An all-star cast comes together for this adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa’s time-jumping New York musical ‘Hello Again’

An adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa’s celebrated Off-Broadway musical, Hello Again takes inspiration from Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde to explore ten fleeting love affairs across ten different periods in New York City history.

In these lust-fueled episodes, the lives of a restless soldier, a defiant nurse, a helpless college boy, a driven actress, and more intersect in a dizzying, daisy-chained exploration of bittersweet love.

Tom Gustafson, the director behind queer musical classic Were the World Mine, assembled an incredible cast – including Martha Plimpton, Audra McDonald, Sam Underwood, Rumer Willis, Tyler Blackburn, Nolan Gerard Funk, T.R. Knight and Cheyenne Jackson – to bring this stunning and sensual musical experience to the screen, spinning through ten lavish, colorful and music-fueled vignettes which come together into one soulful circle.

Watch the trailer for Hello Again below. The full musical is now available on Dekkoo.

‘Phantom Project’ is a playful and quirky supernatural rom-com from Chile

Phantom Project stars Juan Cano as Pablo, a young actor who dreams of landing a role in a film.

In order to pay the bills, he works as a simulated patient in medical schools and strange alternative therapy sessions. It’s not just his career that has hit a snag. His romantic and social lives are also in trouble.

He’s still in love with his successful ex-boyfriend and his roommate has disappeared without paying rent, leaving behind several problems… including a ghost who is now haunting his living space.

With nowhere to go but up, Pablo becomes more determined than ever to fix his situation and finally turn his dreams into a reality.

From writer-director Roberto Doveris, Phantom Project is a delightfully off-beat supernatural gay comedy with humor and heart to spare.

Watch the trailer for Phantom Project below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: Cruisers

This charming and ultimately bittersweet six-minute film, packs a lot of guarded emotion into its short running time.

Cruisers stars Christopher Matias Aguila and writer-director Leland Montgomery as Paul and John, two young men, strangers to one another, who are attempting to share a casual hook-up.

Whenever they’re about to embrace, however, something manages to stop them. As they wander around together through the East Bay hills, they share details about their lives both big and small, trying to establish some sort of intimacy to break the tension.

We learn that John has recently returned home for his mother’s funeral and finds himself as a bit of a crossroads. Paul, who has a boyfriend, might not be ready to take on such tricky emotions.

Well-acted and beautifully shot, Cruisers explored what happens when casual anonymous sex goes awkwardly wrong.

Watch a short teaser for Cruisers below. The full short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Anthony Rapp and Jonathan Bennett star as husbands to be in the charming wedding comedy ‘Do You Take This Man’

Daniel and Christopher (Anthony Rapp and Jonathan Bennett) are very different – in their interests, their choice of friends and the ways in which they handle life’s stresses.

Despite all that, the two men are very much in love. They’re getting married tomorrow… or, at least, that’s the plan.

Triggered by the unexpected arrival of a long-lost childhood friend of Christopher’s, the grooms-to-be confront their differences, and lean on their friends and family to get through a day filled with surprises, stresses and uncertainties about their future together.

A crowd-pleasing hit on the LGBTQ+ film festival circuit when it premiered back in 2016, Do You Take This Man features a terrific supporting cast – including Thomas Dekker, Mackenzie Astin, Marla Sokoloff, Lee Garlington and “How I Met Your Mother” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Alyson Hannigan – and offers up a realistic and absorbing look into what it takes to make a marriage work in this day and age.

Watch the trailer for Do You Take This Man below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: Burning Soul

Made on a shoestring budget back in 2016 as a film school graduation project, the gorgeously shot 14-minute short Burning Soul marks debut Australian writer-director Cedric Desenfants as a filmmaker to watch. He is able to pack a visual punch and a ton of emotion into one short film despite limited means.

This deeply homoerotic film is set in 1727. A ship from the Dutch East India Company is wrecked on a hostile coastline. Pieter and Hendrick, played by Teo Falck and Rasmus Hansen, are two of the shipwrecked men, friends who behave more like brothers. They grew up together, sailed together and have – so far – survived together.

When Hendrick discovers the true nature of Peiter’s heart, the men are taken into a storm where their friendship and faith soon collapse.

Desenfant has stated that his work as a filmmaker lives in a balance between an unconditional love for classical arts, history and a commitment to diversity in storytelling. All of that – and more – is on display in Burning Soul.

Watch the trailer for Burning Soul below. The full short film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

A new season of ‘After Forever’ is available now on Dekkoo!

Co-created by Emmy-nominated TV writer and playwright Michael Slade and actor-writer Kevin Spirtas, the moving drama series After Forever follows Brian and Jason, a 50-something gay couple living in New York City who appear to have it all… until they don’t.

When Jason dies unexpectedly, Brian must face the grieving process. Suddenly, he’s forced to think about his own future – and ultimately his own mortality – without the love of his life.

Season Two picks up six months after the end of Season One. Brian has a new relationship and a new job, but Jason is still very present in his life. These eight new episodes continue his and his friends’ journey of love, loss and moving on.

Winner of six Emmy Awards, After Forever is a funny, heartbreaking, heartwarming and ultimately empowering series that will resonate with audiences of all ages and sexual identities as it explores relationships, healing and new beginnings.

Watch the original trailer for After Forever below. Both seasons are available now on Dekkoo.

‘Drag Race’ alum Maxi Shield stars in the wild crime comedy “The Winner Takes It All”

Featuring Sydney drag icon and “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Down Under” alum Maxi Shield, The Winner Takes It All is a farcical queer comedy that pays loving homage to the early works of John Waters.

Jessica Marchi stars in the film as Kiki, a wealthy socialite who confides in her best friend Maxine that her husband is cheating on her. In danger of losing her rather large fortune, Kiki elicits Maxi’s help to uncover the truth about her husband’s adultery.

The pair soon learn, however, that not all is as it seems. Throw in a gigolo, a porn star and non-stop lashings of camp and you are in for one of the funniest and most joyously, knowingly and proudly stupid rides of your life.

From first-time director James Demitri, this transgressive new comedy has all the makings of a campy LGBTQ+ classic.

Watch the trailer for The Winner Takes It All below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.