‘Of an Age’ Review: A Stirrg Atralian Gay Romance – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• THE NEXT GREAT GAY ROMANCE IS HERE — AND SO IS THE QUEER FILMMAKER YOU NEED TO KNOW
• ‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: GORAN STOLEVSKI’S ACHG GAY ROMANCE SPENDS TIME
• OF AN AGE DIRECTOR GORAN STOLEVSKI ON CRAFTG A DELITE GAY ROMANCE
• ‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: SMALL-SLE GAY ATRALIAN ROMANCE STRIK BIG EROTIC SPARKS
• GORAN VIšNJIć GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 91 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• KGS AND HEAT EXPLORG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY-GORAN DRAGIC TRA
• ‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: SMALL-SLE GAY ATRALIAN ROMANCE STRIK BIG EROTIC SPARKS
• GAY FILM ‘PASSAG’ GETS SLAPPED WH AN NC-17 RATG

THE NEXT GREAT GAY ROMANCE IS HERE — AND SO IS THE QUEER FILMMAKER YOU NEED TO KNOW

He reteams wh the prtige distributor for “Of an Age, ” which fds the director swchg up genr but still layg down a throughle: The sexy Asie-set gay romance is about bodi, after all, and the way they bend toward time and sire. ” The out-gay director is charmgly self-effacg. Adam is, some ways, an ializatn of the kd of person that young closeted gay people yearn to nnect wh, pecially those stgglg socially who bury themselv mic and movi rather than people, who mostly disappot anyway.

But “Of an Age” and his next movie, the drama “Hoekeepg for Begners” (which foc on a gay woman forced to raise her sick partner’s child), were fanced before “You Won’t Be Alone.

Not your average gay film openg, but the risk pays off for an energetic openg scene that brilliantly shifts om high-speed chase to high-stak meet-cute. A will-they-or-won’t-they trigue builds as the younger Kol sists he isn’t gay or anythg like that, even askg if Tori Amos is “one of those gay sgers like Barbra Streisand. But there was a gay Mandalorian uple, so ’s not brand new.

‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: GORAN STOLEVSKI’S ACHG GAY ROMANCE SPENDS TIME

Siarly, you should not make homophobic ments, pecially when there is a microphone ont of your face.

It has created a pletely new dimensn through which homophobia and other exampl of ignorance n be intified and shamed.

Wh all this md, athlet still make homophobic ments terviews and via Twter and other social media outlets. Here is our list of twenty athlet who have monstrated textbook homophobia. This may be a dishonorable mentn and isn't directly homophobic, but Matt Mrne lived up to his nickname "meathead" when he went off on transgenr fighter Fallon Fox 2013.

OF AN AGE DIRECTOR GORAN STOLEVSKI ON CRAFTG A DELITE GAY ROMANCE

Whether or not you're a champn boxer, you still n't get away wh anythg remotely homophobic. He was mis-quoted some publitns as havg quoted a le om the Book of Levic that said gay men should be put to ath; he had not.

He ma a homophobic remark back 2012 when he tweeted:. " Not the bt rponse to accatns of gay bashg.

‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: SMALL-SLE GAY ATRALIAN ROMANCE STRIK BIG EROTIC SPARKS

The gay F-bomb, not the curse word. He may have been one of the bt guards of all time, but even Iverson isn't above takg some flack over a homophobic a seri of them.

His rhym were also scribed as highly misogynistic, so much like most of rap, offend gays and women.

GORAN VIšNJIć GAY RUMORS?ONLE POLL SHOWS 91 PERCENT DON’T BELIEVE HE’S GAY

In a heated exchange of words wh a ller to the show, he ed the words "gay-ass f*****". He would later apologize to the gay and lbian muni along wh listeners, but kept his head high through the negative prs, tweetg "Wanna brg me down but I'm OK.

There was the sexual asslt se, obvly, but he also ma a few anti-gay slurs and ments.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

His most notor occurred when he lled a game official a gay slur durg a game back 2011. A uple of years later 2013, he played the "do as I say, not as I do" rd wh Lakers fans when he lled out a fan who lled another fan gay on Twter.

A fan msaged Smh about the club's poor play and received homophobic remarks as a rponse.

He posted the remarks to a lol gay webse and Smh was fed. Whether the gay muny agreed is another story.

KGS AND HEAT EXPLORG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY-GORAN DRAGIC TRA

The man who pleted the helmet tch, one of the most imprsive plays Super Bowl history, also ma some homophobic remarks durg his playg reer.

As a born-aga Christian, he is very outspoken about his fah and has said that he would give up his famo tch and the Super Bowl victory for a ban on gay marriage. From vlent crime allegatns to spicn of sexual crim and alhol related actns, 's hard to wre this but makg homophobic ments may well be the least of his public relatns worri.

‘OF AN AGE’ REVIEW: SMALL-SLE GAY ATRALIAN ROMANCE STRIK BIG EROTIC SPARKS

Back 2012, he wrote a gay slur on Twter and was later fed 6, 000 pounds.

Former San Francis 49ers rnerback Chris Culliver ma a ntroversial statement about homosexuals back 2013, when the 49ers were on their way to the Super Bowl. Comedian Artie Lange asked him whether there were any gays on the team, to which Culliver rpond "No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.... We've already seen four soccer (football, sorry to the non-North Amerins readg this) players who have ma homophobic remarks and sentially received slaps on the wrist.

GAY FILM ‘PASSAG’ GETS SLAPPED WH AN NC-17 RATG

Lee Steele was around the end of his reer back 2012 and tweeted that he "wouldn't fancy the bed next to Gareth Thomas #padlockmyarse" reference to gay former gby player Gareth Thomas. He had multiple cints that volved fans and one particular that was both racist and homophobic at the same time.

Are you gay? He went on a brief tira, partially directed at the nearby journalists that clud the phrase "I don't like gays. Wre that down your ltle notebook, I don't like gays!