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Labyrinth of Passion

[Original title: Laberinto de pasiones]

 

Director / Producer: Pedro Almodovar

Spain: 1982: 97 - 100 Minutes. : Camp comedy/drama

With: Antonio Banderas as Sadec, Cecilia Roth :Sexi, Imanol Arias as Riza, Fernandez-Muro as Queti, Fernando Vivanco as the Doctor, Agustin Almodovar as Hassan, and a cameo by Pedro Almodovar:

 

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 film so just see it and you will (maybe) understand the film.  

 

Note: look out for the cameo of Almodovar dressed in drag as a member of the rock band.

 

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L.A. Confidential

 

USA: 1997:132 Minutes:

 

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.  

 

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Lacenaire

[AKA title: Elegant Criminal, The]

 

Director: Francis Girod

France: 1990: 125 Minutes. : Drama: true story: Gay murder ´s

With: Daniel Auteuil as Pierre-Francois Lacenaire, Jean Poiret as Allard and Patrick Pineau as Avril:

 

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.  

 

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Ladybugs

Director: Sidney J. Furie

USA: 1992: Comedy / transvestite

With: Jonathan Brandis as Matthew/Martha, Rodney Dangerfield as Chester and Lee Jackee as Julie Benson:

 

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.  

 

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Lady 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.

 

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Lady in Waiting, The

Director: Christian Taylor

UK / USA: 1992: 30 Minutes. : short film: Gay Transvestite: Drama

With: Virginia McKenna as Miss Scarlet and Rodney Hudson as Miss Peaches:

 

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 short film.  

Note this film was nominated for Best Short Live Action Film in 1993 Academy Awards.

 

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Laguna 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.

 

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La hora fría 

Spain: 2006

This film has two gay in it: Lucas and Mateo.
Note: To be reviewed.

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Lalaki sa buhay ni Selya, Ang 

 

1997

 

It tells the story of what happens when a woman is determined to marry a gay man called Ramon.

 

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La Maison des rêves

 

Director:Marik Boudreau

Canada: 2004: short: 7 Minutes:

 

A short road moving which takes place between Montreal and smaller towns. Contains modern media images.  

 

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La Mala educación

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Spain: 2004: 110 Minutes

With: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez & Javier Camera

 

In the mid-1960s, Ignacio and Enrique, two students at a religious school, discover love, cinema and fear together. They fear, above all, father Manolo, a teacher at the school who sexually abuses the boys. Years later Enrique becomes an established filmmaker. He receives a visit from Ignacio, who is trying to embark on an acting career. Ignacio proposes that they make a film about their past, and the idea tempts Enrique. That is until father Manolo reappears in their lives. Curtain raiser for the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. The story is the same of those Almodóvars movies - lots of drugged gays, drag queens with emotional problems. 

 

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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 !  

 

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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. 

 

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.  

 

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Larry's Visit

USA: 23:20

Director: Carlo Gabriel Nero

With: Keith Pruitt,  Jennifer Wiltsie, Nick Rodgers

 

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 about. A must see short film which makes you want to see

more !  

 

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Last Getaway

USA: 2007

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Last of the Blond Bombshells , The

With: Judi Dench

 

Another film about an all girls band reuniting and includes Ian Holm as the one in drag !

 

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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...  

 

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Last Call at Maud's

Director: Paris Poirier

1993: 77 Minutes

 

This is the story of the closing of the oldest lesbian bar in San Francisco.  

 

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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.  

 

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.  

 

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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.  

 

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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 :-)  

 

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Last of England, The 

 

Director : Derek Jarman

UK: 1987: Gay : Drama:

 

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 !.   

 

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LAST SECOND

(Original title: DETIK TERAKHIR )

Director: Nanang Istiabudi

Indonesia, 2005 : 90 mins: : Language: Indonesian

With: Cornelia Agatha, Sausan, Ari Sudarsono, Mike Muliadro, Dewi Irawan.

 

This film is set in Jakarta Indonesia and is basically about a girl who is brought up in a house full of hate and abuse. She is seeking the love she does not get at home and finds it in a lesbian drug  user. They fall in love and she becomes a drug user too. I have read that this film was a shocker to the population of Indonesia as it showed not only a strong lesbian relationship but the open use of drugs in that society. The lesbian relationship is well acted and even thought they are doomed you still want to know about them. Would be nice to see a gay relationship film from Indonesia with such a strong relationship story line !  

