Category: Gay Film

  • Now Available: Steel

    Now Available: Steel

    From director Sven J. Matten, Steel follows Daniel (Chad Connell), a successful TV journalist who lives his life in the fast lane. Unfortunately, he has fallen into a deep depression. His seemingly perfect life suddenly collapses under him when panic attacks force him to deal with his past.

    Fear, paranoia and desperation appear to get the better of him; people around him are helpless. Daniel, however, won’t give up. He tries to recapture what was once his, guided by an alluring young man named Alexander (David Cameron), with whom he embarks on a tentative journey into a painful past.

    A film about illness, self-discovery and survival, Steel is a stirring psychological drama with two strong male leads. Watch the trailer below and make sure to stream the full film on Dekkoo.

  • New This Week – 10/12/18

    New This Week – 10/12/18

    Dating My Mother is now available to stream on Dekkoo.com

    ‘Dating My Mother’ follows the intimate and tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying world of online dating. While they search for their versions of Mr. Right, mother and son discover that sometimes you need to be apart in order to grow together. Watch ‘Dating My Mother’ now on Dekkoo!

    Derek Jarman's Edward II is now available on Dekkoo.com

    Using anachronistic imagery, modern dress and gay activists battling riot police the story of Britain’s only openly gay monarch and the persecution he suffered is given a contemporary resonance by queer iconoclast Derek Jarman. ‘Edward II’ is available to stream now on Dekkoo!

    The gay short film 'Narcissist' is available to stream on Dekkoo.com

    An honest genuine writer discovers the painful truth of a handsome and charming, yet manipulative and toxic love interest. Watch the gay short film ‘Narcissist’ now on Dekkoo!

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    Coming next week: ”An unexcited and great drama about a late coming out. Worth seeing!” The Yorcker – Berlin

  • Are you down with Dating My Mother?

    Are you down with Dating My Mother?

    Unemployed and living in his New Jersey hometown, brash screenwriter Danny (Patrick Reilly) spends his days doing just about everything with his mother Joan (Kathryn Erbe). But when Joan reveals she’s going to start dating again, Danny’s cushy world comes crashing down.

    Dating My Mother follows the intimate and tumultuous relationship between a single mother and her gay son as they navigate the dizzying world of online dating. While they search for their versions of Mr. Right, mother and son realize that sometimes you have to pull apart in order to come together.

    Written and directed as a feature-length debut by Mike Roma, who previously created the web series Danny the Manny, Dating My Mother co-stars Paul Iacono, James Le Gros and Kathy Najimy. It’s available to watch RIGHT NOW on Dekkoo!

     

  • Santa came early this year with Cola De Mono

    Santa came early this year with Cola De Mono

    It’s Christmas Eve, 1986, and Borja (Cristóbal Rodriguez-Costabal) is a precocious teenager with a passion for film. As his extended family comes together to celebrate the holiday, the combined forces of the suffocating Chilean heat, free-flowing drinks, and repressed desire contribute to the eruption of long-held secrets.

    This hypnotic story from Chilean writer-director Alberto Fuguet is both an enticing family melodrama and an explicit erotic thriller about the ways in which passion and desire can discreetly control our lives – from our pop-culture tastes to our sexual fantasies.

    Cola De Mono is available now on Dekkoo. Check out the trailer below.

     

     

  • New This Week – 10/5/18

     

    The gay film Cola De Mono is now available to stream on Dekkoo.com

    It’s Christmas Eve, 1986, and Borja is a precocious teenager with a passion for film. As his extended family comes together to celebrate the holiday, the combined forces of the suffocating Chilean heat, free-flowing drinks, and repressed desire contribute to the eruption of long-held secrets. ‘Cola De Mono’ is available now, exclusively on Dekkoo!

    The gay short film 'Beyond Plain Sight' is available now on Dekkoo

    Ryan is a popular member of his community. He’s charming, helping and a social butterfly but Ryan has a secret. Dekkoo Films presents ‘Beyond Plain Sight’.

    The gay film 'Steel' is available now on Dekkoo

    Daniel, a successful TV journalist living life in the fast lane, has fallen into a deep depression. His seemingly perfect life collapses when panic attacks force him to deal with himself and his past, all while pursuing a handsome younger man. ‘Steel’ is available to stream on Dekkoo!

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    Coming next week: A gay cinema masterpiece adapted from a notorious 16th century play.

