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INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
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Director Joe Mantello, who first revamped the play on Broadway three years ago wh an all-star st of out-gay male actors, brgs that exact same troupe and sensibily to his new film adaptatn. It’s hard to thk of a better premise for a documentary than a gay porn shop n by a straight Jewish uple, but throw to the mix that their dghter is the filmmaker and you have one of the most surprisg films of the year.
Filmmaker Rachel Mason follows the footsteps of hybrid documentarian Kirsten Johnson, but throws a heapg dose of Borscht belt humor, Jewish tradn, and gay history. Her lovg acunt of her parents Barry and Karen Mason, and how they me to n one of LA’s most popular gay cisg spots, is the perfect blend of personal exvatn and engagg storytellg. He rri his gay soul searchg well, playg an expat returng to his roots Vietnam.
Some viewers may groan that the straight Goldg is playg a gay character, but what’s most quietly revolutnary about “Monsoon” is that mak no show out of gayns at all. The Kelly gang don women’s drs to terrorize Brish lonists, and the film otherwise has an sistent sensualy that’s blatantly homoerotic.