Yossi and Jagger: Israeli Tale of Gays the Milary (LBTQ, Gay, Israel) | Emanuel Levy

Contents:

• EROTIC GAY THRILLER ‘IN BED’ DEBUTS TRAILER AHEAD OF RELEASE ON HOME TURF ISRAEL (EXCLUSIVE)
• GAY DIRECTOR ADAM KALRON PICTS HOMOPHOBIA THE SWIMMG WORLD WH ‘THE SWIMMER’
• A LANDMARK FOR GAY CEMA — AND ONE OF THE BT JEWISH FILMS YEARS
• YOSSI AND JAGGER: ISRAELI TALE OF GAYS THE MILARY (LBTQ, GAY, ISRAEL)
• MEILLRS FILMS GAYS ISRAéLIENS TO L TEMPS
• UNDRSG ISRAEL: GAY MEN THE PROMISED LAND
• ‘JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE’ REVIEW: A GAY PORN STAR IS BORN
• GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS
• IN ‘THE CAKEMAKER,’ A GAY LOVER AND STRAIGHT WOMAN LONG FOR THE SAME MAN

EROTIC GAY THRILLER ‘IN BED’ DEBUTS TRAILER AHEAD OF RELEASE ON HOME TURF ISRAEL (EXCLUSIVE)

As JW3, the Jewish muny centre north London, lnch GayW3, celebratg the liv of the LGBTQ muny throughout history to the prent day through film, theatre, mic and discsn, and upliftg Brish-Israeli documentary Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?, backed by the BFI, prepar for s cema release, now is a great time to look back at the bt of Jewish and Israeli LGBT cema.

Gay Jewish characters have been the subject of great films om around the world, and the list below featur films om the UK, France, Germany, the US, and, of urse, Israel. A number of Brish films jt missed the list, cludg Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), which Jewish doctor Peter Fch enjoyed Brish cema’s first male-on-male kiss; award-wng short film Sidney Turtlebm (2008), starrg Derek Jabi as an elrly gay Jewish pickpocket and nman; and Lisa Gornick’s latt film, The Book of Gabrielle (2016), a funny and sharp study of a Jewish lbian whose sexualy is thrown to turmoil. His adaptatn of Mart Crowley’s play, about a group of gay men who gather for Harold’s party, rultg a cel eveng of sadistic gam and sabotage, me at the wrong time – as the gay liberatn movement tablished s voice the early 1970s, negative or prsg pictns of gay men the media were seen as archaic and obstctive to progrs.

GAY DIRECTOR ADAM KALRON PICTS HOMOPHOBIA THE SWIMMG WORLD WH ‘THE SWIMMER’

While Michael, the pathetic protagonist, is ed an unlikeable and self-pyg monster, the other characters are far more sympathetic, while the glor Harold, utterly unashamed of his homosexualy and wh nothg to hi, emerg om the rnage unsthed.

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)Harvey Fierste is bt known for his stage work, particularly for wrg the books for the stage mils La Cage x Foll and Kky Boots, jog Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman as Broadway legends who happened to be both gay and Jewish. The star of the show, though, is Fierste, who mak Arnold a lovable, vulgar and believably human figure who challenged the perceptn of drag queens as sexls clowns shamg the gay muny.

He kicked off his short reer wh Driftg (1982), a grim, semi-tobgraphil tale of a gay filmmaker tryg and failg to fd love and fundg for his next film. Amazg Grace, ma nearly a later, is a much stronger piece of work, about two gay men – one an nocent teenager om a troubled fay, the other an HIV patient – who fall for each other after meetg Tel Aviv. In Man Is a Woman, he brgs all his nsirable charm and charisma to the role of Simon, a gay Klezmer mician who is offered 10 ln ancs om his tradnalist uncle if he agre to marry a woman.

A LANDMARK FOR GAY CEMA — AND ONE OF THE BT JEWISH FILMS YEARS

An attempted kiss at a New Year’s Eve party velops to a passnate romance, but the vlently homophobic and antisemic world of wartime Berl threatens their happs. Few gay and lbian survivors were alive to tell their stori when Rob Epste and Jefey Friedman ma their important documentary Paragraph 175, whose tle riv om the German act of law prohibg gay sex, which ntued to exist to the 1990s.