 

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Last Seduction, The

Director: John Dahl

USA: 1994: 110 mins:

With: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg and Bill Pullman.

 

The film is listed here, as there is a transgender story line to it.  

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Last Supper, The  

Director: Cynthia Roberts

Canada: 1994 96 Minutes. : Gay Drama / Aids

With: Ken McDougall as Chris, Val, Jack Nicholsen as Val and Daniel MacIvor as Doctor Parthens:

 

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).  

 

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Last Year, The

 

USA: 2002

With: Ron Petronicolos, Mike Dolan, Patrick Orion Hoesterey, Merrick McMahon, Rand Smith,Seth Adams

 

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 !!

 

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Late Bloomers

Director: Julia Dyer

1997: 86 Minutes: Lesbian main character

With: Connie Nelson, Dee Hennigan and others:

 

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.  

 

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Latin Boys Go To Hell

Director: Ela Troyano

1997: 86 Minutes: gay Latino main characters:

With: Rebecca Sumner Burgos, Alexis Artiles and others:

 

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 !  

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Latter days

 

USA 2003: Gay drama

Directed by C. Jay Cox

With: Wes Ramsey, Steve Sandvoss, Jaqueline Bisset:

 

A very watchable love story between Christian, a gay L.A. playboy and Aaron, a Mormon Elder out to preach Gospel to the heathens. The playboy takes a bet that he can get the Mormon boy into bed with him. But things don't turn out as Christian expected..

 

I won't give you more of the plot but I was pleasantly surprised at the good acting and several story-twists. The boys are seriously hot and there are evil, bitchy one-liners a-plenty. There is a great love scene in it, too. The Mormons /Latter day saints did not appreciate the way they were portrayed, (read the message-boards at IMDB.com)   

 

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

Christian, a young waiter of the West Hollywood who lives an easy life, bet with his colleagues that he will be able to seduce one of their new neighbors. What Christian does not know is that soon he will fall in love with one of them, Aaron, and what he does not know either is that Aaron is a Mormon, and that would be the main subject for a very difficult relation between them.Dario

 

Note. received: Better Feature Film in Barcelona Gay&Lesbian Film Festival 2004

 

“just for fun” the tag line of the film is : Aaron prays. Christian plays... Opposites attract.

 

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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 !  

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Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film

Director: Marc Maurceri

1997: 69 Minutes: lesbian film history

With Monika Treut, Rose Troche, Jennie Livingston, Cheryl Dunye and others:

 

This documentary is lesbian films and is a must for Lesbian film loves !  

 

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Law of Desire

[Original title: Ley del Deseo, La]

Director: Pedro Almodovar

Spain: 1987: 100 Minutes. : Gay Drama / Comedy

With: Antonio Banderas as Antonio Benitez, Eusebio Poncela as Pablo Quintero, Carmen Maura as Tina Quintero, Miguel Molina as Juan Bermudez, Fernando Guillen as Inspector and a cameo by Pedro Almodovar as Pepe Patatia:

 

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.  

 

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Lay of the Land

 

2002

What happens when a straight man in Scottland goes to a gay bar.

 

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League of Gentlemen, The

 

Director: Basil Dearden

UK: 1960:114 - 116 Minutes : B/W: Gay characters:

 

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. There are also many references to gays in this film.  

Note: The films made in England at this time were certainly must more advance than coming from the USA !

 

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Leather Boys, The

 

Director: Sidney J. Furie

UK: 1963: 108 Minutes. : B/W: Drama gay love motorcycle

With : Colin Campbell as Reggie, Dudley Sutton as Pete Rita Tushingham as Dot and Johnny Briggs as the Boy Friend:

 

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.   

Note: I tried to get this film for years but couldn't find it - then one evening on a trip to Kansas City, I saw it in the window but the shop was closed and the next morning I had to fly out early for my next USA city stop but do you think I let that stop me? No I took a taxi to the shop, had the driver wait till the shop opened ran in and bought it, ran back to the taxi and then to the airport only to discover that I had just missed my flight so I booked on the next flight but it was worth it as I finally had my copy of this film! As you can figure I am a dedicated collector and will go to all lengths to get something for my collection, especially a good film like this from the 60s !

