Coming Home 2015
14min | Short, Drama | 24 May 2015 (USA)
Storyline:
Ivan is a Taiwanese high school student pressured constantly by his mother. He meets Eric, a rebellious exchange student from the U.S., and together they take a road trip down the most dangerous highway in Taiwan, despite Ivan’s mother’s objections. Their trip is cut short when Eric reveals that he must return home after graduation, forcing Ivan to confront his darkest demons.
Cherries 2017
Tresnje (original title)
Short | May 2017 (France)
Storyline:
“Family tensions are slowly eroding what should have been a carefree summer for the young boy Jakov. A series of events ending in tragedy will incite his emotional revolt against the grown ups, but also his sense of guilt.”
The Fosters 2013 S05E21
Turks & Caicos
TV-14 | 1h | Drama, Romance | Episode aired 5 June 2018
Storyline:
The family travels to Turks and Caicos for Brandon and Eliza’s wedding, where they find themselves at odds with their future in-laws; when Brandon and Eliza butt heads, Brandon turns to the person who knows him best.
Sweat 2018
Sweat 2018
24min | Short | 25 May 2018 (USA)
Storyline:
When Mullen opened the door to let in Christen, he believed he was simply helping out a friend of a friend who needed a short break. As the so-called “emergency” visit turns into a forced darkening small talk on which Christen just wouldn’t leave, Mullen vividly feels his misgiving thoughts becoming complete rejection just before transforming into the sensual redemption of his most feared fetish.
Los Placeres Ocultos 1977
Los Placeres Ocultos 1977
1h 35min | Drama | April 1986 (USA)
Storyline:
A closeted banker, middle-aged and successful, falls madly in love with a poor but handsome 18-year-old student with devastating consequences for the young man. An updating of Death in Venice.
Proud 2018
Fiertés (original title)
Drama | TV Mini-Series (2018– )
User review:
First, this is so safe and timid, one has to wonder why this was produced and aired on Arte and not France 2. Let’s admit they tried (very clumsily) to embrace a large audience. Still, if the third episode wasn’t set in 2013, you could swear this was produced in the 90’s. Fiertés (what a badly chosen title, considering the result) only is the mostly joyless depiction of the many pains that a gay man has to go through – as if a gay life was only a life of pain. But the worse part is that this limited series (pun intended) almost always choses the side of the heterosexual characters over the gay ones. As if asking for empathy from a straight audience toward gay men was impossible. Finally, the pace is severely lacking, everything is toned down to the point of total blandness, and the depiction of the working class is laughable. A serious misfire.
Love, Simon 2018
PG-13 | 1h 50min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 16 March 2018 (USA)
Storyline:
A young coming-of-age tale about a teenage boy, Simon Spier, goes through a different kind of Romeo and Juliet story. Simon has a love connection with a boy, Blue, by email, but the only problem is that Simon has no idea who he’s talking to. Simon must discover who that boy is–who Blue is. Along the way, he tries to find himself as well.
