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Cold Showers
France, 2005, 103 min.
Working class teen Mickael's two big passions are judo and his curvy girlfriend Vanessa with whom he enjoys an athletic sex life. But when the couple meet judo team newcomer Clément a ménage a trois develops. An erotic and complex love story between three adolescents from different social background... more
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Dreamship Surprise - Period 1
Germany, 2005, 88 min.
An irreverent spoof of the sci-fi genre from Star Trek to Star Wars set in the year 2304, when Martian colonies wage war upon the Earth. Our only hope against total annihilation is the prissy crew of the Dreamship Surprise. Unfortunately, they're better suited for the Miss Waikiki beac... more
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Fuego
Argentina, 1969, 91 min.
John Waters' latest project is a new series for television called "John Waters presents Films That Will Corrupt You." In Fuego he's struck gold! Argentinian auteur Armando Bo has crafted a film so sublimely outrageous it rivals anything in Waters' oeuvre! John Waters will be on hand to introd... more
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George Michael - A Different Story
United Kingdom, 2005, 101 min.
The extremely private George Michael candidly shares his life and career in this riveting documentary. Michael leads us through his professional and private highs and lows, from pop fame with Wham! to solo superstardom. Featuring performance footage and interviews including Elton John, Mariah Carey,... more
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Imagine Me and You
United Kingdom, 2005, 94 min.
Imagine a romantic-comedy in the vein of Four Weddings and a Funeral, and then substitute Piper Perabo for Hugh Grant and Lena Headley for Andie McDowell/Julia Roberts… This debut feature is a witty lesbian take -- full of classically English one-liners and comic set pieces -- on the middle-c... more
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Inlaws & Outlaws
USA, 2005, 106 min.
Unconventional couples, both gay and straight, from the Pacific Northwest share their views on marriage and the possibility for long-term relationships. The result is a revelatory illustration of how individuality and independence can be the most important ingredients in any romantic match.... more
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Low Profile
Germany, 2005, 95 min.
A teenage boy veers down a dangerous path when he claims responsibility for accidents he did not cause. With a great ear for dialogue and a color palette evoking the drabness of middle class life, director Christoph Hochhausler has crafted a disturbing yet compelling film that incited great controve... more
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Odete
Portugal, 2005, 102 min.
This highly eccentric, gender-bending melodrama tells the story of a supermarket worker who becomes obsessed with becoming impregnated by a deceased gay man, much to the displeasure of the corpse's grieving lover. Shot with a dreamy romanticism and "Moon River" like you've never heard it before.... more
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Pursuit of Equality
USA, 2005, 82 min.
Geoff Callan and Mike Shaw's documentary looks behind the scenes at San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom's 2004 decision to allow gay couples to marry. The elation, the controversy, the court's decision to shut things down, Bush, Schwarzenegger, Rosie O'Donnell -- they're all here in this thoroughly eng... more
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Queens
Spain, 2005, 108 min.
A touching ensemble comedy about five headstrong mothers coping with the conflicts surrounding the impending marriages of their gays sons. As these five very different women deal with their own desires, prejudices and histories, they attempt to survive the weekend as sex, anger, bigotry and love cla... more
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Simon
Netherlands, 2005, 101 min.
Following a chance reencounter in Amsterdam, two drastically different men -- one gay and the other a woman loving, hippy hash dealer -- reignite a friendship after eight years. This humorous portrait of companionship grapples with issues of non-traditional families, gay marriage, and terminal illne... more
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That Man: Peter Berlin
USA, 2005, 81 min.
An engrossing look at photographer/exhibitionist/Tom of Finland subject/San Francisco fixture Peter Berlin, who is described as a living cartoon and "The Garbo of male porn stars." Interviews with Armistead Maupin and a flabbergasted John Waters round out this tragicomic glimpse of a true original.... more
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Whole New Thing
Canada, 2005, 93 min.
An intellectually and sexually precocious 13-year-old lad, raised and home-schooled by hippie parents in rural Nova Scotia, goes to public school for the first time and, not knowing anything about "inappropriate" behavior, develops and displays a serious crush on his male English teacher. A very wel... more
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A Year Without Love
Argentina, 2005, 101 min.
An audacious film that dares to place its HIV+ protagonist in the S&M leather scene of Buenos Aires, in defiance of his deteriorating health. He continues to cruise the city where his encounters reveal an ambitious, gifted man forced to come to terms with his mortality.... more
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