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| My Fair Son |
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A father and son test the binds of family
From ground breaking gay Chinese film maker Cui Zi’en (Feeding Boys, Ayaya, Star Appeal) comes a tender and touching tale about a father and son trying to reconcile their separate lives.
Ray, a tall, thin and handsome young man returns to live with his father after having grown up with grandfather. He is angry and disconnected over his father’s middle class life style and hard line ways.
Ray enrolls in art school where he makes a new friends and starts a relationship with a another student. One morning, Dad discovers the two young men naked in bed and, after being surprised, must begin to understand his own feelings toward homosexuality.
Then Ray meets Bo, one of his dad’s top employees. From the start, sparks fly and Ray falls in love. But Bo is to be married, how will the two connect and what will Ray’s father think?
Brilliantly shot, this art house film shows gay life in China in a different light than ever before.
Written and Directed by Cui Zi’en
Produced by Liu Shujing and Wang Weiming
Featuring: Wang Junrui, Wang Weiming, Yu Bo, Wang Guifeng and Li Ziqiang
China/2007/92 Mins./Color/Chinese w/English subtitles
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| Withered in the Blooming Season |
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Cui Zi’en, the godfather of Chines cinema, blends melodrama and sadness to depict a one of a kind family utopia
Feng is a gay Beijing high school student who shares his home and room with his twin sister Wen. While never fully blown, his attractions toward his sister are non the less, obsessive. But Wen is now growing too old for his attentions and is ready to make a life of her own.
Enlisting his best friend (who just happens to be gay), Feng tries to involve his sister in a relationship that he can control. Yet his plan back fires in a series of ways that leads to an unexpected but wonderful conclusion.
Taking a page from Jean Coucteau, Cui Zi’en, one of China’s best young, gay film makers (Feeding Boys, Ayaya, My Fair Son) brings us a story about post-socialist, dysfunctional family life.
Written and Directed by Cui Zi’en
Produced by Liu Jianmin
Featuring: Wang Guifeng, Xianqwen, Jiao Le, and Wang Ren’an
China/2005/90 Mins./Color/Chinese w/English subtitles
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| Star Appeal |
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They find him alone and naked on the highway, he claims to be from
Mars. They bring him home so he can learn about Earth. They give him
the name ET, his mission is to learn about physical human interaction,
he could not have picked a better family.
Xiao Bo, the man who
brought him home is bisexual, he has both a girl friend and a boy
friend. Both feel threatened by ET. Xiao’s girl friend even tries to
have a baby with ET, but this causes him to fall into a coma, only the
words, uttered from Xiao, “I love you” can bring him around. Before ET
can leave he must learn the meaning of Earthly love. Xiao teaches him
in a tender moment of passion.
From China’s leading activist
film maker, Cui Zi’en, the maker of “Feeding Boys, Ayaya,” comes the
first all gay Chinese science fiction film.
Unrated/China/2004/86 Mins./color/Mandarin with English subtitles
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| Right By Me |
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A Wonderful Love Story From An Ancient Land.
This sweet, sexy and alluring movie follows the lives and loves of three college friends all in different stages of coming out to themselves and others.
Handsome, bookish Tat attends coming out support meetings with his out and proud friend Nat. The two boys are surprised when Tat’s crush, the hunky athlete Ek, shows up to a meeting. Questioning his sexuality, Ek turns to Tat of advice, and a sweet romance gradually develops, creating an awkward situation between Tat and Nat.
To survive and prosper, all three must surmount the homophobia of Thai society, neglectful and abusive home lives, gay bashings, schoolwork and their own love triangle.
Unrated/Thailand/2005/100 Mins./color/Thai w/English Subtitles
Extras:Theatrical Trailer • Letterboxed • Interactive Menus
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| Down the River |
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My Love For You Flows Like A Constant River.
Krit is openly gay, his oldest and deepest friend, Win is questioning. They have grown up together. They are as close as two boys can be. The fact that one is gay means nothing to the the other. As they have grown older, getting ready to separate for college, their love is coming to a test. Is it more than that of friends or is it something deeper? Krit has fallen deeply in love with Win. He keeps a book of pressed flowers, a book of memories of the moments that they have shared. When the two finally explore their passion, what will be the result?
Originally made as a college graduate film, “Down the River” is a daring exploration of friendship and intimacy seldom seen from Thailand. Shot it in the countryside, forests and temples of an ancient land the film is beautiful and sweeping more tone poem than film. We can only hope that more will come from a film maker of this talent.
