Antonio's Secret (Ang Lihim Ni Antonio)

Title: Antonio's Secret
Director: Joselito Altarejos
Writers: Lex Bonife and Joselito Altarejos
Genre: Drama | Crime
Runtime: 100 min
Spoken Language: Tagalog
Subtitled in: English

Movie Summary:

Antonio (Kenji Garcia) is a curious fifteen-year-old boy who is beginning to come to terms with his own sexuality. Although his straight best friend, Mike (Jiro Manio), has been supportive of his coming out, his first sexual conquest has led to the destruction of his friendship with his other best buddy, Nathan.

Antonio’s exploration of his identity unfolds as his family begins to break up. His altruistic mother, Tere (Shamaine Buencamino) is in complete denial that his father has already abandoned them.

A shocking tragedy begins to spiral up as Antonio meets his hedonistic uncle Jonbert (Josh Ivan Morales), who becomes the boy’s sexual obsession.

The Man in the Lighthouse (Ang Lalake sa Parola)

Director: Joselito Altarejos
Writers: Lex Bonife & Joselito Altarejos
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language:Tagalog

Movie Summary:

Ang Lalake sa Parola is homo-erotic journey in finding one’s true self Mateo (Harry Laurel) has been searching for his father (Richard Quan) who left when he was five. His search leads him to Lobo, Batangas only to discover that his father is in Dubai. Awaiting his father’s return, Mateo works as the caretaker of Lobo’s lighthouse. Here, he meets Jerome (Justin de Leon), a gay man from the city. What ensues soon after the meeting is the beginning of his homoerotic journey, while Suzet (Jennifer Lee), Mateo’s girlfriend struggles for his love and attention. What begins as a search for one’s father evolves into a search for one’s self. Will Mateo, in the midst of his conservative rural community, cross the thin line between being straight and being gay.

My Fair Son

Title: My Fair Son
Director : Cui Zi’en
Producers : Liu Shujing and Wang Weiming
Cast: Wang Junrui, Wang Weiming, Yu Bo, Wang Guifeng and Li Ziqiang
Genre : Drama, Boys Love
Runtime: 92 min
Release Year: 2007
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English (Hardsubbed)

"My Fair Son" is a tender and touching tale about a father and son trying to reconcile their separate lives. Ray, a tall, thin and handsome young man returns to live with his father after having grown up with his grandfather. He is angry and disconnected over his father s middle class life style and hard line ways. Ray enrolls in art school where he makes new friends and starts a relationship with a another student. One morning, Dad discovers the two young men naked in bed and, after being surprised, he must begin to understand his own feelings toward homosexuality. Then Ray meets Bo, one of his dad's top employees. From the start, sparks fly and Ray falls in love. But Bo is to be married, how will the two connect and what will Ray s father think?

Hinala

Title: Hinala
Genre: Drama
Year: 2011
Country: Philippines
Director: Crisaldo Pablo
Subtitles: N/A

Movie Summary:

Cris discovers that his five years relationships is about to end when his live-in boyfriend Michael leaves him supposedly for an out of the country business trip.

He then embarks on a long journey to catch his lover and the third party, passing by his boyfriend's maternal home, his boyfriend's best friend, his own best friend and a mysterious aquaintance.

Will Cris catch his boyfriend and will he be able to prevent their relationship from its inevitable ending?

Not until someone dies so another can move on.

Pagnanasa

Title: Pagnanasa
Genre: Drama
Year: 2010
Country: Philippines
Director: Fellyx Honeyfield
Subtitles........: N/A
Language: Tagalog

Movie Summary:

Rodel, a handsome and sweet-talking traveling salesman, stops by a small eatery for lunch. He meets Aleli, the daughter of the owner of the eatery, and is instantly smitten by her. Aleli is not impressed by his easy ways, but Lagrimas, her mother, is. To win Aleli, Rodel conspires with Lagrimas, who in turn, forces her daughter to go out with him. But what Aleli thinks as a friendly date turns out to be a nightmare, as Rodel ends up raping her...

Permanent Residence

Original Title: Permanent Residence (永久居留)
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Drama
Country: China (Hong Kong)
Language: Cantonese | English
Sub: English | Chinese
Director: Scud

Movie Summary:

Ivan is an IT professional who works hard and has no time for dating. The young man is forced to come face-to-face with his sexuality when Josh from Israel asks if he is gay during a television talk show in which the two are guest speakers and a life-long friendship begins.

After entering the gay world, Ivan meets Windson,who professes to be straight. A curious friendship blossoms between the two involving many episodes of nude wrestling, swimming, embracing and sharing a bed. Though apparently attracted to the free-spirited Ivan, Windson insists on limiting their relationship to nothing more than kisses and fondling.

When Windson announces he plans to wed his long-time girlfriend, Ivan is devastated and sets off on a journey of discovery that takes him from Israel to Thailand to Australia and finally back to Hong Kong.
Permanent Residence is flamboyantly out. With the bodies of avid gym-goers, both leads take delight in celebrating their naked, muscular flesh for the audience’s viewing pleasure (for me, in fact too much full frontal nudity). The gay never-never land is effectively contrasted with the confining world of social norms that force Windson to stay with a woman who expects wedded bliss. The coming out will strike a chord with many Asian audience. Alternating between homoerotica and existential contemplations on life and death, the film is unique and intuitive. The photographic images present a tactile materiality that far exceeds the controlling needs of story, bringing to the natural realm an unexpected poetry and perspective.

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Amphetamine

Original Title: Amphetamine (安非他命)
Release Date: 2010
Genre: Drama
Country: China (Hong Kong)
Language: Cantonese | English
Format: MKV
Size: 742MB (uncut version)
Sub: English | Chinese
Director: Scud

Amphetamine Movie Summary:

Openly gay banker Daniel debates whether to return to Australia or stay in Hong Kong when he meets Kafka, a straight swimming instructor. The young men fall in love, believing that their love can bridge anything, despite their difference in sexuality and Kafka’s increasing drug use. Daniel does not regret his love for Kafka, who tries to love him back against his nature. But a flashback memory from Kafka’s past makes it difficult for their relationship to work.