For those who are unfamiliar, it's like a cross between Gossip Girl, Elite and The Crown. The streaming platform just released the first season of their highly-anticipated show, Young Royals, and given my fascination with coming-of-age stories, I just had to check it out.
The two men are forced to look after the child (Jack Gore), who refuses to reveal his own name.If you're on the lookout for a new drama that tackles teen angst, sexuality and the pressures of royal life, then this new Netflix series just might be your cup of tea. That’s because his father, Erasmus’s estranged son, has been arrested on domestic violence charges. One day, the 10-year-old grandson that Erasmus never knew he had shows up for dinner, and he has nowhere to go.
Erasmus is an accomplished and respected TV boss, while Paul is some sort of younger househusband. Ideal Home is a welcome addition to the list, providing a very gay and Camp touch to the subgenre.Įrasmus (Steve Coogan) and his partner Paul (a heavily bearded and mega cuddly version of Paul Rudd) lead a mostly pedestrian life, and bickering seems to be their biggest source of entertainment.
They includes classics such as Central Station (Walter Salles, 1997), Son of Saul (Laszlo Nemes, 2015) and also the more mainstream About a Boy (Chris and Paul Weitz). The tale of accidental “parenthood” (or, more broadly speaking, of the awkward and unexpected bonding of a child and an adult) is no big novelty. Elisa is branded a “marimacho”, and the couple become increasingly despised and isolated. The residents of the parish of Couso too realise that their share more than a friendship. The two women, however, resume their romance as soon as Marcela returns.
Marcela’s parents intervene and send Marcela away to a boarding school in Madrid for three years. Their tender affection gradually develops into a full-on homosexual relation. They are immediately fascinated with each other. This is the real-life tale of two humans being who fell in love and took draconian measures in order in order to remain together, against all odds.Įlisa (Natalia de Molina) first meets Marcela (Greta Fernandez) on the first day of school in 1898. It will move you regardless of whether you are a male or a female, Spanish or British, progressive or conservative, or anything else. And this is cinema at its most universal. This is a film about two women in love, and directed by a female. The young female filmmaker Eliza Hittman, who’s only on her second feature, managed to penetrate (no pun intended) a male and testosterone-fuelled territory to very convincing results.ģ. What makes Beach Rats so special is the director’s sensitive gaze, and the very realistic and relatable settings. There’s nothing unusual about a teenager grappling with his sexuality. This sounds like an ordinary predicament, familiar to many gay men. She struggles to have sex with her, and instead fulfils his sexual needs through online gay chat rooms and stealthy sexual encounters with older men. The extremely attractive young male is dating an equally stunning female called Simone (Madeline Weinstein, who’s not related to the now infamous Harvey), and he hangs out with young straight men of his age. The problem is that he is very confused about his sexuality. Frankie (Harris Dickinson) is no exception. The tarmac is sizzling, and the pavement scorching hot. It’s New York, it’s Summer and it’s sultry. These films are available on Netflix UK and Ireland there may be variations in other countries and regions. Don’t forget to click on each individual film title in order to accede to our exclusive reviews. The films below are listed in alphabetical order. This isn’t good news for traditional distributors with a niche focus, such Peccadillo films. This is perhaps a sign that many more LGBT+ films will follow a similar route in the near future.
One the films on this list (Isabel Coixet’s Elisa and Marcela also pictured above) is a full-on Netflix production, meaning that the movie giant was involved in the project from its very conception. Netflix has since grown and taken up many of these dirty gems, which are now an integral part of their selection. Most of these films started on a conventional distribution route, opening in cinemas, then DVD and finally on to the major VoD platforms.
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