  • Kinky Boots is a modest little movie that launched an award-winning Broadway hit

    Kinky Boots is a modest little movie that launched an award-winning Broadway hit

    Inspired by a hilarious true story, Kinky Boots is the refreshing, feel-good comedy that launched the multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.

    Released in 2005, Joel Edgerton, Nick Frost and Chiwetel Ejiofor, none of whom had quite broken through to major movie stardom (but would soon).

    For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. When young Charlie Price (Edgerton) inherits the struggling business, he turns to an unlikely new creative consultant to save the business from imminent bankruptcy: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer (Ejiofor), whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.

    Check out the original trailer for Kinky Boots below and then strut your stuff on over to Dekkoo to watch the full film.

     

  • You’re invited to Prom Night

    You’re invited to Prom Night

    A gay version of John Hughes hit from the 80s? A mix of Carrie and Pretty in Pink? An examination of homophobia, school bullying and gender prejudice? A cinematic poem about young love and romantic ideals? The 24-minute short Prom Night is, surprisingly, all that and more.

    The newest project from São Paulo-based filmmaker Lufe Steffen, who made a name for himself in Brazil with Sao Paulo in Hi-Fi, Prom Night blends documentary and fiction while bringing to life real stories about LGBT people and their experiences at prom.

    Watch two of the film’s official teaser trailers below and visit us at Dekkoo where the film is now streaming. (Editor’s note: there are no subtitles available on these teaser videos, but the version we have made available on Dekkoo does have English subtitles).

     

  • New This Week – 9/27/18

    New This Week – 9/27/18

    The gay classic, 'Kinky Boots' is available now to stream on Dekkoo

    A drag queen (Chiwetel Ejiofor) comes to the rescue of a man (Joel Edgerton) who, after inheriting his father’s shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat. ‘Kinky Boots’ is available to stream now on Dekkoo!

    The gay short film 'Prom Night' is available now on Dekkoo

    In the short film ‘Prom Night’, documentary and fiction is blended seamlessly bringing to life real stories about LGBT people and their experiences at prom.

    The gay documentary Break Through is available now on Dekkoo

    In this raw, eye-opening documentary a group of impassioned theater students come together to produce a play aimed at shedding light on the many stigmas and equality-rights issues faced by LGBT youth in the United States today. ‘Break Through’ is available now on Dekkoo!

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    Coming next week: A hypnotic story from Chile that is both an enticing family melodrama and an explicit erotic thriller.

     

  • It just takes a few Baby Steps

    It just takes a few Baby Steps

    Two gay dads. One meddling tiger mom. What could go wrong?

    Danny (writer-director Barney Cheng), a Taiwanese-American man, longs to have a baby with his American partner Tate (The 10-Year Plan star Michael Adam Hamilton), but their attempts at international surrogacy are complicated by Danny’s meddlesome mom (Grace Guei), who wants to control every aspect of the process – all the way from Taipei.

    Co-starring actor/stand-up comedian Jason Stuart, the charming, award-winning family comedy Baby Steps is available now on Dekkoo. Check out the trailer below.

     

  • Short Film Spotlight: Sign

    Short Film Spotlight: Sign

    Sign is a deeply touching short film that tells the story of a relationship between Ben (Preston Sadleir), a man with the ability to hear, and Aaron (John McGinty), a man who is deaf.

    Preston Sadleir in Sign - Now Available on Dekkoo

    Directed by Andrew Keenan-Bolger, with a screenplay and score by Adam Wachter, this largely silent film, told through vignettes, music and sign language, picked up ten different major awards on it’s journey along the LGBTQIA+ film festival circuit.

    John McGinty and Preston Sadleir in Sign - Now Available on Dekkoo

    Inspired to portray an under-explored human experience, the filmmakers collaborated with hearing-impaired actors from the New York theater community. The film ultimately combined Keenan-Bolger’s passion for visual imagery with Wachter’s love of musical storytelling.

    John McGinty and Preston Sadleir in Sign - Now Available on Dekkoo

    Sign was shot in a four-day marathon session, in multiple locations across New York City, on a set staffed by actors, ASL interpreters, consultants and many passionate volunteers. Now streaming on Dekkoo, this moving short offers fifteen minutes well-spent.

    John McGinty and Preston Sadleir in Sign - Now Available on Dekkoo