Jake Gyllenhaal creeps in Nightcrawler (above), Dutch teens get gay in Boys, and Ben Whishaw mourns his boyfriend’s passing in Lilting, which numerate this week’s home entertainment highlights!
Now for the details and trailers!
($24.95 DVD; Wolfe)
A big title on the LGBT film festival circuit, this Dutch import (original title Jongens) sees a sporty 15-year-old, Sieger, fall for another boy on his relay racing team, Marc. Ahh, first love!
($27.99 DVD; Strand)
Ben Whishaw, aka Q in the James Bond films, plays a gay man who attempts to befriend the Chinese-Cambodian mother — who doesn’t speak English — of his recently deceased boyfriend, Kai, who never explained the nature of their relationship to her. The feature debut of Cambodian-British writer/director Hong Khaou, this elegant, cross-cultural chamber drama is moving stuff indeed.
($34.98 Blu-ray, $29.98 DVD; Universal)
In Bourne screenwriter Dan Gilroy’s directorial debut, a creepy, thinned down Jake Gyllenhaal plays a Los Angeles fringe dweller who enters the world of “nightcrawling”: trolling for accidents and crime scenes to shoot footage of and sell. Gripping, Oscar-worthy (albeit snubbed) stuff! Extras include a commentary and 5-minute making-of.
ALSO OUT:
Laggies
The Lookalike
jockjack5
“Boys” looks interesting, but I hate sub-titles and can’t speak Dutch.
Oh well…
Skip
The only way to enjoy a movie with subtitles: practice, practice, practice. It’s no secret that some of the best gay-themed films are coming from European directors.
Doughosier
Do we really need another gay film about two cute teens falling in love? Beautiful Thing pretty much set the bar.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
One of the bestest scenes of Gay teen boys begining to explore being Gay teen boys was on last nights “The Fosters”……..
There is a scene where Jude and his BF Connor go to a movie with two girls, and suddenly Connor is moving his hand next to Judes and the 60 second interaction that leads up to their pinkys intertwining is so damm awkardly cute……….
The two actors nailed it perfectly with their facial expressions……Brought me and sure a million other Gay guys who crushed madly on their BFs growing up and imagined such a scene happening to them………….
Captain Obvious
@Doughosier: That and it would be nice if grown men could be given movies about grown men. At 31 I feel weird about watching a gay moving starring teenage characters. Seems like the filmmakers are all into twinks.
connorlarkin19
@Captain Obvious: There are 7.5 billion people in the world with an infinite amount of stories EACH besides 3 millenia of war and love stories each told in a different way.
There is NO silent majority on themes, ideas, POVs, personal development. According to your stance, Mann, Goethe, Shakespeare should have given up especially on S’s sonnets.