By David Pountain When the young, American Jim Park gets violently thrown out of a Seoul club after breaking up with his boyfriend, the experience sends him on a 24-hour journey of despondent introspection that […]
LGBTQ+ films
By David Pountain With the poignant, socially resonant short BobbyAnna, writer-director Jackson Kroopf crafts an intimate tale of nocturnal longing, economic hardship and the dynamics of class and culture. Legacy Bailey and Juliana A. Morgan […]
Tragedy and grief take mesmeric form in Courtney Faye Powell’s richly beguiling short, The Surf Report. When a young black surfer named K goes mysteriously missing, his lover Freddie seeks answers from a local tarot […]
In 2002’s Do I Love You? and 2007’s Tick Tock Lullaby, writer-actress-director-artist Lisa Gornick delved humorously into the philosophical and psychological questions that stir up change and doubt in many a relationship. Now, for her […]
Interview translated by Lyn-Kateri Visedsuk Watch Fathers on FilmDoo Tackling a subject oft-neglected by cinema in general but Southeast Asian cinema in particular, Palatpol Mingpornpichit’s Fathers is the sweetly simple tale of gay couple Phoon (Asda Panichkul) and Yuke (Nat Sakdatorn), their […]
By Jessica Duncanson Director: Mark Wilshin East End Film Festival 2017 review This intimate first feature by director Mark Wilshin presents two men at very different but equally crucial stages in their lives. Michael is […]