April’s
Shower is a comedy about love, romance, and expectations. On the
morning of April's wedding shower, we meet Alex, a chef put out by her
attempt to host the perfect shower while struggling with her tangled
relationship with the bride-to-be. One by one, eclectic guests trickle
into Alex's house, bringing their own hilarious insecurities and
peculiar life situations with them. When bride-to-be April arrives, it
becomes clear that the secret Alex is hiding will affect the course of
her life, and the future of almost everyone at the shower.
April's
Shower demands that you to ask how far you would go for true
love and asks if you have the strength to live in your truth.
Torino
Film Festival - Best Feature, Audience Award
Monte Carlo Comedy Film Festival - Jury Prize
Philadelphia G&L Film Festival - Best Lesbian Feature, Audience
Award
Phoenix Out FAR – Best Lesbian Feature
CAST:
Maria Cina
Trish Doolan
Frank Grillo
Zack Ward
Randall Batinkoff
Lara Harris
Arly Jover
Denise Miller
Joe Tabbanella
Honey Labrador
Molly Cheek
Samantha Lemole
DIRECTOR:
Trish Doolan
Big
Eden Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern
Montana. Although it's been years since he's been back, Henry Hart, a
successful but lonely New York artist, returns to his hometown to care
for his sick grandfather who raised him.
Henry finds he must come to terms with his relationship to Dean
Stewart, his best friend from high school, and the object of his
unrequited love. At the same time, Henry's appearance sparks a
transformation in Pike Dexter, the shy Native American owner of the
town's general store. Pike is as surprised as anyone, and completely
unprepared when he finds himself falling in love with Henry.
Big Eden
is a uniquely American fable about home and family, hitting upon the
universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we
are loved. Honored at over 50 international film festivals.
Cast: Arye
Gross
Eric Schweig
Tim DeKay
Louise Fletcher
George Coe
Director:
Thomas Bezucha
The
Business of Fancy Dancing Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Spokane Reservation best friends Aristotle Joseph and Seymour Polatkin
are reunited sixteen years after their high school graduation. Seymour
has flourished in college and embraced the opportunities in the white
world, building a successful literary career as a poet. Things
haven’t gone as well for Aristotle. Seymour feels obligated to
return for the first time in years to the people who would probably
prefer that he just stay away.
The only person who welcomes Seymour is his college sweetheart, Agnes
Roth. She has the unfortunate experience of being the second
person to learn that Seymour is gay. Tensions are heightened as
Aristotle and Agnes have now become lovers. Aristotle's long
festering bitterness is dangerously exposed by Seymour's arrival.
A strange and provocative triangle of emotions is in the offing.
Cast:
Evan Adams
Michelle St. John
Gene Tagaban
Rebecca Carroll
Kevin Phillip
Director:
Sherman Alexie
Dante's Cove Season One
aka Hotel Mystique Genre:
Supernatural Thriller
Synopsis:
The sexy, young residents of a peaceful
beachside town are plunged into a world of intrigue, secrets and
shifting
romantic ties when their town’s sinister, supernatural past comes
alive.
Fleeing an unhappy home life, Kevin is excited about moving in with his
lover,
Toby, at a beachside apartment complex, the Hotel Dante.However, the young tenants of the
old hotel
soon suspect that its supernatural and sinister past may be alive and
well.Lesbian goth Van, party girl
Amber, and slacker Cory are among those who attempt to solve the
mystery as the
door has been opened to a world of evil forces that wreak havoc in the
hip
beach town. A here! Original Series.
2 x 90 minutes
Cast:
Gregory Lee
Gregory Michael
Charlie David
Tracy Scoggins
Director:
Sam
Irvin
Dante's Cove Season Two
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
Synopsis:
As we return to Dante's Cove for its second
season, we find Toby and Ambrosious continuing to battle for Kevin's
love. The residents of Hotel Dante will deal with addiction and
insanity, love and infidelity, coming out and breaking up. One
will die, another will kill. And as the Solstice approaches and
magical forces gather strength, they'll have to make hard choices and
ultimate sacrifies. A here! Original Series.
5 x 60 minutes
Cast:
Gregory Lee
Gregory Michael
Charlie David
Tracy Scoggins
John Fleming
Thea Gill
Director:
Sam Irvin
Dante's Cove Season Three
Genre: Supernatural
Thriller
Synopsis:
"Dante's Cove," lauded by leading gay
publication The Advocate as Best Soap Opera in 2006, follows a cast of
mostly gay and lesbian characters who all live together in the sleepy
beachside community of "Dante's Cove." Season three finds a new dark
force wreaking havoc on the residents of the island. Meanwhile, a group
of newcomers is sure to stir up the lives and relationships of the
residents of the island town.