 

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Leather Jacket Love Story

Director: David Decoteau

USA: 1997: 85 Minutes: Lay Main Characters / Drag Queens

Starring: Christopher Bradley, Sean Tataryn and others:

 

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 !  

 

Note: has some good sex scenes too!

 

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Leeches!

Director: David DeCoteau

USA: 2003: 85 Minutes:

With: Matthew Twining as Stevo, Josh Henderson as Jason, Stacey Nelson as Casey, Michael Lutz as Spencer, Tony Carroccio as Coach Foster, Stephen Swan as Tony, Greg Lyczkowski as Fish and others:

 

This film is not listed because it has gay characters but is listing as it has a feeling that this horror film was was made for a gay audience. It is a laughable science fiction film with slimy leeches. They get bigger and nastier when they start eating the blood of handsome swimming guys who walking around the whole picture in tight little bathing suits (just how many of them do you need in one picture ?). These guys are slim swimming hunks and not very smart but who cares since they are great tooooo look at !!!!! There is even a scene with a leech climbing up the body of one of the hunks and it stops to look at his pretty ass as if it were going to enter. Have a peek and a laugh and see which handsome guy they will eat next! Oh don´t expect great acting in this film.

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L' ESCORTE 

 

Director: Denis LANGLOIS

Producers: Bertrand LACHANCE and Denis LANGLOIS

Canada: 1996: 92 Minutes:

With:

Paul-Antoine TAILLEFER , Éric CABANA , Robin AUBERT , Marie-Claude LEFEBVRE , Patrice COQUEREAU , Jasmin ROY , Louise LAPRADE and Bernadette LI

 

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 !

 

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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... 

 

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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.  

 

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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. 

 

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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.  

 

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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.  

 

Note: only worth a watch if you like Dame Edna !

 

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Let's Get Real

2004

 

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.  

 

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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 !  

 

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Let´s Make Love

With: Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand.

 

George Cuckor directed this scandal ridden musical in which stars Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand.  

 

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Liberace

Director: William Hale

USA: 1988: Made for TV: aids biographical gay music

Director: William Hale:

With: Andy Robinson as Liberace, John Rubinstein as Jamie, Maris Valainis as Scott, Rue McClanahan as Frances Liberace, Robert Petkoff as the young Liberace, Debi A. Monahan as Bea Haven, Leslie Bevis as Maxine Lewis, Romy Windsor as Jane, Gerald Hiken as John Benjamin Cleveland as Young George, Alba Francesca as Courtney, Thom Adcox as Darin and Tracy K. Shaffer as Lydia:

 

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 !  

Note: see also Liberace: Behind the Music which is the second TV film made in 1988.

 

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Liberace: Behind the Music

USA: (1988) made for TV: aids, biographical, gay & music

Director: David Greene

With: Victor Garber as Liberace, Saul Rubinek as Seymour Heller, Michael Dolan as Scott Thorsen, Maureen Stapleton as Frances Liberace, Shawn Levy as Glenn, Michael Wikes as George

 Liberace, Macha Grenon as Joanne and Andrew Nichols as Teenager:

 

This is filming of his life deals more with Aids and being Gay than the other TV film.  

 

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Liberace - Mr. Showmanship

USA: 1991, 44 Minutes:

 

Another filming about the life of Liberace and his death in 1987.  

 

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LIBERTIN, LE  

 

Director:Gabriel AGHION

Producer: Patrick LANCELOT

France: 1999: 100 Minutes: <>

With: Vincent PEREZ , Fanny ARDANT , Josiane BALASKO , Michel SERRAULT , Arielle DOMBASLE , Christian CHARMETANT , Françoise LEPINE , François LALANDE , Audrey TAUTOU , Bruno TODESCHINI , Arnaud LEMAIRE

 

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.

 

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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. 

