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Any Day Now
USA, 2012, 97 min.
Alan Cumming gives a brilliant performance as Rudy Donatello, a star attraction at an LA drag bar in the 70s who “adopts” an abandoned child with Down Syndrome with the help of his DA lover, Paul (Garret Dillahunt). Multiple Audience Award winner. Audience Awards: Tribeca, Chicago, Seattle Film Fest... more
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Beyond the Hills
Romania, 2012, 152 min.
Powerful, weighty drama about faith and love from the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Atheist Alina arrives to stay with her childhood friend in a monastery, to the dismay of the priest. Winner: Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival... more
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Beyond the Walls
Belgium, 2012, 98 min.
David Lambert’s pitch-perfect Brussels-set romance between piano player Paulo (Matila Malliarakis) and bass player Ilir (Guillaume Gouix) follows in the footsteps of Ira Sachs’s Keep the Lights On in pushing the boundaries of contemporary gay cinema.... more
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Bwakaw
Philippines, 2012, 110 min.
One of the year’s most charming surprises, this life-affirming comic drama stars veteran Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia as Rene, an elderly, hilariously cantankerous gay man coming out of his shell late in life. Winner: Audience Choice, Best Actor, Cinemalaya.... more
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First Comes Love
USA, 2012, 108 min.
Filmmaker Nina Davenport chronicles her decision to become a single mother at 41 and unexpected developments she confronts in the act of conceiving and carrying the child (including speedbumps in her relationship with the sperm donor, her gay best friend), in this funny, moving and revealing explor... more
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I Do
USA, 2012, 91 min.
Jack has dedicated himself to raising his niece since the tragic death of his brother seven years earlier – so when his work visa runs out, a “green card” marriage seems like an easy option. Until he falls in love with another man… Winner: Audience Award, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival... more
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Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
USA, 2012, 93 min.
Influenced by the New Queer Cinema of the ’90s, Joshua Tree, 1951 imagines the pre-fame days of cinematic icon James Dean in all his bisexual glory. Inspired by facts, and maybe some fictions, about Dean’s short, tragic life, the movie is a poetic rumination on the dream of being a star and i... more
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Laurence Anyways
Canada, 2012, 168 min.
Xavier Dolan’s terrifically stylish love story is set in 1990s Montreal and stars Melvil Poupaud as a transgender man whose decade-long relationship with his lover Frédérique (the wonderful Jennifer Clément) makes for a dazzling and entertaining mini-epic.... more
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Magnificent Presence
Italy, 2012, 105 min.
A penurious aspiring actor (Elio Germano) takes an apartment already occupied by the ghosts of an old theatrical troupe in this light, engaging entertainment from Italy’s leading gay filmmaker, Ferzan Ozpetek (Loose Cannons; Facing Windows). Audience Award. Moscow Film Festival... more
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Margarita
Canada, 2012, 91 min.
A cash-strapped middle-class Toronto family reluctantly fires their Mexican-born nanny Margarita, only to discover just how indispensable she really is. Unfortunately she is also illegal, which makes everything that much stickier in this quirky lesbian-themed comedy-drama.... more
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Soongava: Dance of the Orchids
Nepal, 2012, 85 min.
Beautiful Diya dreams of becoming a professional dancer but when she breaks off her engagement and moves in with the woman she loves, flying in the face of Napalese tradition, local morals and family honor, discrimination is only the start of her problems.... more
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A Trip
Slovenia, 2011, 85 min.
Temperamental beauty Ziva, buff soldier Gregor and tart-tongued gay guy Andrej take off for the seaside as was their wont in more carefree years. But now, as young adults, life isn’t so simple. Winner of six Slovenian film awards, this is an honest, affecting road movie.... more
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Una Noche
Cuba, 2012, 90 min.
Elio’s twin sister, Lila, begins to suspect that her brother is planning to take off with his sexy, volatile coworker Raul on a dangerous bid to escape Cuba on a makeshift raft. Lucy Molloy’s award-winning film is vibrant, sophisticated, and emotionally intense. ... more
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United in Anger: A History of Act Up
USA, 2012, 93 min.
A riveting tear through the tumultuous history of Act Up, arguably one of the most effective political action movements of the past half-century, United in Anger traces the origins, outrageous (to some) exploits and achievements of this seminal group... more
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