At the outset, Lonesome has all the makings of a classic Western, following a mysterious, smoldering, Stetson-sporting man as he wanders into town. But as soon as this lone ranger finds himself engaging in a casual truckstop hookup, you realize this isn’t your typical cowboy movie.
From Australian director Craig Boreham, Lonesome is an erotic gay drama about a modern-day ranch hand named Casey (Josh Lavery) who leaves his rural home for Sydney, using Grindr to navigate the big city in search of sex and maybe a couch to crash on for the night. Though he tells one curious host, Tib (Daniel Gabriel), that he’s in town simply because he’d never seen the ocean before, it’s clear there’s something from his past he’s been running away from.
Casey and Tib have an instant sexual chemistry—and a deep sense of loneliness that bonds them—but our cowboy pushes himself away, turning Lonesome into a dark yet beautifully shot journey trough guilt, desire, and self-acceptance. As Casey searches for connection and purpose, he finds himself crashing parties and eventually at the whim of Pietro (played by real-life rugby star Ian Roberts, who came out in 1995) who propositions the loner to be his live-in boytoy.
Boreham captures it all with sensitivity and grace, and doesn’t hold back when it comes to nudity, offering up both intimate moments of tenderness and more than a few sexually explicit scenes. The trailer alone offers up plenty of skin—for example:
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Lonesome has been making the festival rounds this year, most recently playing at the Guadalajara International Film Festival and San Francisco’s Framline46. Prior to those fest screenings, it was announced that distributor Dark Star had picked up the American distribution rights to the film, so stay tuned for further details on when you can see the film for yourself.
In the meantime, watch the gorgeous, NSFW trailer for Lonesome below:
CatholicXXX
Shangella! Is that you?
monty clift
XD
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Haha!!!
Terrycloth
Nowhere does it say where it’s streaming
LAGuy
Because its not streaming yet. It was picked up for distribution by Dark Star and its on the festival circuit right now.
Fname Optional Lname
and welcome to Queerty. Usually there is a review for a film that will be out in six months or it was available only on dvd in 1999. World of Wonder does the same irrelevant movie reviews
Raphael
You’re being too kind, it doesn’t take six months, it usually takes YEARS to be released… One of the many downsides of queer movie industry, they stall for years, trying to cash in on the movie at endless theater screenings, selling screening rights and stuff like that… I can’t really blame them for that, but it’s a downside still.
Kangol2
Maybe it’ll pop up on HereTV. They actually do screen quite a few new(er) gay feature, documentary and short films, though they tend toward the twink/coming out storyline set.
RandomGuy
Call it what it is, softcore porn with bad acting and too much dialogue.
PerryBrass
Wonderful trailer! Who wouldn’t want to see this? Australia is producing some great, indie gay movies. Not sure where the money and backing is coming from, but they have a freshness that is lacking in much US product. I’m really looking forward to seeing this one; I hope it will get to Netflix soon or Amazon Prime Video, which has a slew of gay material from Here TV and Dekko.
Doug
Unfortunately, Amazon Prime as well as Dekkoo have been cutting explicit gay sex scenes from gay films for years now. I stopped my subscription with Dekkoo after they butchered three different films they were showing online. I was never sure if I was actually seeing complete films or not.
Just.my.opinion
This may be a wonderful film, but there was nothing about the trailer that made me want to see it.
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Me either super downer.
mz.sam
Lonesome filmed in 2021 and touring LGBTQ film festivals this year. Distribution is TBA. Beautifully photographed but somewhat plodding story telling and rigid performances it contains unapologetic nudity and some daddy-BDSM scenes. Good film yet, the loneliness theme is better portrayed in film ‘God’s Own Country’.
CNY1983
yes going to see it. im in the same kind of mood.
trojanboy
No
SparkyMICH
This looks like a really great movie. I wish there was a place on the web where you can bookmark movies that haven’t been released and get updates when those movies are available. It’s hard to keep track of these small indie films. Two weeks from now I’m going to completely forget about this film.
RKthegay
In the old days we had these wonderous things known as pen and paper. See, you would hold pen in your hand and press it against the paper and move it around. It would then leave marks behind. You could use these marks to form words. This was very useful for doing things such as creating lists for things you might want to not forget.
Raphael
Just ignore RKthegay… There is a place on the web where you can do exactly that. IMDB has what you’re looking for.