Cast:
Gregory Michael
Charlie David
William Gregory Lee
Tracy Scoggins
Jill Bennett
Director:
Sam Irvin
5 x 60 minutes
The DL Chronicles
Genre: Gay Drama
Synopsis:
An award-winning and groundbreaking series,
The DL Chronicles tells the stories of gay men of color who, by
circumstance or by choice, live closeted lives on The Down Low.
The “Down Low” is a slang term sometimes used to refer to men of color
who identify as being straight, but secretly engage in sexual activity
with men. These men sometimes date women, have children and often marry
in an effort to appear heterosexual to the public. These men do not
identify as gay or bisexual and generally do not associate with the
LGBT community.
Narrated by an aspiring journalist authorizing a book about “the Down
Low,” this anthology series explores the issues of betrayal, denial,
sexual discovery, secrecy, love and loss. From a highly-desired,
successful executive to the street corner hustler, from the happily
married father of two to the college athlete’s first love, each episode
delves into the diverse lives and experiences of DL Men of Color across
social, cultural and economic boundaries.
Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher (2008) Genre:
Gay Horror
Rating:
NR
Running
Time:
83
Synopsis:
When a young man, Victor, visits his old friend Roderick Usher and
Ushers sister Madeliene at their crumbling family estate, he discovers
the two decaying as quickly as their mansion. He soon discovers that
the only thing keeping the Ushers alive is a terrifying secret.
Cast:
Frank Mentier
Michael Cardelle
Jaimyse Haft
Director:
David DeCoteau
Writer:
Simon Savory
Producers:
Paul Colichman (exec)
Stephen P. Jarchow (exec)
John Schouweiler
Jeffrey Schenk (co-prod)
Music By:
Harry Manfredini
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven (2007) Genre:
Gay Horror
Rating:
NR
Running
Time:
81
Synopsis:
Roderick throws a masquerade ball inside a creepy mansion with a dark
past. An infamous mass-murder happened there fifty years ago to the
night, but thats part of the fun for the posh hotties who show up for
some boozy partying. The reverie is cut short when a Raven-masked
killer crashes the party, intent on repeating the bloody history of the
Ravenwood Massacre that happened decades ago. As the unknown killer
picks the guests off one by one, old grudges resurface among friends,
and new suspicions emerge.
Cast:
Rick Armando
Graeme Richards
Traverse Le Goff
Richard Johnson
Ivan Botha
Director:
David DeCoteau
Writer:
Matthew Jason Walsh
Producers:
Paul Colichman (exec)
Stephen P. Jarchow (exec)
Armed with biting humor and quirky sensibility, Rodney and his
Rubenesque friend Sabrina are valiantly suffering through the indignity
known as high school. Both are outcasts; he’s gay and she’s
overweight. Trapped in a small Texas town and having come to
accept his “fat girl” within, Rodney is an aspiring Broadway star who
musters up the energy to confront his fears and take life – and the hot
new student from England – by the horns. With Rodney’s awkward
experiences, off-beat attitude and strange evangelical family, “Fat
Girls” is a hilarious rollercoaster ride that careens to an outrageous
climax. This auspicious debut announces the arrival of filmmaker
and star Ash Christian as a major new talent.
CAST:
Ash Christian
Ashley Fink
Jonathan Caouette
Robin de Jesus
Ellen Albertini Dow
Deborah Theaker
Justin Bruening
Alexa Havins
Joe Flaten
Evan Miller
DIRECTED
BY
Ash Christian
Fixing Frank Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Adapted by Ken Hanes from his stage play, and directed by Michael
Selditch in his feature film directorial debut, Fixing Frank is a powerful and
unsettling drama exploring conversion therapy, the scientifically
unproven method of turning homosexuals straight.
Reporter Frank Johnston is sent undercover by his boyfriend,
psychotherapist Jonathan Baldwin to write an expose on Dr. Arthur
Apsey. Apsey claims to be able to successfully change gays to straight,
and Jonathan convinces Frank to pose as a patient wanting to convert.
But Jonathan and Frank underestimate Apsey's brilliance, leading Frank
to doubt himself and his six-year relationship with Jonathan. As Frank
falls under Apsey's spell, his relationship with Jonathan deteriorates,
and a fierce psychological tug of war erupts between the two powerful
doctors over the heart and mind of Frank. With careers, relationships
and even core identities at stake, Frank must make some decisions that
eventually explode the lives of them all.
