominique Sanda as Carola and Lorraine
Bracco as Sheila:
This is the story of an American journalist who is employed by a French newspaper. He is at this time working on an article about Aids and discovering that there are a lot of people who are against people with Aids. He discovers that he himself has Aids and decides to cut himself off from his wife and daughter and his friends. Thinking that it is better to be alone then burden love ones with the sickness. Phillip
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This film takes place in the London gangster world and is mentioned for two reasons, one is that one of the men in this milieu is gay and the second one is that Pierce Brosman (of James Bond fame) is shown at a pool scene cruising this guy, looking great in his swim suite and then later murdering the guy. Too bad the gay is murdered (as in most earlier films) and doesn't live happier ever after with Pierce ! Phillip |
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This film traces the lives of a group of friends from the 1981 when they first hear of a new gay disease called "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder" . It shows the lives of the friends who live in New York City but play and vacation at Fire Island and how this illness effect them and the people they meet. It shows us exactly how the disease changed gay lives and behavior from the beginning days till 1989. You can't help but get involved with their lives, loves and losses. This is a really GOOD film and a must if you have not see it. OH the title of the film refers to the term that the New York Times used in obituaries which was "Longtime Companion" of the dead person. The word gay lover or homosexual lover was never used by them. Phillip Note: I saw this film at the cinema when it came out and the entire film really got me and I started to cry at the end. I was embarrassed until a leather guy sitting next to me patted me on the back and when I looked at him noticed that he had been crying too! So if you haven't seen this film buy a box of tissues and watch it ! |
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This is a beautiful film about Langston Hughes and uses all types of media to tell the story. The film has some of the most beautiful black men I have ever seen in my life plus the filming is simply the best ! Phillip |
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
USA:
1976: 131 Minutes:
Director: Richard Brooks.
With: Diane Keaton,
Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, Alan
Feinstein:
The teacher Theresa lives a double life and by day is a good example for her students but by night she hits all the single bars looking for love and sex (straight) until she gets picked up by the wrong man (gay) and the film then takes another director blaming us for her death. Phillip
Note: remember this is the 1970´s and we often got blamed for the wrongs of the world.
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Looking
for Mr Right
Remember when you went out and spotted the guy you had been looking for all you life ? Then you find out it is too good to be true – well this film explores that subject. Phillip
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Loose Women
Director:
Paul F. Bernard
USA: 1996: 81 Minutes:
There are two gay characters listed in the cast: Keith David as the Gay hairdresser and Giancarlo Esposito as the other Gay hairdresser. Phillip
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Loot
UK: 1970, 85 Minutes
:
Director: Silvio Narizzano.
With: Richard Attenborough,
Hywel Bennett, Lee Remick, Milo O'Shea, Roy Holder, Dick Emery:
This film is from the story by Joe Orton (gay). It is comedy about a bank robbery and hiding the money and the people involved. Lots of fun. Phillip
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This is the story of Jim who is a sailor in Asia. Jim (Peter O´Toole) gets raped in this one too as he did in the restored copy of Lawrence of Arabia. Phillip |
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...Lost
Director/
Producer/ Writer: Dan Castle:
USA, 2000, 5Minutes:
This is a short film about bare-backing which I can not figure out why people do this as they know Aids is still out there. It is two young men who decide to have a quickie without using a condom and their decision to ignore Aids for fast sex. Phillip
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In this less than 7 minute short you discover what it is like to have Aids and need someone to talk to. In it it shows what happens to a guy who tries to find help on the Aids Service phone but only get put on hold or transferred and hung up on. A cry out for better help makes this film a must see short film.. This really good short has won many awards. Phillip Note: I have been asked by the director Glenn Gaylord to list the location where you can see and enjoy this must see short film: . This short film is located
at (and can be seen at) : Phillip Glenn Gaylord has written me and told me that he will have a new film ready in soon.... and it is called "BOYCHICK" - I can´t wait to see it and I will review it as soon as I am able to see it... |
