Bobby and Jonathan were best friends at school, so when they meet again as adults it seems natural that they should rekindle their relationship. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours" comes a story that chronicles a dozen years in the lives of two best friends who couldn't be more different. From suburban Cleveland in the 70s, to New York City in the 80s, where they co-habit with a kooky older woman, the film charts a journey of trials, triumphs, loves and losses. Now the question
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A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (1994)
Certification15 Our Rating
Dublin 1963; Alfie Byrne is a bright and cheery bus conducter, regaling his passengers with impassioned recitals of Oscar Wilde's poetry. Unfortunately, like the great man himself, Alfie is a desperately sad and frightened homosexual, torn between the love of a colleague and the desire to keep his sexuality a secret and it is only when Alfie is inspired to put on a production of Salome that he is presented with the opportunity to find some true happiness in his life. 'A Man Of No Importance' is
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A SINGLE MAN (2009)
Certification12 Our Rating
A bereaved gay LA college professor mourns the eight-month-old death of his partner. Meticulously preparing for suicide he proceeds through his last day secretly saying goodbye to his friends, but other chance encounters take place.
A top notch intimate drama, adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel of the same name, with high class editing, gorgeous cinematography from Eduard Gran, an evocative score and great looking sets.
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A SPECIAL DAY (1977)
Certification12 Our Rating
Set during the late 1930s and using Hitler's first trip to Italy and the myopia of fascism as the stories lynch pin we watch the unexpected burgeoning of an intense relationship between a bored bigoted middle aged wife and her homosexual, possibly suicidal neighbour. Ettore Scola creates an intense and revelatory scenario between his two protagonists, while Loren and Mastroianni give mesmerising performances in the central roles, perfectly capturing the mood of two ordinary people on the cusp of
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ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
Former perv-master Almodovar goes all new man with this latest offering, widely considered to be his most accomplished film yet. After the accidental death of her beloved son, Manuela leaves Madrid for Barcelona, where she plans to look up old friends, exorcise her ghosts, and, just maybe, tell her long-estranged ex about the son he never knew he had. But this involves bring up some painful and unpleasant secrets from the past, and present. Almodovar's characteristically camp humour is still pre
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ALL OVER ME (1998)
Certification18 Our Rating
Friendship is put to the test in this story of love and loyalty in Hell's Kitchen, New York. Alison Folland plays Claude, the skateboarding teenager who slowly comes out as gay in a homophobic urban environment. Her feelings are confused by her best friend Ellen who sinks deeper into drug abuse and self destruction. When there's a murder in the neighbourhood, Claude has to choose between loyalty for Ellen or her own instincts. A coming-of-age film debut by Alex Sichel.
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ALMOST CHRISTMAS (2013)
Certification15 Our Rating
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AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (2009)
Certification15 Our Rating
Following the hit biographical TV drama 'The Naked Civil Servant' flamboyant gay icon Quentin Crisp moved from England to New York, where he became what he'd always craved to be -
a successful drama queen. This film, with John Hurt successfully resurrecting his earlier role, follows the ageing Crisp through the ups and downs of his life in the Big Apple.
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AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (1993)
Certification15 Our Rating
The story of the discovery of the AIDS virus, from the early days in 1978, when San Francisco gays began dying from unknown causes, to the identification of the HIV virus. Bigots spoke of a gay plague, scientists fought for the kudos of being first to identify the cause, and disagreements beset San Francisco's gays over the closure of the bathhouses. The film, quite rightly, deals with these issues.
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ANGELS IN AMERICA (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
Bit of an oddity, this one. Ostensibly made for TV, Angels In America has a distinctly cinematic aesthetic that belies its ambitions to surpass its medium. Like Six Feet Under and to a lesser extent, '24', the series could easily play as a movie if not for its gargantuan running time (this one clocks in at 6 hours...). Set in Reaganite America, the central plot follows two gay men, both living in the closet, dealing with the burgeoning presence of AIDS in their day-to-day existence. The prevalin
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