Glasgay 2014
The Dog The Dog
The Dog and Cry-Baby
Age Of Consent (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Charles Lum, Todd Verow; Writer: Charles Lum, Todd Verow)
A documentary about leather bar The Hoist, gay sexualities and the law.
Cry-Baby (Cry Baby) (Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: John Waters; Writer: John Waters; Stars: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Patty Hearst, Troy Donahue, Mink Stole, Joe Dallesandro, Joey Heatherton, Willem Dafoe)
Musical romance charting juvenile deliquency in the Fifties.
The Dog (Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Allison Berg, François Keraudren)
Portrait of the motor-mouthed, completely uncorked John Wojtowicz, whose 1972 botched robbery of a Brooklyn bank was dramatized in Dog Day Afternoon.
Dog Day Afternoon (Country: US; Year: 1975; Director: Sidney Lumet; Writer: Frank Pierson, based on the book by Leslie Waller and articles by PF Kluge, Thomas Moore; Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Carol Kane, Beulah Garrick, Sandra Kazan, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Amy Levitt, John Marriott, Estelle Omens, Gary Springer), Trailer
A bank job goes horribly wrong.
Love Is Strange (Country: US, France; Year: 2014; Director: Ira Sachs; Writer: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias; Stars: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren E. Burrows, Charlie Tahan, Eric Tabach, John Cullum)
The consequences of a gay marriage on family and friends.
Love Is Strange Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange and The Watermelon Woman
My Prairie Home (Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Chelsea McMullan; Writer: Chelsea McMullan; Stars: Rae Spoon)
A poetic journey through landscapes both real and emotional, Chelsea McMullan’s documentary/musical offers an intimate portrait of transgender singer Rae Spoon, framed by stunning images of the Canadian prairies. McMullan’s imaginative visual interpretations of Spoon’s songs make this an unforgettable look at a unique Canadian artist.
The Watermelon Woman (Country: US; Year: 1996; Director: Cheryl Dunye; Writer: Cheryl Dunye; Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke)
A young black lesbian in Philadelphia tries to track down a once legendary actress.
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