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Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) was sent howling back to hell. But now, a new kid on Elm Street is being haunted every night by gruesome visions of the deadly dream stalker. And if his twisted soul takes possession of the boy's body, Freddy will return from the dead to wreak bloody murder and mayhem upon the entire town. When A Nightmare On Elm Street made a killing, horror fans shrieked for more. Soon the diabolical Freddy was resurrected with a vengeance - along with some of the most terrifying special effects ever to spatter the screen. Look for Robert Englund (minus his Freddy face) in the opening sequence. He's a real scream! - Director:
- Jack Sholder
- Cast:
- Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers
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Home From the Gym (USA) (2014) From Robert Hawk, who consulted on The Celluloid Closet, Gay Sex In The 70s and Travis Mathews' I Want Your Love and Interior. Leather Bar comes his directorial debut, which places the male form front and centre. An unnamed, sexy man comes home, alone and starts to undress...
Cruise Patrol (Netherlands) (2013)
Take a walk on the wild side and explore what happens on a long and dusty road where a routine cruise patrol takes a strange turn and spirals totally out of control.
Age 17 (Switzerland) (2013)
Matteo is a 17-year-old boy who has fallen in love with Don Massimo, a young priest in the village who leads the local marching band in which Matteo plays the drum. Matteo sees in Massimo a person willing to listen to his fears and desires and for the first time in his life, Matteo feels ready to open up to someone...
Good Morning (Canada) (2014)
Good Morning comically examines the ideas of sexual identity and age anxiety via the story of a man who on the morning after his 30th birthday party wakes up with both a massive hangover, and a 17-year-old boy sleeping on his couch.
I Am Syd Stone (Canada) (2014)
Lights, Camera, Action! When a much-desired Hollywood heartthrob returns back to his home town for a reunion of sorts, he expects to rekindle an old closeted relationship. But soon he learns that things aren't as they seem and secrets always catch up in the end.
Human Warmth (Belgium) (2013)
Antoine has a desire. His passion and his love are so overwhelming that he has to stay close to Bruno. He loves his warmth and he needs it. But as with any relationship, soon comes the time of detachment and what will happen if Antoine's body stops responding?
Showboy (Australia) (2014)
A young football player, Julian Maxwell, finds himself struggling to support his unemployed, recently widowed father while fighting to keep safe the secret he once shared with his mother: He's not only gay, but performs a drag act in a local bar.
Deflated (USA) (2012)
Chris has come to the store with his dad to spend his allowance. His heart is set on getting a bouncy ball, but all of the balls in the ball cage are bright pink...except for one deflated green ball. Ultimately Chris must make a choice: is it okay for boys to play with the bright pink balls or will he take home the deflated green one?
Tonight It's Me (USA) (2014)
A hot young hustler finds himself in uncharted waters when he spends the night with a client who is far from the "Johns" he's used to servicing.- Director:
- Robert Hawk
- Cast:
- Nicole Steeves, Greg Baglia, Charles Basham
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Eric (Jack O'Connell) plays a teenage con 'starred up' (moved to adult prison) where he finds his father (Ben Mendelsohn) running the wing and trying to teach him how to survive the brutal side of real prison life. This 'truly extraordinary movie' follows Eric as he battles his explosive temper. Finding mates in the most unlikely places but enemies at every turn. With only the prison therapist who's got his back. See what it's really like trying to stay alive inside. - Director:
- David Mackenzie
- Cast:
- Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend
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Childhood sweethearts, Alan (Derek Jacobi) and Celia (Anne Reid) are both now widowed and in their 70s. When their grandsons connect them through the internet, they rediscover feelings for one another that just might have blossomed 60 years ago. Still, it's never too late... or is it? For all the what-might-have-beens, their lives have moved on and both Alan and Celia have daughters, whose dysfunctional lives bring drama at every turn. Celia's daughter Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), a career-focused head teacher, is dealing with the return of her adulterous husband John (Tony Gardner); while Alan's hard-working farmer daughter Gillian (Nicola Walker) is distracted by the advances of a younger lover and the accusations of her brother-in-law, who's convinced she was involved in the death of her husband. Neither daughter would ever dream of getting in the way of their parents' happiness. But somehow life and love are never quite that straightforward. - Director:
- Samuel Donovan
- Cast:
- Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Edward Ashley
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'Hide Your Smiling Faces' vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend's mysterious death. The event ripples under the surface of their town, unsettling the brothers and their friends in a way that they can't fully understand. Once familiar interactions begin to take on a macabre tone in light of the tragic accident, leading Eric and Tommy to retreat into their wild surroundings. As the two brothers vocally face the questions they have about mortality, they simultaneously hold their own silent debates within their minds that build into seemingly insurmountable moral peaks. 'Hide Your Smiling Faces' is a true, headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth, as well as the calluses that one often develops as a result of an unfiltered past. - Director:
- Daniel Patrick Carbone
- Cast:
- Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O'Leary
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When I Saw You (2012)Lamma shoftak
Winner of numerous festival prizes all over the world, 'When I Saw You' is the second film from the Jordan-based Palestinian film-maker Annemarie Jacir, (and Palestine's 2012 Oscar' entry) and is set in 1967 when thousands of Palestinian refugees fled to camps in Jordan in the wake of the June War. The 11 year-old Tarek, along with his mother Ghaydaa, has been separated from his father in the general chaos. Stifled and bored in the refugee camp, Tarek goes in search of his father in the forest around and ends up with a group of fedayeen who adopt him as a kind of mascot. Soon his mother arrives too, and they try to make their way home, leaving behind victimhood with a new-found sense of hope and freedom. - Director:
- Annemarie Jacir
- Cast:
- Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri
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RJ and Chris are poster boys for the Mormon Church: Both have pretty girlfriends, were Eagle Scouts at a young age and have perfect academic records. Now, it's their turn to serve a mission and experience the Mormon rite of passage. Unknown to them, serving a mission will not only open the doors to strangers' households - where they preach the Gospel - but it will open up secrets in their own lives - and feelings that they've long kept buried...
