With the launch of the brand-new TLAgay.com, the Gay Cinema Video On Demand experience we have been offering for a long, long time was upgraded and improved. We have expanded (and continue to expand) our selection of new and old gay-themed movies available for your viewing pleasure. Here’s just five of our current favorites, from various years, that you may have missed – ALL available to watch INSTANTLY! These aren’t our TOP 5, by any means – just a handful of flicks we want to highlight.
Floating Skyscrapers © Canteen Outlaws
2013, Poland
Kuba (Mateusz Banasiuk), a champion swimmer, wants to have his cake and eat it too. He’s in a committed relationship with Sylwia (Marta Nieradkiewicz), but he’s carrying on an affair with Michal (Bartosz Gelner), a naïve, slightly younger fellow athlete who, initially, yearns for more affection than Kuba is willing to give in his state of sexual confusion. As the two boys spend more time together, Michal finds the courage to come out to his family while Kuba starts falling more and more in love with his best gay buddy. Sadly, Sylwia and won’t let Kuba go so easily. By trying to hold on to two loves at the same time, Kuba ensures as tragic ending for everyone involved. Prizing setting and mood over dialog and incident, Floating Skyscrapers makes up for a lack of action with gorgeously-rendered, highly erotic sex scenes. The director stages intimate moments that giving the audience a clear view of Kuba’s bisexuality, and showing how he treats both his male and female lovers.
Four Windows © Water Bearer Films
2006, Germany
Writer/director Christian Moris Müller divides his unique film Four Windows into four chapters: “Son,” “Daughter,” “Father” and “Mother.” The film tells what happens to each of these family members, none of whom are given specific names, during a single sexually-driven day in their lives. The very hot Son (Frank Droese) says goodbye to the family, meets his buddies and then veers off alone to his favorite adult arcade. There, he has some steamy booth sex with a gruff man who refuses to kiss the tender lad. Blowing off a crucial exam, he revisits the place several times, seeking the man – to no avail. After this juicy start, Dad (Thorsten Merten) hires a hooker and some very odd things happen. Meanwhile, Mom (Margarita Broich) is seducing the building’s handyman and Daughter (Theresa Scholze) begs older men to fuck her on the subway. As you must have gathered, these people aren’t exactly the Cleavers. Told entirely from inside the heads of these separate characters, lovers of salacious cinema will want to peer through these dirty windows.
Marfa Girl © Breaking Glass Pictures
2012, United States
Written and directed by extremely controversial enfant terrible Larry Clark (the legendary photographer and filmmaker behind Kids, Ken Park and Bully), Marfa Girl follows Adam (Adam Mediano), a directionless 16-year-old boy living in the working class US/Mexico border town of Marfa, Texas, and his sexual relationships with a wide variety of people – his teenage girlfriend, a twenty-something neighbor, an aggressive local artist, his high school teacher. While our protagonist makes the most of his sexual awakening, a misogynistic, deeply unhinged border patrol agent (Jeremy St. James) watches over the neighborhood an forms an increasingly dangerous obsession with virile young Adam. What ensues is a web of sex, drugs and violence. Clark is always looking to push the envelope and Marfa Girl is no exception.
Mr. Angel © Buck Angel Entertainment
2013, United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico
As provocative as it is endearing, Mr. Angel follows porn pioneer Buck Angel as he crisscrosses the globe telling his life story of struggle, triumph and sexual identity. The self-proclaimed “man with a vagina” had gone from super model to homeless drug addict, eventually rising back to the top by building an empire as an outspoken advocate and educator. Shot over six years, director Dan Hunt‘s voyeuristic camera captures some deeply charming moments – like Buck being tangled in a gaggle of dogs and spending time with his incredibly charismatic wife (Elayne Angel). The most eye-opening moment, though, comes during an emotional interview with his reserved parents. It is here that Buck’s advocacy of breaking society’s pre-determined gender and identity binary is heard loud and clear. Mr. Angel isn’t just a film about the most prominent transman in porn history; it’s also a story about universal love and acceptance for all.
Palace of Fun © TLA Releasing
2016, United Kingdom
In a paradise of sun and sea, three young people on the brink of adulthood navigate the complexities of love, sex and secrecy with disastrous consequences. Lily and Finn (Phoebe Naughton and Andrew Mullan) meet one drunken night in a club and begin the perfect summer romance – until they meet up with Lily’s seductive younger brother Jamie (George Stocks) and sexual alliances are tested. As the temperature rises outside, the heat between these three individuals brings tensions to a boiling point inside as well. An intimate look into the strains of familial bonds and awakened romance, Palace of Fun explores how far young people will go to keep up appearances and maintain their identity. As secrets are revealed, you can’t help but become compliant in the debauched behavior of these dubious characters. Palace of Fun envelops the viewer in an irresistible world of questionable morals and fervent intentions.
