Ladybug mixes ghost-story unease, queer desire, and buried violence into an atmospheric supernatural thriller. Its ending is frustratingly loose, but the mood, performances, and eerie cabin setting make the film an intriguing slow-burn watch.
Maspalomas is a funny, bruising, and unexpectedly moving queer drama about aging, desire, illness, and the loss of control. Set against the early pandemic, it offers a refreshingly unsentimental look at gay life beyond youth.
Jezabel is an unsettling Venezuelan drama that explores unreliable memory, class privilege, and bisexual desire with a cool, searching intelligence. Its structure occasionally wobbles, but the film’s psychological tension and moral unease make it hard to shake.
Griffin in Summer is a warm, funny coming-of-age film about artistic ambition, adolescent awkwardness, and the first flicker of same-sex desire. Modest in scale but sharp in observation, it captures a fragile turning point in queer self-awareness with real charm.
Karvaan revisits the India-Pakistan partition through a deeply personal lens, blending family memory, women’s suffering, and queer desire into a layered historical drama. It is heavy material, but the film’s emotional ambition makes it a striking watch.
The History of Sound is a hushed, beautifully acted period romance that turns folk music, memory, and longing into something quietly devastating. Its pace is deliberately slow, but the emotional payoff is rich for viewers willing to settle into its mournful rhythm.
Sebastian is a modestly produced but emotionally grounded gay drama set between Peru and Los Angeles. Its visual roughness never fully disappears, yet the film earns real feeling through its themes of family rejection, queer identity, fatherhood, and the complicated cost of returning home.
Nunca Vas a Estar Solo is a Chilean gay drama about a brutal homophobic attack, parental grief, and the emotional fallout of silence. The film starts with urgency and social weight, but its powerful premise ultimately gives way to a frustratingly incomplete dramatic payoff.
While this rom com shows real potential, it ultimately fails to cash in on it. The concept sounds fun on paper and possesses the makings of a genuinely funny film, yet the execution never quite gets there. Instead of attempting anything bold or memorable, the movie settles for doing just enough to keep you watching,...
There are no curveballs or surprises here; once you strip everything away, you are left with a very simple Japanese love story. The series asks the viewer to slow down and simply sit with two people as their feelings quietly take shape over time. While the friends-to-lovers trope is nothing new, the show manages to...
Maintaining the same calm, warm, and genuine atmosphere as the first season, this follow up avoids high stakes or heavy drama. While the first series focused on the couple getting together, we now observe them discovering their individual identities and their roles as partners who support one another. It feels rare to see a depiction...
As the final entry in my coverage of the MuTeLuv anthology, this marks the second of the series’ only two BL stories among the eight total. Spanning four episodes of approximately 45 to 50 minutes each, the plot utilizes an enemies to lovers setup that leans heavily into comedy to maintain a lighthearted tone. While...
I am somewhat unsure if this should be classified as a film or a documentary, but because it has appeared at several doc festivals, I will label it a documentary for the time being. The premise follows a filmmaker who moves to Chicago after his older boyfriend loses interest in him; once there, he uses...