I usually try to at least skim reviews before starting these BL shows, just so I don’t sink my time into a dud. I really should’ve listened to myself this time, because this series turned out to be eight hours I’ll never get back. The premise had some genuine potential, but the acting and direction…

This web series is another release from Last Leaf Productions on its YouTube channel. A handful of Indian channels have tried making BL content before, but honestly, the direction and acting in those projects were pretty rough. So I genuinely respect the effort this production house is making to bring us stories about gay relationships…

It’s been a while since Russell T Davies released a new show, so Tip Toe was pretty much guaranteed a spot near the top of my watch list. This feels very much like a show of the moment, rooted in the fear, anger, and hopelessness of being queer in the UK right now. One character…

This is exactly the sort of wildly over the top 90s gay comedy that you really can’t treat seriously, and honestly, that’s basically why it works at all. If you go in looking for a fun little watch, a couple of laughs, and a willingness to just roll with how ridiculous everything gets, that’s the…

Honestly, I’m kind of shocked this stayed off my radar for so long because I’m only just hearing about it now. This crowdfunded comedy drama follows three gay best friends navigating life, love, and disappointment as they enter their late fifties and early sixties. What are you supposed to do when you realize time is…

The second season of this comedy about three middle aged gay friends juggling work and love has finally landed on their YouTube channel. There was a pretty sizable wait between seasons, but the story resumes exactly where it stopped—and somehow the entire cast looks precisely the same, without a single visible change, which is honestly…

Using oral histories, this documentary explores a very particular chapter of New York gay life in America. In 2014, a box packed with hundreds of letters was discovered in an LA storage unit. The letters, dating back to the 1950s, were addressed to a young man named Reno Martin, who would later become Hollywood agent…

Review of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s film Juice, which follows a gay photographer who must find new models for a magazine. Light and sexy. With this feature film, Arthur J. Bressan Jr. delivers a lighter, more modest work, immersing us in the daily life of Jim, an adult gay magazine photographer (Michael Christopher, very well endowed by nature)…

Sadly, this series falls into the same trap most GMM shows do. I really wanted it to be good because the premise genuinely had potential. And honestly, it starts out strong: playful, funny, with a fun little love-scam angle running through it. But around episode four or five, it slips back into the same worn-out…

This coming-of-age movie follows two teenage guys who seem completely opposite on paper, even though they’re both carrying baggage from their past. We get to watch them deal with it and fall for each other along the way. It starts off feeling like a teen rom-com, then becomes something much more personal by the end….

How can there be such a dearth of stories that these vertical filmmakers keep recycling the same 5-6 story permutations and combinations, just mixing and matching them? It’s like some old fantasies are being brought to life in these formats. I’m really starting to lose it completely. Then you read all these random, glowing, made-up…

Review of Romas Zabaraukas’s film Standing Tall (The Activist), which immerses us in a film noir-flavoured investigation set against the backdrop of LGBT rights. A political thriller at the heart of LGBT struggles in Lithuania, the film sees Lithuanian director Romas Zabaraukas return after winning us over with the referential, political cinema tinged with homoeroticism of his feature film Falling for Ali. He is back with a story that is even more committed—and rich in nuance…