 

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Lie Down With Dogs

Director / Co-writer: Wally White

USA: 1995: 84 Minutes : Gay film / Gay Comedy

With: Wally White as Tommie, Bash Halow as Guy , James Sexton as Eddie, Darren Dryden as Ben, Randy Becker as Tom, Wendy Adams as Sally and Michel Richoz as Michi:

 

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 uses him for food 

Note : This is the new type of gay film which are fun to watch and has a positive message for gays, to just be happy with themselves. No one is murdered or attacked because their gay in these newer films. This shows that the films from the 50´s, 60´s, 70´s and 80´s are finally over.

 

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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. 

 

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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.

 

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Life aquatic with Steve Zissou, The

Dirctor: Wes Anderson

USA 2005

With: Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson, Kate Blanchett

 

Weirdly plotted comedy about Steve Zissou, a deep-sea explorer (modelled after Jacques Cousteau) hunting the giant, mythical shark that killed his partner. He is also trying to finance and shoot a movie about his work. Lots of other things happen. Shades of Moby Dick..

The reason I included this on MTG is the character Alistair Hennessey (played by Jeff Goldblum), a queer arch-rival of Zissou, who once was married to Zissou’s wife....

Hennessey “The marriage had its problems..As you know, I happen to be bisexual...

Zissou “Aren’t we all?”

Or something like that. It’s nice dialogue, and it’s a nice movie.

 

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Life Story of a Star

USA: 1999: 13 Minutes.:

Short film is made by: Jennifer M. Gentile

 

In this 13 minute short we meet a couple who are on the way to Hollywood and a strange mysterious woman who enters their lives. 

 

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Likely Stories, Vol. 3   

 

1983 (made for TV)

Contains gay character: Richard Goldstone as the Gay Waiter.  

 

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Lilies    

(AKA : Lilies - Les feluettes)

Director: John Greyson

Canada : 1996 : 95 mins :

 

A very artistic filmed story about a guy who is in jail for a murder and what happens when he want to confess to his boyhood friend who is now a Bishop about killing 40 years before. What hidden story that will come out in the open – See the film to find out!

 

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Lip Gloss

1993

 

An actor is appearing in a film with a gay bashing scene.

 

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Lipstick

 

Director:Michael Apted:

USA: 2003 short: 10 Minutes.:

 

In this coming out story of a young girl and how easy it all seems to come out to the people near her.  

 

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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.  

 

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L-Shaped Room, The

Director: Bryan Frobes

UK: 1962: 125 Minutes.: Gay Character

With Brock Peters as Johnny and Tom Bell:

 

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 !  

 

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Little Black Boot

Dirctor: Colette Burson:

USA: 2003: short: 16 Minutes

 

A 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...  

 

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Little Britian

 

With: Matt Lucas and David Williams

UK:  2003 to 2006: TV show:

TV Show whiczh is vulgar and fun ! it contains gay and transvestite characters and watch out for the "only gay in town" ... just for fun... 

 

P.S. even has a guest appearance by Robbie Williams dressed in drag.

 

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Little miss Sunshine

Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

USA 2006

With: Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette

 

The Hoover family has very little to recommend it. Father is a struggling salesman into “self-improvement”-programs, the son doesn’t speak to anyone, grandfather is a lecherous old drug addict, and the gay uncle (Frank) has just tried to commit suicide. Then - the little daughter, Olive (charming Abigail Breslin) wins a place in the “Little miss Sunshine” finals in California. (a horrible, horribly American beauty pageant for little girls..)

Father decides they should ALL go to California in their beat-up VW bus and cheer Olive on to victory.

A very good road-movie/ comedy with heartwarming people in it; Steve Carell an absolute wonder in his part as the gay Proust-expert, who sees his life slipping into mud before him. A lot of strange things happen, but the movie never strays into parody or slapstick. In the end, we find that the Hoovers have lots of love for eachother. That means my first sentence is untrue. They can be strongly recommended! 

 

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Little Nicky

USA: 2000: 90 mins:

Director: Steven Brill

With: Adam Sandler, Harvey Keitel, Reese Witherspoon:

 

Comedy alternating between hell, earth and heaven. Sandler plays Nicky, a good, little devil who loves Satan (well, you see - it’s his father!) When Satan’s other sons go to earth for some serious kick-ass demonizing, Satan starts to disintegrate and Little Nicky has to follow his brothers to persuade them to return to hell. When Nicky stays in New York, he shares a flat with a gay would-be actor. The actor is proto gay, yet doesn’t want to come out of the closet. Everyone keeps telling him: “Aw come on , you’re gay and you know it!