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This is a wonderful BBC filming of David Leavitt´s book: The Lost Language Of the Cranes. It is the story of young man Philip who falls in love with a gay man and then since he is so happy he decides to come out which is totally accepted by his friends but when it comes to coming out to his parents well this is another subject. The mother and father go through mixed hidden feelings about this. The mother just does not want to hear about her son and the father must tell his secret in the end to his son and then we find out what the fuss was about with the mother and father. Oh by the way Philip lover is a very understanding person who is there for him during this rough time. Watch this film and see the feelings fly in this really great film. Phillip |
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Lost Empire, The
Director/ Writer: Jim Wynorski
USA: 1985: 83 Minutes:
In this action adventure comedy (which I have not seen yet) there is listed a gay character: Jason Stuart as the Gay Dude (whatever that means). Phillip
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Lot In Sodom
Directed
by Melville Webber & James Watson
USA : 1930 : 28 min : B/W:
This is a film made by two men about homosexual Sodomites (what a word). There are young men and effeminate men photographed half naked (only half !)This is an early example of a film about gays in an early avant-gard style. Well worth a peek at this early film. Phillip
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Hum, I saw this film at a gay film festival and I had mixed feeling about this comedy. An older man falls in love with an image on the screen (a young American actor) and decides to follow those feelings into reality It stars John Hurt as proper Englishman who develops this crush an an American actor. After renting all the films the actor has made he decides to go to the USA to get his man. Once you get over the fact that he has the balls to do it – it is an interesting film and very well acted. Jason is also good as the love interest who turns out to be straight but this does not stop him and he worms himself into the life of the actor and his girlfriend. When this does not get the results that he wants he tries to offer director in the actors career – I guess to stay near him and hope and wait. He finally deals his last card and you will have to see the film to see if he gets his man ! Phillip |
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Love
Bites
1992 V
This is a gay gothic romance film with a lot of homo erotic scenes and a lot of fun to see as the film does not take itself too seriously ! Phillip
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Love, Death, & Cars
Can a relationship which
has ended a long time ago suddenly bloom again when one of the ex's
wants it too? One of the ex's has a relationship with a girl. They come
together again only to seem to see what went wrong in the relationship.
Then a twist comes into effect which seems to make both of them once
again look at life and death... A very well made and interesting short
film. Phillip Note: I have been
asked by the director, Broderick Fox to list the location where you can
see and enjoy his wonderful short film for yourself (on-line) so here
it is and enjoy watching this great short film for yourself ! Broderick Fox has told me that there will be two short films also coming from him and as soon as I see them I will be happy to review them here ! |
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Love life
Mini-budgeted,
sexy drama about a marriage of convenience between Mary, a lesbian
and Joe, a gay former football player. They both have affairs on the
side, but keep up appearances. Finally, serious romantic encounters
force them to take a long, hard look at their lives.
The main
reason for watching "Love life" is the leading actors, who
are all very good-looking, Stephen D. Gill looks like one of those
muscular Titan men. I can easily see him in Rambo or Die Hard-movies.
He appears nude in several scenes, which is a good thing. The movie
as a whole is a bit slow, but watchable. There is a good moral here
too. See it! Yngvar
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Love Inn Exile
(AKA: Gay Dream Hotel)
Director: Thor Stephens
Erotic
film: USA/GB 1998: 69 Minutes:
With: Derek Cameron:
This is the story of a shy young man who goes on vacation to a beautiful hotel in Palm Springs. There arrives a group of students, one of which he is attracted to but he is too shy to make the moves himself will he get the handsome guy? Well see the film to find out ! Phillip
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Love
in ThoughtsThis is a film about Germany in the 1920´s and is the story of Günther (wealthy student) and Paul (working class poet). They go for a weekend at Günther parents house where Paul meets Hilde (Günther´s sister). They hit if off romantically but there is a catch: Hilde is engaged to Hans (former Günther lover) and when Hans shows up all hell breaks lose - see the film to see who ends up with who !!! Phillip
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This is John Maybury first film and hopefully it will be the start of many more. It is the story of Francis Bacon's life including his long time relationship with Dyer and his artistic side. It takes place in the 1960´s and 1970´s. Rest assured that the relationship of Bacon and Dyer had it´s big ups and downs and this film tries to show the full story. A must see for lovers of gay history. The only thing I disliked in this film was Francis Bacon, who was one of the biggest bitches that ever existed.He mistreated his love and all around him but if this was his true character it has to be shown ! Phillip Note: I love these new gay films which are coming out with gay / lesbian stories of people who really existed and are a part of our history ! |