Unrated/Thailand/2004/52 Mins./color/Thai w/English Subtitles
Extras:
Making of Featurette • Letterboxed • Interactive Menus
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| Go Go G-Boys |
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Go For the Prize, Find True Love
Hong and Shin have had a special friendship since childhood. As adults they have drifted only in that Hong holds a menial job and likes girls while Shin is a rock star and likes boys.
Hong has now discovered that his self absorbed girlfriend has run up a hefty amount of debt on his credit cards and all the world is after him. In order to raise the money to pay everyone off he enters the G-Boys Beauty Contest. Of course the only problem is that all the entrants have to be gay.
To help him get through the ordeal, Shin also enters the contest. Our two heroes are joined by a crew of hot, handsome asian guys all vying for the title of G-Boy of the year, and the million dollars that goes with the crown. Unknown to them there is a mad bomber out there trying to destroy the contest and a spy trying to disrupt the proceedings from within their midst.
Will the contest finish with a bang? Will the contestants all look good in the swim suit competition? Will Hong and Shin discover that they are more than just “friends”? Only at the grand finale will all the truths be revealed and the G-Boys Queen be crowned.
Unrated/Taiwan/2007/90 Mins./color/Mandarin w/English
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| The Map of Sex and Love |
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A young Chinese-American filmmaker returns to Hong Kong to make a
documentary about the imminent opening of a new Disney theme park. He
meets two people – a gay dancer haunted by a childhood secret, and a
young woman who was traumatized during a visit to Belgrade. The
filmmaker and the dancer slowly fall in love while the woman watches
from the outside trying to reconcile the tragic events she has seen.
Eventually all three travel to Macau to discover the filmmakers family
history.
“The Map of Sex and Love” is an involving and sensual story about peoples true
abilities to put their past behind them and strive forward in a culture of repression
Mandarin w/English subtitles
DVD EXTRAS!
Three Never before seen special videos from director Evans Chan: El
Contorno (music video) Macau (music video) and Tutu Landscape (dance
video)
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| Mango Souffle |
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Mango Soufflé is the first openly gay male film from
India and is an eye-opening exploration of gay sexuality and
relationships in a culture that is far from accepting.
This
heartfelt drama begins when gay fashion designer Kamlesh, reeling from
a recently ended relationship, invites a group of friends (of all
sorts) for dinner for a special announcement. The situation reaches a
boiling point when Kamlesh’s sister arrives with her new fiancé, a man
with an explosive secret. From there the action whips into a frenzy as
sexual tensions build and skeletons fly out of the closet.
Writer/director Mahesh Dattani’s colorful directorial debut (based on
his own acclaimed play) is a breezy, tangy and colorful peek into the
contemporary life of Indian gay culture.
(India) In English (2002)
DVD Extras:
Theatrical Trailer/Special Music Video
Interactive Menus/Scene Selection
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| Yours Emotionally |
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"An intoxicating queer journey through India”
Two best friends, Ravi and Paul, go on vacation to India where they attend an all night, eye-opening gay sex party. Surprised by the openness of their hosts and the aggressiveness of the guests, the boys fall into the steadily growing Indian gay culture. Ravi is especially bitten hard as he falls for the good looking but deeply closeted Mani. Will caste, economics and customs allow these two love birds a happy ending or will the forces of tradition and homophobia keep them apart?
Fueled by flirting, erotic performances and open sex, “Yours Emotionally” is a revealing film about the growing Indian gay community. The camera lingers over the hot bodies of Indian men and never shirks from giving gay men a sexuality seldom seen from this part of the world. Sirdhar Rangayan uses both traditional and experimental film techniques to build a story of love, compassion and truth in a society that is only now beginning to accept gay people for who they are.
UK/India-2006-86mins.
DVD Extras:Theatrical Trailer“Yellow and Blue” a making for documentary
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A teen movie with a twist. Not afraid to show life in Japan as it really is, film maker Ryosuke Hashiguchi weaves a story of two young Tokyo hustles trying to make something of their drab lives.
Tatsuro is a sullen teenager who would rather spend his time turning tricks than going to school. Working out of a hustler bar he remains an aloof professional, never shying away from even the kinkiest of requests. His best friend, Shin, while not as good at turning tricks likes to hang around Tatsuro to pick up pointers.
