Mix, New York Lbian/Gay Film/Vio Ftival
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MIX, NEW YORK LBIAN/GAY FILM/VIO FTIVAL
Also receivg drive- screengs throughout the ftival are Alan Ball’s gay road dramedy “Uncle Frank” starrg Pl Bettany, and Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulre’s “Cida” alongsi a seri of Brooklyn-based short films. The trop about lbian bed ath and oversexed gay persist, and media generally rerc this false dichotomy. As a searchg tobgraphil portra of -director Matt Fifer’s own life and stggl wh timacy and buried childhood trma, “Cida” feels like a private nfsnal, but also lot the universal plight of beg a gay lennial navigatg romance amid a Grdr-domated datg system.
Kieran Mulre -directs this searg and sexy act of gay self-analysis, wh Fifer starrg as Ben, a Brooklyn dweller patchg together a life the gig enomy, occupyg a vaguely sketched sk job when he’s not patg ho or dog home repairs for phy olr queens. While livg wh his grandfather Josef (Ron Rifk) an unorthodox new hog suatn, David spends his days reluctantly studyg Torah, and his nights explorg the world of gay New York the late ’80s (a terrifyg time to be g to your gay inty no matter what muny you live ), he also velops a iendship wh two men who live down the hall.
François Ozon’s sexy, melancholic, gay g-of-age romance “Summer of 85” sizzl wh the hot heat of first love, set agast the banks of a seasi rort Normandy.