 

A CLOSETED GAY STAGE ACTOR IN NEW YORK!! That’s the best joke in the whole movie.. The rest is just OK, and sometimes veeeerrrry dirty. Some famous people play cameos (Ozzy Osbourne, Quentin Tarantino, Henry Winkler etc.)    

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Lianna

Director: John Sayles

1983: 110 Minutes: Lesbian Main characters

With: Jane Hallaren, Linda Griffiths and others:

 

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..  

 

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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.  

 

 

 

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Life with Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows

Director: Robert Allan Ackerman

USA 2001: 180 Minutes:

With: Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie, Tammy Blanchard, Marsha Mason, John Benjamin Hickey, Al Waxman, Sonja Smits, Jayne Eastwood:

 

This is a Made for TV mini series about the life of gay icon Judy Garland. It is based on daughter Lorna Luft's memoirs of her life and her mothers. The songs are well lip-synched and you almost believe it is Judy singing. It includes her marriage to the closet director Vincent Minnelli plus there is another gay man in her life – so watch this mini-series to see who he is and just to enjoy Judys life.  

 

Note: Watch the scenes at Carnegie Hall and you will see hat the audience has a lot of gay men including the one who screams "we love you Judy".

 

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Like It Is

 

Director: Paul Oremland

UK: 1998: 90 Minutes: Gay Main Characters:

With: Steve Bell, Ian Rose, Steve Bell and others:

 

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.  

 

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Like It Never Was Before

(Original title: Pensionat Oskar)

Sweden/ Denmark: 1995: 108 Minutes:

Director: Susanne Bier:

With: Loa Falkman as Rune Runeberg, Stina Ekblad as Gunnel Runeberg and Simon Norrthon as Petrus:

 

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.

 

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Lion In Winter, The

Director: Anthony Harvey

UK: 1968: 135 Minutes. : Gay characters

With Peter O´Toole as King Henry II and Katharine Hepburn as his wife Eleanor of Aquitane, Anthony Hopkins in his screen debut as the Kings gay son : Richard The Lionhearted and Timoth Dalton as King Philip of France:

 

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 historic movies or if you just love Katharine Hepburn see this

film !  

 

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Liquid Sky

Director: Slava Tsukerman

1983: 112 Minutes:

With: : Anne Carlisle, Paula Sheppard and others

 

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...  

 

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Listen

Director: Susan Justin:

Canada: 2004: short: 3 Minutes.:

 

Using black and white line drawing this film show the reaching out of a butch lesbian to her homophobic mother.  

 

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Little Big Man

Director: Arthur Penn

USA: 1970: 150 Minutes. : Gay Character

With: Robert Littlestar as Littlehorse, Dustin Hoffman and Fay Dunaway:

 

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.  

 

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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.

 

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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).

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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.

 

 

 

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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 !  

 

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Living End, The

USA: 1992: Aids Roads Movie with two gay lovers

Director/ Writer: Gregg Araki

With: Craig Glimore as Jon and Mike Dytri as Luke:

 

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.  

 

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Living Proof

Director: Kermit Cole

1993: 72 Minutes: Aids / Hiv +

 

This is a documentary which shows the way Aids effect people from different walks of life.  

 

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Living With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100

Director: Yvonne Welbon

USA: 65 mins: Lesbian main character)

With Ruth C. Ellis:

 

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 !!  

 

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Locked up

(original title: Gefangen)

Germany 2004

Directed by Jørg Andreas

 

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.

 

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Lola and Bilidikid

 

Director: Khutlug Ataman

Germany: 93 mins: Gay & Transvestite main characters

With: Baki Davrak, Gandi Mukli, Erdal Yildiz

 

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 !

 

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London Kills Me 

 

Director : Hanif Kureishi

GB: 1991: 107 Minutes.: Transvestite

With: Justin Chadwich, Steven Macktintosh, Brad Douif, Roshan Seth and Emer McCort:

 

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.  

 

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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.  

