It’s a super-queer week in home entertainment, from a drag queen comedy to a bent vampire flick (Drink Me; above) to a Cannes hit by one of cinema’s youngest gay talents.
We’ve got five to rundown, so let’s get on with it!
($24.98 DVD; Screen Media)
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Likened to John Waters meets John Hughes, director John Vaughn’s cross-dressed retro comedy sees a pair of unpopular high school girls clash with the popular ones when a talent contest threatens to tip the balance. Features supporting turns from Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira Queen of the Dark, Jack Plotnick, and Eating Out’s Rebekah Kochan. Extras include a commentary, deleted scenes, making-of featurette, and deleted song.
($29.95 DVD; Kino Lorber)
After making a splash at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, this Brooklyn-set first feature from director/writer/star Desiree Akhavan sees a bisexual Persian-American woman go off the rails a bit while coping with an ex-girlfriend and her conservative family. Both funny and poignant stuff.
($24.99 DVD; TLA)
In this nudity-filled British import, a gay couple, Andy and James, find themselves at a dangerous crossroads when mysterious stranger Sebastian enters their lives. Is it possible he’s a… vampire? (spoiler alert: yes)
($24.95 DVD; Wolfe)
Transgender actress Michelle Hendley provides a nuanced star turn in this romantic dramedy about a pre-operative trans female, Ricky, who juggles friendships and crushes of fellow Kentucky locals including a bi-curious Republican girl and good ol’ boy best bud.
($19.99 DVD; Lionsgate)
The latest feature from young, gay Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan snagged a Grand Jury prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Mostly shot in a narrow 5:4 aspect ratio – as if on a cellphone – it involves the relationship between a teenager suffering from ADHD and violent impulses and his widowed mother.
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Robert Gould Hawley
OK now I really want to be a vampire……
Brendan Markwick
Athena Aidan Wainman-Riley Emma Hyson watch the “first period” one ð???