Rather than producg a para of cshed victims, the film foregrounds the sharp mentary of Gad Beck, a Jewish gay man who helped refuge pe; the wistful memori of love lost om Hez F., still too guard to reveal his full name; and the undiluted anger of Pierre Seel, who was tortured by Nazi officers. Luckily, Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Wtfeldt, who wrote and star as said let’s-give--a-whirl ‘lbians’, have w and chemistry on their si and create the neart cema has e to a gay Woody Allen movie. The nflict between homosexualy and Orthodox Judaism has been explored a number of excellent documentari, cludg Tremblg Before G-d (2001), Keep Not Silent (2005) and Jesalem Is Proud to Prent (2008).

YOSSI AND JAGGER: ISRAELI TALE OF GAYS THE MILARY (LBTQ, GAY, ISRAEL)

Yossi (2012)Eytan Fox is one of Israel’s foremost directors, and all of his films foc on gay characters, often g homosexualy to ment on a wir theme, such as self-realisatn Mossad thriller Walk on Water (2004) or the Israeli–Paltian nflict The Bubble (2006).

Where Amos Guttman wallowed the sadns of gay liv, workg as he was an era of fear and prejudice durg the AIDS crisis, Fox’s films are more optimistic and celebratory, if ocsnally btersweet. (2016)After a year on the ftival circu, where won the documentary award at the Berl Film Ftival and the dience award at the UK Internatnal Jewish Film Ftival, Barak and Tomer Heymann’s feature about the life of Saar Maoz, an HIV posive gay man livg London after beg rejected by his Israeli fay and driven away om his Kibbutz, is fally gettg a short cema release April 2017. Saar fds acceptance the welg arms of the London Gay Men’s Chos, but the need to heal the rift between him and his fay leads him to ntemplate returng to Israel for good.

The much-buzzed about Israeli gay film In Bed recently released s trailer, which picts partyg, love, and anguish all set agast the backdrop of tragedy. Another Israeli film by teemed LGBT Israeli director Eytan Fox, “Yossi & Jagger” follows a gay relatnship wh the nfements of the Israeli Defense Forc. Wh immersive cematography and a fast-paced, pop soundtrack, the film also tak an unflchg look at the topic of chem-sex, which Gilady says is “rarely openly spoken about the gay muny or shown at all film.

MEILLRS FILMS GAYS ISRAéLIENS TO L TEMPS

The movie tells the story of an Algerian-French heterosexual young man begng a soclogy study of gay islamic homosexuali and disverg gay love wh a young French steward. A documentary by Peter Barbosa and Garrett Lenoir, I Exist giv a voice to gay and lbian Amerins om the Middle East, who often rema silent out of shame and fear. Filmed 12 untri and 9 languag, this documentary, directed by gay Mlim filmmaker Parvez Sharma, tells the lorful and varied stori of gay and lbian Mlims om all over the world.

UNDRSG ISRAEL: GAY MEN THE PROMISED LAND

In this portra that is multi-layered both terms of form and ntent, a gay man nonts the ghosts of his past and explor hidn longgs, unrequed love and tormentg feelgs of guilt.

After beg tranged om his fay for his homosexualy, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and om far away as he navigat his solu – all the while attemptg to rennect wh his mother. A short documentary that tells the stori of Mashrou’ Leila, a Lebane rock band wh an outspoken gay sger, and Sarah Hegazy, an Egyptian activist. As he told ScreenDaily’s Geofey MacNab, “By makg this film, we would not only want to highlight the problem of homophobic bullyg profsnal sport, but show a hero who is brave and strong enough to face adversy and is able to overe everythg wh attu.

I immediately realized that the film would ronate among young gay soldiers who seldom have the chance to see themselv portrayed realistilly onscreen. Cast & crewUser reviews2021Unrated1h 24mSe the discrimative tennci sports agast LGBTQ people, and how a sportsman learns to accept and love himself spe the discrimative tennci sports agast LGBTQ people, and how a sportsman learns to accept and love himself spe the discrimative tennci sports agast LGBTQ people, and how a sportsman learns to accept and love himself spe productn, box office & pany Vios1More like thisReview A Near Total FailureI expect better om Israeli ' Gay films ' than this.

‘JONATHAN AGASSI SAVED MY LIFE’ REVIEW: A GAY PORN STAR IS BORN

Male hysteria and y homophobia be close to the absurd and there is one scene of mp dancg stead of swimmg which looks badly choreographed and ma me crge. The world we live is too by wh urgent problems to thk of than male sex/love and yet the world sperately needs to tackle plex them that has homosexualy at s re. “The Bubble, ” “Walk on Water, ” and “Yossi and Jagger” director Eytan Fox returns to the terra of gay trospective dramas wh the new film “Sublet, ” which opens on June 11 theaters om Greenwich Entertament.