'The Falls' captures the lives of two American teens struggling to make sense of the conflict between their worlds, their desires, and each other. What they ultimately discover is a challenge to them both, but also an affirmation of the human spirit.- Director:
- Jon Garcia
- Cast:
- Quinn Allan, Brian J. Saville Allard, Benjamin Farmer
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Together (2000)Tillsammans
1975, Sweden. Tired of her abusive husband, Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren) packs her bags and moves with her children to her brother's commune, 'Together'. As a fairly ordinary housewife from the suburbs, the commune's freewheeling attitudes towards sex and politics will open Elisabeth's eyes and change her family's life forever. 'Together' is a film about people trying to live together. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It's about love and divorce and happiness and unhappiness and children and adults and ABBA and sex and football. - Director:
- Lukas Moodysson
- Cast:
- Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson
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Some may find 'The unknown Jesus' disturbing and even heretical, but this fearless biography probes the truth about the man that millions believe was the son of god. Jesus Christ left a legacy of love, yet some of history's worst atrocities have been committed in his name. Much of what we think we know about Jesus is the result of assumptions and tradition. Not historical fact. It starts with the basics – his name – and even there the problem is clear. Archaeological evidence proves that Nazareth did not exist until three centuries after his death and Christ (from the Greek word for the saviour) was added to his name long after his death. With the help of scholars, authors and historians we trace the origins of the stories of Jesus that have come down to today. We'll also examine the latest discoveries and theories that are challenging many long-held assumptions about Jesus. Armed with ancient sources like the dead sea scrolls, the papyrus books at Nag Hammadi and overlooked writings from the early church, modern scholars are making an impact with new theories on the most important figure of the western world. - Director:
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Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets as be crosses the separation wall every bay to visit his secret love Nadia. But occupied Palestine knows neither simple love nor clear-cut war. To prove himself to Nadia's family, the sensitive young baker becomes a freedom fighter and must soon face painful choices about life and manhood. When he is captured after a deadly act of resistance, he falls into a cat-and-mouse game with the military police. Suspicion and betrayal jeopardise his longtime trust with friends and accomplices and Omar's feelings become as torn apart as the Palestinian landscape. - Director:
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Cast:
- Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Eyad Hourani
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Jeremy Sisto stars as the son of God in this mesmerising mini-series that vividly explores the life and mission of Jesus of Nazareth. This new epic production is directed by Roger Young and features an all star cast. Jacqueline Bisset is Jesus's mother Mary. Armin Mueller-Stahl is Joseph. Pontius Pilate is played by Gary Oldman, Debra Messing is Mary Magdalene and Satan is performed by Jeroen Krabbe. This brilliant new version of the greatest story ever told traces the life of Jesus from simple carpenter to spiritual leader, philosopher and martyr, focusing on his relationship with Mary, Joseph and his apostles. - Director:
- Roger Young
- Cast:
- Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Armin Mueller-Stahl
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A provocative, challenging and bizarrely funny coming-of-age set on the crystal-caked streets of downtown Toronto. On the eve of his 18th birthday, Cliff's (Andre Noble) 12-year-old sister Cookie sends him downtown with a skateboard, a spliff and a direct order to get laid. During the night, Cliff meets handsome hustler Butch (Brendan Fehr) and is quickly initiated into the hilariously dark and drug-fuelled arena of life downtown. The boys eventually discover the perks and perils of each other's worlds; their friendship evolves into romance, yet the notion of intimacy is foreign to them both. Cliff longs for intimacy, but Butch's drug abuse and self-loathing soon eats away at their relationship, and the two boys part company to tragic results... - Director:
- John Palmer
- Cast:
- Andre Noble, Marnie McPhail, Haylee Wanstall
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After years of TV and movie work, Ellen is back on stand-up stage in front of adoring crowd at the Beacon Theatre in New York. In her trademark rambling style, Ellen shares her thoughts on the last few eventful years of her life, expounding on relationships, society, health foods and shampoo, offering her delightful insights into everyday life. - Director:
- Joel Gallen
- Cast:
- Ellen DeGeneres
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Headstrong Earlene (Ashleigh Sumner) meets the handsome and mysterious Bruno (Miles Szanto) at Venice Beach. These outsiders quickly become friends and when Bruno's latest scam goes wrong, it forces them to go on the run. On their journey, they meet a sexually confused carjacker, a pair of Scottish ex-strippers and a tap-dancing drag queen, all of whom settle into a little place deep within the Nevada desert. This gaggle of runaways and rebels teach Bruno and Earlene that it is not about the destination, but the getting there that counts. - Director:
- Simon Savory
- Cast:
- Miles Szanto, Ashleigh Sumner, Barrett Crake
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A Gay Erotic Drama that deals with the controversial issue of barebacking and the pressure on gay men to have unsafe sex. Andy has troubled memories of a time when he was bullied by a muscular skinhead and nagged by his boyfriend Joe for not being sexually adventurous . When Joe tries to have unsafe sex, Andy walks out for good. Andy's adventures get rougher and the sex he has is darker, although always safe. Finally when Andy encounters the skinhead bully and Joe in the same location he has to make a tough decision, to confront his past or forgive and forget. The film climaxes with a tough, no holds barred orgy... - Director:
- Christian Marshall
- Cast:
- Troy Bolton, Kyle Price, Steve Daniels
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