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Black White + Gray
USA, 2007, 72 min.
Exploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating story of the influential figures who helped form the epicenter of New York’s grand collision of ar... more
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Boystown
Spain, 2007, 93 min.
A real estate agent is murdering elderly women in the gay Chueca district of Madrid so as to acquire their apartments and sell them to upwardly mobile gay couples. Juan Flahn’s delicious black comedy combines hilarity and violence to startling effect.... more
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Breakfast With Scot
Canada, 2007, 95 min.
Sam and Ed are a pretty buttoned-down gay couple. Sam, a former pro-hockey player, is a straight-acting sports broadcaster. When Ed’s nephew, Scot—who wears make-up, knits and adores show tunes—enters their lives, things have to change in this charming comedy. ... more
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Call Me Troy
USA, 2007, 100 min.
A rousing, riveting paean to a hero of the contemporary fight for GLBT rights, Call Me Troy traces the life and times of the charismatic Reverend Troy Perry, a founder of the Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles, self-proclaimed “polar teddy bear” and tireless activist for gay rights ... more
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The Edge of Heaven
Germany, 2007, 120 min.
Superb humanist drama, where six lives intersect in the never-ending search for love. When a tragic accident befalls his father, college professor Nejat leaves Germany for Turkey to find a young woman he feels has been wronged—raising questions about family, homeland and sexuality.... more
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No Regret
South Korea, 2006, 114 min.
One of the few openly gay directors in South Korea, Hee-il Leesong’s polished drama-cum-romance combines gay themes with political commentary, social insights, and a welcome dose of humor. Will Su-Min find true love in the gay bars of Seoul?... more
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Out at the Wedding
USA, 2007, 96 min.
Alex can’t bring herself to tell her conservative family she is engaged to her bi-racial boyfriend. A misunderstood wedding speech and a rumor she’s a lesbian later, her newly-married sister comes to visit for some family bonding. However, when she meets Alex’s stand-in “girlfriend” all bets are off... more
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Poltergay
France, 2006, 93 min.
Poltergeist meets Saturday Night Fever with a gay spin in this footloose horror spoof that tells the tale of a young couple who unassumingly buy a mansion haunted by disco dancing homosexuals. This breezy comedy is guilty pleasure fun, with a monstrous ’70s musical score.... more
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Possible Lives
Argentina, 2007, 80 min.
With echoes of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Veronique and François Ozon’s Under the Sand, Possible Lives tells the story of a supposedly happy couple who are anything but. The husband vanishes, the wife investigates, there’s silence and there’s wind.... more
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The Quest for the Missing Piece
Israel, 2007, 52 min.
A young gay man living in Tel Aviv with his non-Jewish German partner, director Oded Lotan offers a gently humorous fairy tale about the history of circumcision while reflecting on his sexuality and Israeli identity.... more
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Saturn in Opposition
Italy, 2007, 113 min.
In a contemporary Rome, a group of friends has formed an “open family” that gathers around the kitchen table of a gay couple. When one of them falls into a coma, they face the new equilibrium of affections this tragedy creates.... more
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Shelter
USA, 2007, 88 min.
An unexpected attraction to his best friend’s older brother forces Zach, a handsome artist and surfer, to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family in first-time director Jonah Markowitz’s unsentimental and well-acted gay surfer romance.... more
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She's a Boy I Knew
Canada, 2007, 70 min.
When Gwen Haworth decided to be true to her identity, her loved ones lost someone—their son, brother and husband—Steven. This sensitive documentary examines the emotional impact of her successful gender transformation on her nearest and dearest... more
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Stealth
Switzerland, 2006, 112 min.
Lionel lives the good life: a steady job, a handsome boyfriend and a supportive family. But when he unexpectedly finds out that his ancestors may, in fact, be Polish he takes off with his sister for points east, and on the way, they discover their true selves in this warm, witty and authentic voyage... more
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Unspoken Passion
Philippines, 2007, 109 min.
Three friends….two young men and a girl…a bizarre love triangle. An almost perfect friendship except for the choices they have to make when childhood love matures and risks to tear them apart. This different love will reveal that sometimes the most important gift is knowing when to let go.... more
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Vivere
Germany, 2007, 97 min.
The lives of three troubled women intersect one fateful Christmas Eve and become inextricably linked in this touching exploration of Francesca, Eva and Gerlinde—three lost souls on the run.... more
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The Witnesses
France, 2007, 112 min.
Ebullient 20-year old Manu, newly arrived in Paris, finds a platonic friend in cultivated gay doctor, Adrien. An introduction to the latter’s circle of friends has serious consequences for all concerned in this fast-paced drama of the early years of AIDS.... more
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XXY
Argentina, 2007, 91 min.
The psychological damage caused by inappropriate gender assignation is sensitively explored in newcomer Lucia Puenzo’s brave study of teen angst in a teenager with something to be angst-ridden about. Born a hermaphrodite and raised as a girl, 15-year old Alex is nudged by her parents toward making a... more
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You Belong to Me
USA, 2007, 82 min.
When Jeffrey gets dumped by his boyfriend, he tracks the man down and mischievously rents an apartment in the same building, only to become the object of obsession for his eccentric landlady in Sam Zalutsky’s skillfully suspenseful thriller... more
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