The story climaxes when Shin admits his true love to Tatsuro, forcing Tatsuro to face the reality of his life and a future he has never planned for.
This never before available DVD is Ryosuke Hashiguchi first feature film. In it he displays the style and talent that would become his trademark in his other films, “Like Grains of Sand” and the very popular “Hush.”
Japanese with English subtitles
1993-114 minutes
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Theatrical Trailers/Making of Documentary
Wide Screen Format/Interactive Menus
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One day, Yangyang accidentally discovers that his father is gay. After tracing his dad’s unknown past and hidden secrets, Yangyang confronts his dad’s partner, Xiaoyong. While this brings Yangyang no answers, it does make him begin to question his own life. Surprising himself he falls in love with another man, Haobin. But when Yangyang discovers Haobin’s true profession, their love is tested.
This is the framework around which Cui Zi’en once again delves into his favorite subject matter, street hustlers in China. This film, which breaks and restructures the styles of drama, documentary and subject interviews, provides a rarely seen glimpse into the world of gay sex workers in China.
China-2004-75 mins-Mandarin with English Subtitles
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One of the first Chinese openly-gay underground films to make it to the big screen, “The Old Testament” offers a rare glimpse at gay life behind communist borders. Biblical references weave together three engaging vignettes on the topics of sexuality, homophobia and AIDS.
In “Song of Solomon” a male couple receives an unexpected visitor: an ex-boyfriend with AIDS. Faced with a commitment to provide hospice care for the former lover, the couple must confront the demise of their own relationship. “Proverbs” follows the love triangle between a married man, his wife, and his gay lover. As the bisexual husband attempts to get the best of both worlds, the feuding wife and lover begin to wonder if he is worth the fight. “Psalter” concludes the trilogy as a straight couple schemes outrageously to prevent the husband’s younger brother from sleeping with his “special friend.”
China-2002-75 mins.-Mandarin with English Subtitles
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| Arisan! |
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Arisan! (The Gathering)
A satirical comedy set in Jakarta about friendship, homosexuality, adultery and the shallowness of the nouveau riche, “Arisan!” caused quite a stir in Indonesia when it presented the first openly gay kiss between the two male leads.
Sakti is a handsome young architect living in Jakarta with his nagging mother. He is so deep in the closet that even he has not figured out he likes men. But those around him begin to suspect something is up when Sakti meets Nino, a good looking TV producer.
Set around the traditional Arisan (gatherings) where women get together and gossip the afternoon away, this film is a wonderful look at Indonesian society and people’s ability to accept each other no matter what the circumstances.
DVD EXTRAS
A Special Feature “The Making of Arisan!”/Theatrical Trailers/Deleted Scenes/A Special Surprise/Wide Screen Format/Interactive Menus
Indonesia – 129 minuts – Color
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| Men and Woman |
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Originally banned on the Mainland, MEN AND WOMAN is one of the earliest
films to come out of Communist China that deals directly with the issue
of homosexuality in a humorous and honest way.
Xiao Bo, a shy boy
from the country, comes to the big city and luckily lands a job and
place to live thanks to a kind shop keeper, Mrs. Qing. Qing tries
setting Xiao on a date only to discover that he really “does not like
girls.” When her husband, Kang gets wind of this news, he decides to
try and take advantage of the young man causing Xiao to flee.
In the end, Qing leaves Kang for another woman and Xiao finds a new
home with his old friend Chong. Xiao and Chong find a lot in common as
it turns out that Chong is also gay and the two of them start a new
relationship. (China)
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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| Feeding Boys, Ayaya |
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Feeding Boys, Ayaya
Xiao Bo comes from a moderate, middle class family but has decided to make his living as a male hustler. His older brother, Dabin, is a Christian evangelist determined to reform China’s entire hustler population. When the two clash Xiao disappears into the streets. As Dabin searches for his brother he meets, befriends and tries to convert many working boys but slowly comes to realize that the hustlers do not consider their work shameful or abhorrent, a realization that is stunning and eye opening.
At a time when male prostitution is on the rise, Cui Zi’en, China’s leading underground film maker, has taken a genuine interest in understanding the motivations that lead young me to sell their bodies. He pulls no punches in this hard look at a growing problem for the Chinese government.
DVD EXTRAS: Interactive Menus/Scene Selection
China – 80 minutes – Color
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