Category: Classic
New This Week – 6/20/19
A masked madman stalks a gay porn set in 1979 Paris while its producer Anne, (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) tries to win back her editor and lover Lois by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. Shot in 35mm and featuring a killer retro score from M83, KNIFE+HEART is an ultra-stylish and blood-soaked ode to '70s-era De Palma, Argento, and Friedkin. Watch 'KNIFE+HEART' now on Dekkoo!
Pour yourself a milkshake and experience the magic, music, and mirth of the all-time favorite camp-tastic classic: 'Can't Stop the Music!' This (highly fictionalized) story depicting the creation of disco icons The Village People provides the framework for an outrageous musical extravaganza as only producer Allan Carr (Grease, Grease 2) could deliver. Stream 'Can't Stop the Music' now on Dekkoo!
A chance meeting changing attitudes and lives. With a hint of Woody Allen in style and feel. A simple story of 2 strangers brought together by a dog. It delves into the ideas of solitude and loneliness and how a simple human act of kindness can instill hope. 'The Definition of Lonely' is available now on Dekkoo!
Coming next week: The second season of 'Woke'!
Posted on June 21, 2019 June 20, 2019 Author Team DekkooCategories Camp, Classic, Drag, Drama, Exclusive, Gay Film, Horror, International Film, New This Week, Short FilmTags Gay Classic, Horror, New This Week, Short Film, The Village People, Vanessa Paradis, Yann GonzalezLeave a comment on New This Week – 6/20/19
Eyes Wide Open is an extraordinary portrait of forbidden love
Powerfully moving and quietly humane, Eyes Wide Open, Haim Tabakman's, debut feature is an extraordinary portrait of forbidden love in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem community.
Aaron (Zohar Strauss) leads a quiet life. Each day he heads from his tidy apartment where he lives with his four children and his wife Rivka (played by an actress with the unlikely name of Tinkerbell) to his butcher-shop to his synagogue to pray.
Aaron is a tzaddik, a righteous man, and when Ezri (Ran Danker), a beautiful twenty-something man arrives at his shop in a rainstorm looking for shelter, he gives it. But something more happens as sexual desire develops between the two men. Ezri wants to kiss Aaron, but Aaron tells Ezri that it's a challenge for them to pray about. Ezri takes Aaron to a spring outside the city, and desire bubbles to the surface between the two men.
As their gay love is consummated, the love between Aaron and Rivka becomes troubled. And a self-appointed "God-squad" of Jewish thugs warns Aaron that Ezri is a they don't want in their neighborhood.
Beautifully insightful and almost delicate in its storytelling, Eyes Wide Open, is a stunningly essential film in the cannon of queer filmmaking. With not an extra word, frame or movement, director Haim Tabakman and screenwriter Merav Doster craft a truly gorgeous and unforgettable film.
Eyes Wide Open is available now on Dekkoo.
Posted on May 30, 2019 Author kcousinsCategories Award Winner, Classic, Cross-Cultural Romance, Drama, Gay Film, Gay Rights, International Film, New Release, Pride, ReligionTags Eyes Wide Open, Haim Tabakman, Merav Doster, Ran Danker, Tinkerbell, Zohar StraussLeave a comment on Eyes Wide Open is an extraordinary portrait of forbidden love
Now Available: After Stonewall
In 1969 the police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun.
After Stonewall, the sequel to the seminal 1984 doc Before Stonewall, chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots at Stonewall to the end of the twentieth century.
Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, this film captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced during this time, and it explores how AIDS dramatically changed the direction of the movement.
The two films, Before & After, tell the remarkable tale of how LGBT people, a heretofore hidden and despised group, became a vibrant and integral part of America's family, and, indeed, the world community.
Featuring interviews with Dorothy Allison, Michael Bronski, Rita Mae Brown, Barney Frank, Barbara Gittings, Arnie Kantrowitz, Larry Kramer, Craig Lucas, Armistead Maupin, Leslea Newman, Barbara Smith, and many more!
Watch the trailer for After Stonewall below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.
Posted on May 16, 2019 Author kcousinsCategories Classic, Documentary, Gay Film, New ReleaseTags After Stonewall, Melissa EtheridgeLeave a comment on Now Available: After Stonewall
In 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, leading to three nights of rioting by the city's gay community. With this outpouring of courage and unity the Gay Liberation Movement had begun. June 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of these riots. In honor of that historical moment we present this emotionally potent documentary about how LGBTQ people became a vibrant and integral part of America's family, and, indeed, the world community. Watch 'After Stonewall' now on Dekkoo!
Scott, a mild-mannered gay writer in Los Angeles, gets wrapped up into a world of bad boys and their crime-filled past after being adopted as their "Daddy Scott", whether he likes it or not. 'Bad Boy' is streaming now on Dekkoo!
Kai and Tobi share one last night together, remembering a beautiful weekend they once had away from the oppression of Tobi's homophobic mother – before the light of the world has been put out in this beautiful, romantic and heartbreaking end times drama. Stream '1 Last Chance at Paradise' now on Dekkoo!
Coming next week: Robin Williams stars in one of his final performances.