IndieWire’s Eric Kohn reviewed the film posively last year when premiered virtually as part of the shuttered Tribe Film Ftival: “Wh ‘Sublet, ’ Fox ntu this exploratn by wing his lens, wh an timate look at the ntrastg valu of gay men om different generatns that the specifics of Israeli culture to explore more universal ias. Unlike “Yossi & Jagger” and “The Bubble, ” the aspects of gay inty that have historilly anchored queer movi — g out and societal rejectn — are not the foc of the plot here.

GAY TEL AVIV FOR BEGNERS

Instead, Fox has crafted a pensive, dialogue-driven movie about different mos of movg through the world as a gay Jewish man: Amerin and Israeli, early 20s and middle age. When he began wrg “Sublet, ” he said, “I had jt turned 50 and I was thkg, how did I e to be the man that I am: Jewish, Israeli, gay, filmmaker, hband to my hband, childls?

Fox channeled his mgs on agg as a gay Jewish Israeli to the rapport between his two leads, who bate each other on their rpective plac wh the untry and the Jewish world. “If you had told me the early ’80s growg up Jesalem that one day we’d have openly gay members of Knset — that we’d have a transgenr woman as a referee the tough, macho world of Israeli soccer — I wouldn’t have believed you, ” he said. “I n unrstand people accg the Israeli ernment of g my films for pkwashg — sayg we’re so wonrful, we have a gay film director, gay films, everythg you n dream of, so people don’t ask qutns about the Paltians, ” he said.

IN ‘THE CAKEMAKER,’ A GAY LOVER AND STRAIGHT WOMAN LONG FOR THE SAME MAN

Cast & crewUser reviewsOrigal tle: Keilu e mahar20221h 25mGuy (28) and his bt iend Joy (31) are enjoyg the gay pri para to the fullt, when their bliss is abptly put to an end by a adly shootg. 99powered by Cast & CrewUri Klzneras MeirLevana Fkelsteas RonYoav Rotmanas StuntMichal Bernsteas Meir's dghterMovie DetailsOrigal Language:HebrewThe Israeli Boys on the Web:Official WebseMovie Tags:gay,. C films gays israéliens traent souvent s thèm suivants: l’homosexualé d’une personne chée par lui dans le i où il v, où elle sera mal vue pour s qutns lié à la relign ou s motifs faix, et le nduisant à s anné mensong sur son orientatn sexuelle qui s’achèvent parfois sur un g out, ou l’homosexualé vécue librement, se la munté LGBTQ ou pas, asi que l upl même sexe désirant avoir un enfant et ayant reurs par exemple à une mère portse, l avancé tell que le mariage pour l upl gays torisé dans certas pays dont la France, et l’homophobie faisant s ravag, notamment à s époqu où la pédérastie éta mal vue et même pénalisée.

It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. One would thk a LGBT sports drama based on one of the most homoerotic sports swimmg would be least sexy if ’s not tertg but stead this is a generic boreft shot wh the visuals pth of a sports mercial&the erotic chemistry of two baked potato.

Anyways watch And then we dance stead an much better gay sports drama, I crave one day we get a tense sport drama wh the homoerotic energy of an Rocky movie or Top Gun but ma explicly gay but this dry ass dog sh a’t lol full of stereotyp and clich of gay drama but executed wh zero energy and craft.

Israel has yet to be the powerhoe of gay cema like France or Argenta, but they have nsistently livered cent products for the last 20 years, wh The Swimmer beg their latt film has one of the olt and hottt openg creds ever, which giv an expectatn that we're gog to see a great al of male sk. Lewarm, average Israeli gay drama we've seen 179 tim before, maly foced on flawls physiqu of male swimmers and their speedos, but due to phenomenal climactic dance sequence (let's ll ma character's moment of personal emancipatn) be stantly distctive & memorable. Cast & crewUser reviewsOrigal tle: Ezrah Mudag20221h 22mCenters around Ben, a polilly liberal, gay man who tri to improve his neighborhood the slums of south Tel Aviv by plantg a tree on his street.

Centers around Ben, a polilly liberal, gay man who tri to improve his neighborhood the slums of south Tel Aviv by plantg a tree on his productn, box office & pany Vios2More like thisReview Good, but not for the actn lovers or the homophobA fellow picks up the phone to report a problem. Still, I thk everyone n intify wh the well-acted suatn which the protagonist regrets a mistake that he n't protagonist is gay, and the movie homosexualy is emphatilly normalized.