 

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Long Good Friday, The 

 

Directed by John Mackenzie

UK: 1979: 114 Minutes. : Gay gangster / murder

With: Pierce Brosman, Paul Freeman and Bob Hoskins:

 

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 !  

 

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Longtime Companion 

 

Director: Norman Rene

USA: 1990: 99 Minutes. : Aids Drama and History

With: Dermot Mulroney as John, Bruce Davison as David, Campbell Scott as Willy, Dermot Mulroney as John, Stephen Caffrey as Fuzzy, Patrick Cassidy as Howard, John Dossett as Paul, Mark Lamos as Sean, Dermot Mulroney as John, Michael Schoeffling as Michael, Brian Cousins as Bob, Eric Gutierrez as Disco Bartender, Brad O'Hare as Waiter, Philip Moon as the Restaurant Bartender, Brent Barrett as Soap Actor, Keith Charles as Martin, Dan Butler as Walter, Robi Martin as Transvestite, Robert Joy as Ron, Tony Shalhoub as Paul's Doctor, Sam Silver as Gym Instructor , David Drake as GMHC Volunteer, Michael Carmine as Alberto, plus others:

 

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.  

 

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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Looking for Langston

 

Director: Isaac Julien

1989: 45 Minutes: True story with gay characters

 

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 !   

 

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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.  

 

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 

Director: David M. Young:USA: 2003: short: 4 Minutes.:

 

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.  

 

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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.  

 

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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.  

 

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Lord Jim

Director: Richard Brooks

USA: 1965: 154 Minutes. : Gay rape

With: Peter O´Toole as Jim, Eli Wallach and James Mason:

 

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.  

 

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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.  

 

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Lost Cause

 

USA: 6:30 Minutes:

Director: Glenn Gaylord

With: Andrea LaBella, Mary Jasionowski, Rene Sandoval, Les Kurkendaal, Laurel Schneider, Hollis Rich, John

Copeland, Kathy Ingle, Nic Arnzen.

 

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.  

 

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) :

www.atomfilms.com

 

 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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Lost Language of Cranes, The

Director: Nigel Finch

UK: 1992: 87 Minutes. : Drama: Gay Coming Out

With: Angus MacFadyen as Philip Benjamin, Brian Cox as Owen Benjamin and Eileen Atkins as Rose Benjamin:

 

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.  

 

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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).  

 

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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.  

 

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Love and Death on Long Island

With John Hurt as Giles De'Ath and Jason Priestley:

 

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 !  

 

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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 !  

 

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Love, Death, & Cars

USA: 49 Minutes:

Director: Broderick Fox

With: John Fairlie, Larry Sullivan, Michelle Beauchamp, Jr.

 

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.   

This short film has won some impressive awards.

 

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 !

This short film is located at :

www.atomfilms.com

 

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

USA 2007

Directed by Damion Dietz

With: Stephen D. Gill, Stephanie Kirchen, Keith Bearden

 

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!

 

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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 !  

 

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Love in Thoughts

Director: Achim van Borries

Germany: 2004: 88 Minutes:

 

This 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 !!!   

 

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Love Is the Devil

Director /Writer : John Maybury

UK / France / Japan: 1998: 90 Minutes: Gay Main characters

With: Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon, Daniel Craig as George Dyer and Tilda Swinton as Muriel Belcher:

 

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 !  

 

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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Love Life

Director: Nanci Gaglio:

USA: 2003: short: 11 Minutes.:

 

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.  

 

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Love and Human Remains

Director: Denys Arcand

Canada: 1993: Canada: 100 Minutes: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual: Comedy/Thriller

With: Thomas Gibson as David , Ruth Marshall as Candy, Cameron Bancroft as Bernie, Mia Kirshner as Benita, Rick Roberts as Bartender, Joanne Vannicola as Jerri, Matthew Ferguson as Kane, Aidan Devine as Sal, Sylvain Morin as Drag Queen, Robert Higden as Editor, Ben Watt as Native Boy, Serge Houde as Cowboy Karen Young as Singer and Maurice Podbrey as Theater Director:

 

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.  