Cast:
Dan Butler
Andrew Elvis Miller
Paul Provenza
Stephen and Danny have it all - friends, lots of money – and each
other. Then, one day, a surprise visit from Stephen’s Midwestern
parents threatens to blow the boys’ big secret. The secret? Not that
Stephen and Danny are gay - Stephen’s parents know all about that. What
they don’t know is that their son and his boyfriend are hit men for the
Mafia kingpin, Victor Patrizzi! They believe Stephen and Danny
are caterers. To make matters worse, Stephen’s mom asks him to throw a
birthday banquet for his FBI-agent dad. No problem - the boys enlist
their macho gangster friends to serve as “gay” waiters for the
fictional catering company.
Meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the Patrizzi household. Don Patrizzi’s
beautiful daughter brings home her new fiancé, who has a few
secrets of his own, and Victor’s sons are more interested in cooking
and decorating than they are in taking care of the Family business. Add
a few Pouty drag queens and invading right-wing fanatics, and our two
lovable “wiseguys” are forced to show their true colors as they save
the day.
Cast:
Tony Lo Bianco
Greg Lauren
Christopher Gartin
Tovah Feldshuh
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Director:
Kristen Coury
Gods and
Monsters Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Academy Award
Winner
Based
upon the life and mysterious death in
1957 Pacific
Palisades of James Whale, the brilliant director of the early
Frankenstein movies. Regent's Gods
and Monsters was nominated for three
Academy Awards and won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay. Other awards include three Independent Spirit Awards,
including Best Feature, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, Best
Picture from the National Board of Review, three Golden Globe
nominations, including the award for Best Supporting Actress among
numerous other international prizes. The film is on more than 100
critics Top Ten lists.
Cast: Sir Ian
McKellen Lynn
Redgrave Brendan
Fraser Lolita
Davidovich David Dukes
The terrifying original new feature from writer/director Paul
Etheredge-Ouzts and Joseph Wolf, the co-creator of such horror classics
as Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. Capturing
the essence of the
Halloween Carnival, we follow four young men through a night where
flamboyant costumes, beautiful people, drugs, music, dancing and sex
are everywhere. The authentic footage lets filmgoers experience
the most exciting night of the year. Hellbent is a shocking and
provocative film.
Cast:
Dylan Fergus
Bryan Kirkwood
Hank Harris
Andrew Levitas
Matt Phillips
Wren T. Brown
Director:
Paul Etheredge-Ouzts
Ice Blues (2008) Genre:
Gay Mystery
Rating:
Running
Time:
Synopsis:
This new installment in the popular
and critically-acclaimed Donald
Strachey Mystery series finds the Americas favorite gay private
investigator, Donald Strachey (Chad Allen), taking on the most
complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim
(Sebastian Spence), asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous and
generous donation to the Albany youth center, he gets caught in a
whirlwind of deceit and danger. When the lawyer who presented the
donation turns up dead, the hard-boiled Strachey must race against the
clock to capture the killer before he strikes again.
Cast:
Chad Allen
Sebastian Spence
Director:
Ron Oliver
Writer:
Ron McGee
Producers:
Paul Colichman
Stephen P. Jarchow
James Shavick
Barry Krost (exec)
Brad Danks (exec)
Music By:
Peter Allen
Kate Clinton
Genre:
Comedy
Synopsis:
Legendary comdienne Kate Clinton offers her riotous viewpoint on
feminism, lesbianism, and life in this one-woman, stand-up
performance. Clinton takes on the burning issues of the day -
popes, politics, marriage, sex, pop culture. You'll laugh until
you think!
A here! Original.
Cast:
Kate Clinton
Director:
Rick Scott
Joel Lipman
The Lair
Genre: Gay Horror
Synopsis:
From the producers of the hit series "Dante's Cove" comes "The Lair,"
America's first gay vampire series. Suspicions arise when young men
turn up murdered with vicious, mysterious wounds on their necks.
Determined to solve the crimes, a young journalist discovers clues
leading him to a private gentlemen's club called "The Lair." As he
closes in on the truth, he becomes ensnared by a coven of vampires led
by the enigmatic Damian (played by Peter Stickles from the acclaimed
film "Shortbus.")
Cast:
Peter Stickles
David Moretti
Colton Ford
Dylan Vox
Director:
Fred Olen Ray
Lair Season 2, The (2008) Genre:
Gay Horror
Synopsis:
In season two, The Lair boldly goes
where no show has ever dared to
go before. We pick up where we left off&in the midst of the warring
factions of vampires we are introduced to Dr. Jake Waldman, a botanist
with a mysterious plant that seems to have a mind of its own and Ian, a
wandering lost soul with a dark secret and an even darker beast that
lurks within. Wild is the best word to sum up this years
scintillating season.