In his but as a documentary filmmaker, adult-film entreprenr and polil lumnist Michael Lus exam a si of Israel that is too often overlooked: s thrivg gay muny. Undrsg Israel featur terviews wh a diverse range of lol men, cludg a gay member of Israel's parliament, a traer who served openly the army, a young Arab-Israeli journalist, and a pair of dads raisg their kids.

Lus also viss Tel Aviv's vibrant nightlife scene and a same-sex weddg this guid tour to a untry that emerged as a pneer for gay tegratn and equaly. Wh his but documentary, adult-film entreprenr and polil lumnist Michael Lus jos Tel Aviv filmmaker Yariv Mozer examg a si of Israel that is too often overlooked - s thrivg and very legal gay muny. While beg gay is punishable by ath some Ain and Miast natns, has been legal sce 1988 Israel, a fact that may nflict wh many who envisn the Jewish state as a hotbed of nservatism and orthodoxy.

Undrsg Israel: Gay Men the Promised Land featur terviews wh an credibly diverse group of lol men cludg a gay member of Israel's parliament, a traer who served openly the army, a young Arab-Israel journalist, and a pair of dads raisg their children. Lus, who is already workg to raise funds for his next film centered around Rsia's mpaign of evil and their gay muny, wisely avoids addg unnecsary artistic distractns favor of allowg Undrsg Israel to foc on the vibrancy of Israel and the volvg stori of those who are featured the film.

Undrsg Israel: Gay Men the Promised Land arriv on home vio on November 26th and should be nsired an absolute "mt" for anyone serly volved LGBT issu or who simply wants to enjoy a well ma film about an aspect of Israeli life that is very seldom revealed. Movi|‘Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life’ Review: A Gay Porn Star Is Born ADVERTISEMENTThe director Tomer Heymann suat the notn of celebry the ntext of not jt performance and gay culture but also faial Brothers FilmsJonathan Agassi Saved My LifeDirected by Tomer HeymannDocumentary, Bgraphy1h 46m“Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life” has a somewhat sensatnalist appeal: It’s a documentary about the rise and fall of the eponymo Israeli gay porn superstar.

Heymann suat the notn of celebry the ntext of not jt performance and gay culture but also faial timacy, wh strikg, now retired, shot to fame after appearg the Lus Entertament gay porn film “Men of Israel” 2009, and Heymann documents the actor’s aggrsive rise to notoriety.

That Heymann outl Agassi’s fay dynamics wh such tail facilat a dialogue between the two parts of Agassi’s life: his gay pornography and his home. Berl-based M-Appeal has sold Adam Kalron’s Israeli feature The Swimmer, about the sexual awakeng of a young gay man, to North Ameri (Strand Releasg), France (Outplay Films), and the UK & Ireland (Pecdillo Pictur). “By makg this film we would not only want to highlight the problem of homophobic bullyg profsnal sport, but show a hero who is brave and strong enough to face adversy and is able to overe everythg wh attu, ” said Kalron.

But the mera at the edge of the room, light stands and the fact both men are as naked as the day they were born make clear this isn’t a regular enunter between iends or lovers, but a film set for the Israeli porn webse igay365. “Sudnly, you fd out that your actor is a sgle mother who has to do this for the money – I didn’t like that, ” he not, addg that men are ls subject to the set of a gay porn movie Jaffa, May David BacharProf. The productns are generally amatrish, wh the actors gettg between 1, 000 shekels to 2, 000 shekels ($277 to $554) for a day’s ‘survivg’Anyone enterg the igay365 webse will disver a variety of films of different duratns, as is the norm on such s.

This 2014 film, origally translated as “Kickg Out Shoshana, ” a somewhat mon film trope — s ma character is forced to fake g out as gay, spe beg straight. Mir’s mafso boyiend forc Ami to e out — a move that he hop will sabotage Ami’s team and his sports reer — but stead, Ami is embraced as a gay in. See, Lus is a former porn actor who now ns Lus Entertament, a top gay porn productn pany, whose new film, ‘Men of Israel, ’ available now vio stor, is beg billed as a landmark productn, beg the first gay porn film to feature an all-Israeli st.

FOR THE RECORD:This post, which was published prt on July 27, scrib Michael Lus of New York-based Lus Entertament as a former porn actor whose pany produc gay porn.

But acrdg to this report om Tablet magaze, which offers smart, inoclastic verage of Jewish arts, polics and culture, the real breakthrough for the film is that ’s the first gay porn movie to feature an all-Jewish st.

So should e as no surprise that Israel’s pal of ol, Tel Aviv, where 25% of the populatn is timated to be LGBT, has gaed an ternatnal reputatn as one of the world’s top statns for gay men.