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She´s a paraplegic but her wheelchair seems to be able to fly when she see the woman she has been waiting for all her life. Phillip
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This is a really good Canadian film about David who is a former TV star and a little bitchy about life as he now waits on tables. He lives with Candy who is David´s ex lover before he came out. This is a film about the two of them and the people who become involved with them. David is interested in his co-worker who is a 17 year old boy who is not sure if he returns David's lust for him ! but is willing to try it out ! David also has a best friend who is a hunk and counts David as his "BEST" friend. To add to this story Candy is having trouble with men but she doesn't know what she's in for when a young Lesbian gets in her bed at a weak point in her life. To top this all off there is a serial killer killing women in their neighborhood. To see who gets who watch the film as it is a very interesting film. Phillip |
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Michael is a medical student and needs a place to stay so he hooks up with two female film students who need a third student to share an apartment. To find out what adventures and secrets they learn about each other - see the film. Phillip |
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Love
Letter, The
With: Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Gloria Stuart, Tom
Everett Scott, Tom Selleck, and Blythe Danner:
Story about a small town and an anonymous love letter. The film is listed here as there are two lesbian characters in it. Phillip
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This is an excellent German film about two long time lovers who live in West Berlin. One is a teacher and the other is a bookseller. On the surface they have it all - looks - good jobs . a good lifestyle but their almost perfect relationship is coming apart and are starting to think about their relationship and what it has become but most of all what to do about it. This is a film which I can highly recommend. Phillip Note : This is a rare type of gay film where heterosexuals could also play the roles in the film with little or no rewrites thus showing that gay relationships and heterosexual ones share the same problems. |
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Love
Never Dies
In this short you are shown that being old does not change your hope and feelings when you are waiting for a male visitor.Phillip
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Love Of Siam
(Original
title Rak haeng Siam)
Director:
Matthew Chukiat Sakveerakul
Thailand:
2007: 150 mins: Drama, Coming of Age
With
Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Mario Maurer, Chermarn Boonyasak, Sinjai
Plengpanich, Songsit Rungnopakunsri, Kanya Rattanapetch, Aticha
Pongsilpipat:
“Love of Siam” is a contemporary Thai film that explores nascent sexuality, both homo- and hetero- in such an equal and natural way that it puts Western efforts to shame.
The story begins with the introduction of two young boys from two very different backgrounds. Tong comes from a relatively happy Catholic family and Mew is a sensitive, musically gifted boy who lives with his grandmother. The two boys strike up an innocent, loving friendship that is disrupted when Tong’s family endures a traumatic loss and Tong is forced to move away with his parents. Years later, old friends Tong and Mew, who are now teenagers, meet by chance at Siam.
Tong is now a handsome boy who is not especially interested in his pretty girlfriend Donut. Mew is delighted at the possibility of reuniting with his old friend. As Mew tries to compose a ‘real’ love song, it becomes apparent to him that he must face his attraction to Tong and accept his homosexual feelings. For a brief moment, Tong reciprocates Mew’s love and they share a particularly tender kiss after a party. As elated as Mew is by the possibility of having his first boyfriend, Tong, under much family pressure, begins to withdraw from Mew.
The message of “Love of Siam” is the importance of being honest and true to oneself. Only when we have strength to show who we really are, can we begin to share the best of ourselves with others. Kimmy
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Lovesick
Director /
Writer: Marshall Brickman
USA: 1983: 95 Minutes:
In this film about a
psychiatrist who finds he is falling in love with a patient there is
a gay character: Kent Broadhurst is the gay patient.Phillip
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Love to Hide, AOne works at the family business and the other is in
secret a French Resistance helper. They are confronted with helping a Jewish
girl who had been Jeans lover in his youth and their lives become very
complicated.
There is a 1940s gay bar scene, which I found very
interesting.
All through the opening I had the feeling something
terrible would happen and I was waiting for it to happen and of course it does:
Jean is accused by the Nazis of being a member of the
“third sex” and also having a gay relationship with a Nazi officer.
From this point on the beautiful love affair between
then is onset by sadness. I had the feeling that I personally wanted to help
them but then it was a film and I could not. Gay life must have been terrible back
then and the only thing gays could do is to wait out the rule of the Nazis -
boy am I happy I live in this day and age.
This film is a must see! Phillip
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This film is based on playwright Terrence McNally's Love! Valor!