Cast:
Peter Stickles
David Moretti
Colton Ford
Dylan Vox
Director:
Fred Olen Ray
Lesbian Sex & Sexuality
Genre:
Gay Documentary
Synopsis:
Award winning filmmaker Katherine Linton offers an unblinking look
inside the world of lesbian culture in this provactive new docu-series.
"Lesbian Sex & Sexuality" explores many topics including porn
today: pushing the limits, erotic dancers, the evolution of erotica,
fulfulling fantasy and selling sex in the mainstream.
Cast:
various
Director:
Katherine Linton
Lesbian Sex & Sexuality Season 2 (2008) Genre:
Gay Documentary
Synopsis:
In the second season, we turn to
sexperts to divulge their tips to
keeping it hot in a relationship. We journey to Dinah Shore to see what
makes this event the most desirable draw for lesbians on the calendar
year. We explore how sexuality is expressed on stage, in gender
specific desire and even on the runway. Lesbian Sex and Sexuality 2
will once again take an unblinking, comprehensive and provocative ride
into a world where lesbian desire isnt whispered but seriously
celebrated.
Cast:
Director:
Katherine Linton
Mr. Leather
Genre:
Drama
Synopsis
Production Year: 2005
“Mr. Leather” is an unforgettable journey into the lives of today’s
leathermen and the exciting, sexy and hilarious world of Leather
contests. It is a touching, never before seen view of an
underground gay lifestyle that is as funny as it is inspiring.
From home, to work, to the bars, to the sex shop we follow the 9
contestant to see who will be crowned the next Mr. Los Angeles Leather.
Director:
Jason Garrett
Cast:
Daddy Don Anspauch
Guy Baldwin
Chris Woods
Gannon Grey
Long-Term
Relationship Genre: Gay Romantic Comedy
Synopsis
All you need is love… and a sense of
humor!
Out of all the gay men in Los Angeles, Glenn has finally found his soul
mate – a cute Southern boy named Adam. Their relationship started, as
so many great relationships have, with the personal ads and from the
moment they met, it was instant attraction. Now Glenn’s in love for the
first time, and it feels great. There’s only one problem. Well,
actually a few problems. For starters, Adam is a Republican – not the
biggest turn-on for a dedicated Democrat like Glenn. But more
importantly, when they finally decide to have sex, it’s bad. Really
bad. And they can’t figure out why their everyday chemistry and
compatibility don’t extend to the bedroom. Are these problems big
enough to be deal-breakers, or can Glenn and Adam work through their
differences?
Ultimately, only Glenn and Adam can decide what it takes to
sustain a long-term relationship in this classic comedy that appeals to
both gay and straight audiences alike.
Cast:
Matthew Montgomery
Windham Beacham
Artie O'Daly
Jeremy Lucas
Bret Wolfe
Based
on the hit underground comic strip, this hilarious, gay romantic comedy
follows the story of Ethan Green, an adorable 26 year-old professional
'assistant' looking for love in all the wrong places.
Kitschy and fun, sexy and outrageous, Ethan Green is a sure bet for a
good time that might just make your love life look downright easy.
Cast:
Meredith Baxter
Dave Monahan
Diego Serrano
Daniel Letterle
Dean Shelton
Joel Brooks
Richard Riehle
At the age of 40, wildly successful gay adult film star Colton Ford
decides to leave porn behind and to pursue his dream: music. He
definitely has the talent, bu can he successfully use his porn past to
build up a new career as a singer-songwriter? Christopher Long's
intelligent and appealing documentary, Naked Fame, attempts to answer
that question, following Colton and his life partner, fellow adult film
star Blake Harper, as Colton moves from the film studio to the music
recording studio.
A fascinating look at the porn world and music industry from the
initial conception of the first single to its recording and release,
this documentary explores the intimate inner-workings of the music
industry, capturing the intense emotional drama and struggles involved
in the pursuit of stardom against the stigma of a porn star past.
