Category: Gay Film

A newly restored HD version of ‘Boy Culture’ is now available on Dekkoo!

Back in 2006, director and co-writer Q. Allan Brocka created a gorgeously textured gay indie film that not only explored the recesses of the human heart, but was charged with sex and filled with laughter.

Adapted from the outstanding novel by Matthew Rettenmund, Boy Culture tells the story of X (Derek Magyar), a high-end sex worker, and his two roommates Andrew and Joey (Darryl Stephens and Jonathan Trent).

Together, the three men have created a family for the 21st century. X is the head of the household who brings home the bacon and sets the tone. He has a serious crush on Andrew, who works at a video store and is waiting for the right man… and in Andrew’s opinion, a hustler is just not the right man. Joey is a 17-year-old whirlwind of trouble, but there’s really only one man he wants: X.

The sexual tension between the trio is palpable. With a mix of insight, wit and raunchy self-awareness, Boy Culture charmed gay audiences when it was released nearly two decades ago – and fans now have reason to get excited. Not only is the original Boy Culture back on Dekkoo, but there is a brand-new follow-up series in the works which will is now available to rent of buy from all the usual VOD services and will be streaming on Dekkoo early next year!

Watch the original trailer for Boy Culture below. The new HD Version is now available on Dekkoo.

Now Available: My Straight Son

Guillermo García stars in the gay family drama My Straight Son as Diego, a successful young photographer who lives inside a glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess.

When a tragic accident leaves his partner in a coma, it turns Diego’s whole world upside down. Unexpectedly, during this difficult time, he learns that we also must take care of his son, Armando (Ignacio Montes).

Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed-off, conservative attitudes of his teenage son.

Directed by well-known telenovela actor Miguel Ferrari and featuring performances by numerous Venezuelan television personalities, My Straight Son channels the early melodramas of Pedro Almodovar to tell a proudly sentimental gay father-son story.

A winner of numerous awards, this is also one of the first Venezuelan films to openly deal with gay and transgender topics.

Watch the trailer for My Straight Son below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

‘Exteriors’ tells three interweaving stories about men facing different modern relationship issues

Three gay men each find themselves facing modern relationship issues in Exteriors, a collection of three interweaving stories from writer-director Mark Schwab.

In the first story, Christian Gabriel and Matthew Bridges star as Wyatt and Logan, two best friends who are both unknowingly in love with Shane (played by Jacob Betts). Wyatt becomes aware of the triangle before Logan and must choose whether to stay loyal to his friend or go after the object of his affection.

The second story follows Jason (Julian Goza), a pool boy who realizes that his new client is the same man he had a deeply romantic experience with eight years earlier. Both men must carefully navigate their feelings as they explore this reunion and what their original encounter meant to each of them.

Peter Stickles stars in the third chapter as Dr. Lesh, a therapist who has developed an unhealthy obsession with one of his patients. When the doctor starts fantasizing about crossing ethical borders, a suspenseful chain of lies, deceit and betrayal is set in motion.

Watch the trailer for Exteriors below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: For the Time Being

A steamy 35-minute short film from European director Daniela Lucato, For the Time Being stars Crisjan Zollner as Roman, a middle-aged man who has recently split from his wife and finds himself living alone for the first time in a long time.

When he decides to sublet one of his rooms to Mel, a younger and strikingly attractive French immigrant played by Pascal Houdus, everything he thought he knew about his life and his sexuality begins to unravel.

Suddenly, Roman is left wondering who he is and what he would like to change in his life.

Letting the sexual tension simmer, For the Time Being is a thoughtful and stylishly-crafted adult relationship drama.

Watch a short trailer for For the Time Being below. The full short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Two up-and-coming gay songwriters get a little too close to screen legend Gloria Swanson in ‘Boulevard: A Hollywood Story’

For Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, both the movie and the character of Norma Desmond provided a renewed spotlight.

Swanson strategically began efforts to parlay her success into a musical stage adaptation of the film. Enter, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two struggling songwriters-in-love looking for their big break.

Enamored by the idea of helping Swanson step into the next phase of her career, Stapley and Hughes found themselves whisked away by Swanson to a sumptuous house in Palm Springs, where the trio started creating the musical.

As the days wore on, an unusual love triangle began to take hold. Hughes and Stapley found their intimate relationship intruded upon by Swanson.

Boulevard: A Hollywood Story is a fascinating documentary about three individuals who attempted to share a melody… and how the music of that moment defined the rest of their lives.

Watch the trailer for Boulevard: A Hollywood Story below. The full documentary is now available on Dekkoo.

Zachary Quinto stars in director Sam Max’s chilling short thriller ‘Chaperone’

Starring Zachary Quinto and Russell Kahn, the provocative 16-minute short film Chaperone is a genre-bending queer thriller that will keep you guessing to the bitter end – and linger with you long after the credits roll.

Without giving too much away, the film follows an unnamed figure (Quinto) who picks up a young man (Kahn) in his car. As the two drive away together and settle into an austere rental house in the country, the details of their arrangement become disturbingly clear.

The first filmmaking project of promising writer-director Sam Max, Chaperone had its world premiere in-competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, playing in the Midnight Shorts category to great acclaim from critics and audiences alike. The film was also shortlisted for the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

Haunting, formally assured and chillingly acted by Kahn and Quinto, this film marks Sam Max as a director to watch.

Watch the trailer for Chaperone below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

A closeted young Jewish man explores his sexuality in this thoughtful drama set in 1980s Brooklyn

A closeted young man struggles to reconcile his strict Russian-Jewish upbringing with his burgeoning sexuality in director Eric Steel’s Minyan, a contemplative coming-of-age drama set in Brighton Beach during the 1980s.

Samuel H. Levine stars as David, a Yeshiva student who dutifully follows religious strictures, but itches to explore yearnings beyond his insular community.

When he moves in with his widowed grandfather, played by Ron Rifkin, and befriends two elderly gay neighbors, they open his imagination to new possibilities.

David begins to explore gay life in the East Village, just as the threat of AIDS looms in the background.

A sexy and thoughtful critically-acclaimed drama, Minyan is a must-see, telling a powerful story of rebellion, self-discovery, sexual and spiritual awakening – and survival.

Watch the trailer for Minyan below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: Two Words

British actors Henry Goodman and Sophia Myles deliver deeply emotional performances in the short drama Two Words.

The film follows Gavin (Goodman), a man in his mid-60s who is determined to finally be true to himself.

In order to do so, Gavin must reveal to his adult daughter (Myles) that he had been living a lie, concealing his sexuality throughout his 35 years of marriage.

From screenwriter David Blacker and director Jesper Emborg, Two Words tells a heartbreaking story of family, grief and self-realization.

Watch a short clip/trailer for Two Words below. The full 23-minute short film is now available on Dekkoo.