Posted on May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019 Author Team DekkooCategories Classic, Dating, Documentary, Drama, Gay Film, Gay Rights, Gay Series, New This Week, Pride, Short FilmTags Documentary, Gay Film, Gay Series, New This WeekLeave a comment on New This Week – 5/10/19
New To Dekkoo – 5/3/19
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men's group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members. Watch 'Bedrooms & Hallways' now on Dekkoo!
A couple on the verge of separation explore the fear of being single. The gay short film 'Circles' is now available on Dekkoo!
This colorful and sexy feel-good musical comedy follows Paul and Eddie, two hot young actors staring in a stage play that adds a healthy dose of homo-eroticism to the story of Genesis. As the two young performers dive deeper into their roles, their love lives start to mirror the themes they're dealing with in the play. Watch 'The Big Gay Musical' now on Dekkoo!
Coming next week: Required viewing for anyone who believes in equal rights for all. – The Apollo Guide
Posted on May 3, 2019 May 3, 2019 Author Team DekkooCategories Camp, Classic, Dating, Gay Film, International Film, New This Week, Performing Arts, Short FilmTags Gay Classic, Musical, New This Week, Short FilmLeave a comment on New To Dekkoo – 5/3/19
The gay classic Bedrooms and Hallways comes home to Dekkoo
Released in 1999 (a busy year for gay cinema that included Boys Don't Cry, Better Than Chocolate, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Trick, among others) Bedrooms and Hallways was writer-director Rose Troche's long-awaited follow-up to her 1994 indie sensation Go Fish. This film proved a complete departure from her lesbian milestone: a hilarious comedy set in London about the tangled love affairs of a gay man.
Failed romantic Leo (Trainspotting co-star Kevin McKidd) is just hitting thirty. His kitschy roommate Darren (Tom Hollander) only reminds him of what he's missing, merrily touting Darren's frequent, illicit meetings with a lusty real estate agent (Hugo Weaving). So with nothing to lose, Leo joins a men's group to bond with his fellow males and get his mind off romance. However, the latter notion didn't account for sexy straight Irishman Brendan (James Purefoy). But wait… is Brendan straight? For that matter, is Leo? Life is never as black and white as it seems, especially after Leo and his group go on a drum-thumping, chest-banging camping retreat where a snarl of love triangles and jealousy explodes.
Colorful production design, glossy production values and an energetic ensemble cast (including Simon Callow and Jennifer Ehle) contribute to the lighthearted proceedings, of which Hollander takes the cake. Darren's snippy dialogue and misinformed sexual antics are a true highlight.
Two decades ago this year, before she became one of the masterminds behind The L Word, Rose Troche rattled the straight/gay/bi boundary lines and shook the sexual tree. The result is a knee-slapping spoof of gay life at the turn of the millennium and the New Age movement, as well as a witty and prescient send-up of any and all rigid notions of sexuality.
Bedrooms and Hallways is now available to stream on Dekkoo.
Posted on May 2, 2019 Author kcousinsCategories Classic, Comedy, Gay Film, New Release, New This WeekTags Bedrooms and Hallways, Hugo Weaving, James Purefoy, Jennifer Ehle, Kevin McKidd, Rose Troche, Simon Callow, Tom HollanderLeave a comment on The gay classic Bedrooms and Hallways comes home to Dekkoo
A bold and harrowing gay classic comes to Dekkoo
Adapted by playwright Martin Sherman from his groundbreaking play of the same name, Bent employs an impressive cast of familiar faces to tell a painful personal story about the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany.
In 1930s Berlin, Max (Clive Owen) sleeps with German SA officer Wolf (future "Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning as part of the "Night of the Long Knives."
Refusing an offer of new papers from his Uncle Freddie (Ian McKellen) for fear of leaving his boyfriend Rudy (Brian Webber) behind, Max and Rudy are found by the Gestapo, to whom Max lies about his homosexuality and his relationship. He is soon sent to Dachau, where he meets and falls in love with Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), who shows him the dignity that lies in acknowledging one's beliefs, even in the face of incomprehensible persecution.
Originally staged as a Royal Court production in 1979, starring Ian McKellen and Tom Bell, which later transferred to the West End, Bent earned major acclaim right out of the gate. Richard Gere played Max in the original 1980 Broadway production. In 1989, Sean Mathias, the film's director, helmed a revival of the play, performed as a one-night benefit for Stonewall, featuring Ian McKellen, Richard E Grant, Ian Charleson and Ralph Fiennes. After receiving critical acclaim, Mathias directed a full, award-winning run in 1990 – priming him to head up the film adaptation to come.
Also co-starring Mick Jagger, Jude Law, Rupert Graves, Paul Bettany, Sadie Frost and Rachel Weisz, Bent is an unparalleled gay classic that deserves to be seen. Released in 1997, the film has long been unavailable… until now. Bent is currently streaming on Dekkoo.
Posted on March 25, 2019 Author kcousinsCategories Award Winner, Classic, Drama, Gay Film, Gay Icon, Gay Rights, International Film, New ReleaseTags Bent, Clive Owen, Ian McKellen, Martin Sherman, Mick JaggerLeave a comment on A bold and harrowing gay classic comes to Dekkoo