Cast:
Colton Ford
Blake Harper
ChiChi LaRue
Director:
Christopher Long
On the Other Hand Death (2008) Genre:
Mystery/Thriller
Rating:
R
Running
Time:
85
Synopsis:
When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to
sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly
lesbian couple. Soon after, the couple’s home is besieged by anti-gay
vandalism, but Don suspects that the attack is motivated by
big-business rather than homophobia. As the investigation progresses,
Tim and Don fall in love all over again, as strengthened by their
admiration for the elderly lesbian couple. Cast:
Chad Allen
Sebastian Spence
Margot Kidder
Gabrielle Rose
Nelson Wong
Director:
Ron Oliver
Writer:
Gillian Horvath, Ron McGee
Producers:
Paul Colichman (exec)
Barry Krost (exec)
Brad Danks (exec)
James Shavick
Music By:
Peter Allen
Paradise Falls: Season Three Genre:
Gay Drama
Synopsis:
Described
as “Twin Peaks” meets “Melrose
Place”, Paradise Falls is full of scandalous affairs, family grudges,
teenage love triangles, supernatural spells and tongue-in-cheek humor.
The atmospheric suspense and unforgettable characters are set against a
stunning backdrop of natural beauty and villainy. It’s ironic, edgy and
very sexually charged.
Paradise
Falls enters its third season, and the wedding bells are ringing in the
tiny haven of Paradise Falls as Nick and Sasha plan a festive gay
wedding at their very own bed and breakfast. Colin, the new, sexy chef
has designs of his own; he wants to seduce both the grooms. Trish is
determined to get to know newcomer, lesbian cop Cate better, despite
Cate wanting to keep to herself because of her own dark past. After a
hard-fought chase, Trish manages to bed Cate just as Cate’s
ex-girlfriend, Julie, arrives in town. Thus ensues a love triangle just
as Cate’s younger brother, Ethan, embarks on a relationship with older
woman Roxy.
Cast:
Art Hindle
Salvatore Antonion
Cameron Graham
Tammy Isbell
Michelle Latimer
Director:
David Warry-Smith, Scott Smith, Graeme Lynch
Henry Kray is a young gay man who's gone away to college and is
enjoying the liberty of coming out, away from his family. The problem
is that the boy's father is a powerful, conservative U.S. Senator and
around campus the son's homosexuality is a bit of an open secret.
Enter 28 year-old gay activist Anthony looking to party, who quickly
meets several guys willing to show him a good time - including
Henry. Unaware of Henry's identity Anthony hooks up with him and spends
a fun evening in the school's darkened gymnasium. In the morning,
Anthony finds out Henry's full identity.
Looking for any chance to take a shot at the conservative government
that he detests, Anthony decides to take this opportunity for political
action. But he finds himself beginning to care very deeply for Henry
and he must decide if he can use someone he cares for in this way.
Cast:
Karen Allen
Michael Lerner
Matt Newton
Jack Noseworthy
Valerie Geffner
Ian Reed Kesler
Austin Lysy
"Race You to the Bottom" centers around a beautifully complicated and
heated love affair between two young 20-somethings: a straight woman
and her best friend, a gay man. Starring young actors Cole
Williams ("Harry and Max") and Amber Benson ("Buffy, The Vampire
Slayer") in career-making lead roles, "Race You to the Bottom" is a
vibrant, sexy artistic achievement and a cultural milestone in
reflecting a fast-changing new world of fluid sexuality.
Propelled by the exhilaration of their six-month secret affair, gay
Nathan and straight Maggie embark on a sun-drenched road trip through
Napa Valley wine country, all the while leaving their respective
boyfriends behind. The lovers try to define their relationship on
their own terms: sensual, liberating and rebellious, but also one
fraught with complications that they might not have the maturity to
overcome.
The result is an unlikely love story with sharply drawn, intelligent
and flawed characters. As these two hedonists tear through
Northern California, the film reminds us of the glorious moments when
romance seems to have no boundaries.
Cast:
Amber Benson
Cole Williams
Jeremy Lelliott
Danielle Harris
Unable to tie the knot with his Prozac loving girlfriend, Cuban
Filmmaker Sebastian Cortez finds himself 30-years old and never in
love. On his quest to finding..."The One," Sebastian turns to
friend/tour guide Daria who introduces Sebastian to her sandbox of gay
co-horts and the adventure of his life! The unsophisticated but sexy
Sebastian finds himself navigating through the uncharted waters of
Hollywood, sexual politics and getting trapped between Mr. Big Time
and...Toilet Man? Is this QUEER EYE FOR THE BI-GUY? Can a girl turn a
straight man queer? All these questions are answered in this sardonic,
hilarious and universal film about the pursuit of finding someone to
permanently spoon with.
Cast:
Julien Hernandez
Marisa Petroro
Paul Lekakis
Seth Macari
Don Max
Alex Douglas
Gina Vetro
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