Compassion! It is the story about a group of gay friends and lovers who
spend holidays together in the country. It is sort of a "Boys In The
Band" goes to the country side for weekends. Note this film is a real break-through and besides being cleverly written the characters get into your skin ! |
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This is a story written by Evelyn Waugh. Sir John Gilgud plays Sir Francis Hinsley who is a veteran studio set decorator (swishy of course) who is fired and so he kills himself. His nephew has to handle the burial where he meets Liberace (not out at this time) playing a flaming homosexual casket salesman. Phillip |
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Loverboy
USA: 1989: 95 Minutes:
This is a comedy about a pizza boy who is helplessly a heterosexual but his parents have the wrong impression and think he is gay! Phillip
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Lucky blue
Olle and Kevin meet at a trailer camp and start a clumsy, but sweet affair during the hot summer months.
Håkon
Liu is a Norwegian director who's just starting out on his movie
career. This is his first commercial short, following after "Nights
in love", another gay themed short made as part of his exams at
the School of Film Directing at Göteborg University. Liu wrote
this explanation for the plot of "Lucky blue"on an Internet
site:
"I got the idea for the film while reading a review of
my car, a Mitsubishi Carisma, in a car magazine. Technically, it
stood up well, but apparently the car lacked charisma. I felt sorry
for my dull car. Suddenly an image appeared before me of an
uncharismatic bird flapping about in a trailer. My thoughts wandered
further, to the summer when I toured camping sites as a drag queen.
Karaoke, beer and strands of lights. My doomed teenage crush one
summer night in 1989 somewhere in Germany. That´s basically how
the film came to be."
- Håkon Liu, director
"Lucky
blue" can be enjoyed on YouTube under that title. Yngvar
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Phillip
Note: Helmut Berger was not only the star of this film but was also the star in Luchino Visconti life ! |
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Lugar sin límites, El
Story of an aging gay man who cross dresses called Manuelita. Phillip
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Luminarias
2000
Her brother is a gay cross dresser and she wants nothing to do with him. Phillip
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Lust
Luv Tale, A Director: Sidra Smith USA: 60 mins: With: Gina Ravera, Michelle Richards, and MC Lyte This is the story of 2 Afro American women who after meeting fall in love. Will it work out for them or not have a peak. Phillip Note: this film won the The Grand Marnier Audience Choice Award at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________
This is a too too much Western with Divine in western drag. "She" and her sister have strange things mapped out on their behinds and the men need to see them together to find the buried treasure. Good fun... and Tab Hunter with Divine is just toooo much ! Phillip _________________________________________________________________________________________  L-WORD,The
: Season 1, 2, 3
Director: Mary Harron, Rose Troche, Lynne Stopkewich, Clement Virgo, Daniel Minahan, Tony Goldwyn, Kari Skogland: USA, 2004, 2005, 2006: From Showtime With: Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey, Karina Lombard, Laurel Holloman, Eric Mabius, Katherine Moennig, Mia Kirschner, Pam Grier, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Guinevere Turner, Anne Archer, Julian Sands, Ossie Davis, Lolita Davidovitch, Snoop Dogg, Rosanna Arquette, Helen Shaver, Kelly Lynch Queer As Folk was for the homosexual (and some lesbians ) the break through series ! Showing homosexual relationships as they really are and then came along The L-WORD and did the same for the Lesbian community! The main differences with the two TV Series is that Queer As Folk has very young characters and includes lesbian story lines while The L-Word has more mature characters and maily has a lesbian story lien without gay men. So i guess it would be safe to say the if your a lesbian you can watch both series and feel proud and if you are a gay man then Queer is the one for you. Emjoy ! Phillip |
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Labyrinth of Passion 
L.A. Confidential
Lacenaire 
Ladybugs 
La
Mala educación 
Larry's Visit 
Last Call at Maud's 
Last of England, The 
Last Supper, The 
Late Bloomers 
Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film
Law of Desire 
League of Gentlemen, The 
Leather
Boys, The 
Leather Jacket Love Story 
Let´s Make Love 
Liberace 
Liberace: Behind the Music 
Lie Down With Dogs 
Life Story of a Star 
Lianna 
Like It Is 
Like
It Never Was Before 
Lion In Winter, The 
Liquid Sky 
Little Big Man 
Living End, The 
Living Proof 
London Kills Me 
Long Good Friday, The 
Longtime Companion 
Looking for Langston 
Lord Jim 
Lost Cause 
Lost Language of Cranes, The 
Love and Death on Long Island 
Love Is the Devil 
Love and Human Remains 
Love and Other Catastrophes 
Love
Like No Other, A 
Love ! Valour ! Compassion ! 
Loved One, The 
Lover Come Back 
Ludwig 
Lust in the Dust