WATCH: Gay Hookup Short Film Drama “Just Tonight”
Just Tonight
Two strangers meet on a hookup app with very different expectations of how the night will go. A new short film written, produced, edited and directed by Stephen Boyer.
WATCH: Black Gay Relationship Short Film Thriller “The Bash”
How hard would you fight for love? That is the question asked by filmmaker Tyson FitzGerald in this well made short film starring Ka’ramuu Kush, Shawn Carter Peterson, and Reggie Watkins.
WATCH: “Mr. Happy” – A Short Film Starring Chance The Rapper
For those that missed it, one of our favorite rising MCs in the indie scene Chance The Rapper dropped a weirdly awesome short film about depression called, Mr Happy.
WATCH: The Reward – Tales of Alethrion
I wasn’t expecting my over active imagination to want something more after viewing the short animated film The Reward. It wasn’t because the short was lacking in any way; the opposite, it is very entertaining. My cravings were coming from something that doesn’t exist…
WATCH: Kung Fury
Kung Fury is an amazing short film that gets high on mushrooms, after a night of heaving drinking and doing LSD bongs from the 80’s. Yep this is dripping retro nostalgia. Director David Sandberg gives us a Miami Vice / Kung Fu protagonist (Kung…
WATCH: BAG MAN
More disappointing time spent this week viewing another black gay web series on YouTube from a “can you review my web series on your website” director’s email request. I’m replaying dialogue in my head between Nick Delmacy and screenwriter James Peoples from Podcast #23 about…
Quench Your Visual Senses – Fly Lotus Fly
I like what I like. I’m a critic because I’m a consumer. I’m no wordsmith eloquently scribing who you should or shouldn’t like. My caliber is untrained and a little rough for that. Getting to the point…I like this. I really like Flying Lotus. OMFG!…
WATCH: 2am The Smiling Man
What do you get when you ask Reddit users to detail their creepiest or scariest encounters? Subreddit r/LetsNotMeet. For what it’s worth, the moderators of this subreddit require the submissions to be 100% true. I’m assuming if not they delete them or the story gets…
WATCH: Bros Before Hos – Full Pilot Episode
BROS BEFORE HOS is a television pilot presentation about what it’s like to fall in love in this crazy world we live in now. The series is a semi-autobiographical comedy about three brothers, two straight, one gay, each dealing with modern-day issues in Los Angeles while trying to find love, but screwing shit up along the way.
WATCH: The D.L. Chronicles RETURNS – Episode Thomas
Fans of gay cinema will finally be able to see Cypher Avenue’s Best Gay Film of 3013, The D.L. Chronicles: Episode Thomas, beginning May 19th 2014.
Vice Documentary on Black French Voguers…Why Is This Gross To Me?
A couple things ran through my mind as I watched the new Vice Magazine documentary on poor, working class Black French Voguers.
WATCH: LGBT Short Film With a Twist – “1st Grade Picture”
The latest episode of Front Seat Chronicles features actors Brandon Espy and Ginger Marin in a dramatic LGBT tale with a twist ending. “1st Grade Picture” shows us a mother’s fear of losing her only child to manhood.
New Black and Latino Gay Films Unleashed at the 2014 OUTFEST Fusion Festival
The Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival begins again in March this year with a whole new crop of films made by or about gays and lesbians. The festival runs from March 14-16, 2014 at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, California.
WATCH: Gay Short Film “On The Low” Starring Deondray Gossett
This excellent, hard to find 2005 short film, “On The Low”, written and directed by Luther M. Mace stars Tommy Ford and critically acclaimed filmmaker Deondray Gossett.
Watch The Trailer for Lee Hayes’ BAIT
I really really want to give black gay cinema a chance. No, I really do. I know we are a diverse and multifaceted group; nonetheless I must be honest that whenever I hear lisping and effeminate speak, I tune out. Not because I’m some type…