 

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Love and Other Catastrophes

Director: Emma-Kate Croghan

Australia: 1996: Comedy/ Romance with a gay character

With: Matt Day as Michael, Suzi Dougherty as Savita Matthew Dyktynski as Ari, Frances O'Connor as Mia, Alice Garner as Alice Kym, Gyngell as Professor Leach, Adrian Martin as Himself and Radha Mitchell as Danni:

 

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.  

 

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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.

 

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Love Like No Other, A

[Original title: Liebe wie andere auch, Eine]

[AKA: Wie geht ein Mann?]

Directors: Martin Ripkens Hans Stempel

Germany (West): 1983: Drama gay love

With: Klaus Adler as Wieland, Stuart Wolfe as Wolf, Christa Maerker as Christa Heinz, Paul Lotter as Paul, Thomas Bloecker, Michael Foester, Johannes Kuester, Bernd Langschied, Friedhelm Lehmann Klaus D. Lucas; Heinz Rathsack, Herta Von Klewitz:

 

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.  

 

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

 

Directors: Frank A. Gards & Eric Tyrijhel:me a

Norway: 2004: short: 3 Minutes.:

 

In this short you are shown that being old does not change your hope and feelings when you are waiting for a male visitor.

 

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Lucky Number Slevin

USA

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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.

 

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Love to Hide, A

(Original title): Un amour à taire

Director: Christian Faure

France: 2005: 103 mins: French with English subtitles)

With: Bruno Todeschini, Charlotte De Turckheim, Jeremie Renier, Louise Monot, Michel Jonasz:

 

This is a very emotional upsetting film. It has beauty and cruelty at the same time. It takes place in 1942 Paris where the Nazi’s are in control. Two handsome young gay lovers called Philippe and Jean are not able to show their love in public but in private they are happy and in love.

 

One 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!

 

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Love ! Valour ! Compassion !

 

USA

 

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.

I laughed - I cried and I wondered why I did not have such a super house and super blind lover !  

 

Note this film is a real break-through and besides being cleverly written the characters get into your skin !

 

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Loved One, The

USA:

 

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.  

 

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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!  

 

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Lover Come Back

Director: Delbert Mann.

USA: 1961: 102 Minutes.:

With Rock Hudson as Jerry and Doris Day as Carol:

 

Is a good comedy but only listed as in one scene Rock is swimming and

Carol takes his clothes so that Rock is forced to take a woman's mink coat over his bathing suit. A person who sees this says Rock is the last guy in the world that they would have figured !(meaning a play on his being gay – which was not know to the public at that time).  

 

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Lovesick

 

1983

 

Contains gay character: Kent Broadhurst as the Gay Patient.

 

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Lucky blue

 

Directed by Håkon Liu

Sweden 2007: Short film

 

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."

 

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Lucky Number Slevin
2006: USA

A guy is told to kill the gay son of the Rabbi – does he do it?

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Ludwig

 

Director: Luchino Visconti

Italy: 1972: 231 Minutes:

With: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard and many others:

 

This film is beautiful to look at although rather long. It is the story of Bavaria's King Ludwig who some say was made but other believe he was just simply gay. !

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

 

1978

 

Story of an aging gay man who cross dresses called Manuelita.  

 

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Luminarias

 

2000

 

Her brother is a gay cross dresser and she wants nothing to do with him.  

 

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Lust

 

Director: Everett Lewis

USA, 2002: 90 mins:

 

OH boy this one has a story line: story of two gay friends who work at a record store. Jackson is the sad one and Billy is the one falling in love every two minutes even if the guy who is the love object does not want him. In the meantime Jackson wants him but does not know how to get him and is depressed. Sonny comes into Billys life and say he loves him but Billy is not sure. The along comes a first cousin who complicated their lives. (The is a S/M pair in the film too – one loves to beat and the other loves to be beaten. To find out who ends up with who see this complicated film.

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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.

 

Note: this film won the The Grand Marnier Audience Choice Award at the Hollywood Black Film Festival.

 

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Lust in the Dust

Director: Paul Bartel

USA: 1985: 85 Minutes: Drag Queen

With: Tab Hunter, Divine and others

 

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 !

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L'Ultima notte

Director: Mathieu Guez:

Canada 2003: short: 19 Minutes.:

 

A couple pick up a good looking guy an bring him to a hotel – see the film to find out what happens next...

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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 !

 

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