Cida Is A Touchg Portra of Gay Love | LFF 2020

Contents:

• CIDA REVIEW – A TOUCHG PORTRA OF GAY LOVE | LFF 2020
• ‘CIDA’ REVIEW: MATT FIFER’S OUTFT ENTRY IS A SEXY AND SEARG ACT OF GAY SELF-ANALYSIS
• ‘CIDA’ REVIEW: MATT FIFER’S OUTFT ENTRY IS A SEXY AND SEARG ACT OF GAY SELF-ANALYSIS

CIDA REVIEW – A TOUCHG PORTRA OF GAY LOVE | LFF 2020

L = Lotn: Dangeroly close to a cute boy-- BenASL = Age, Sex, Lotn bt summariz ntemporary gay sceneA hybrid of fictn and doc, Cida illtrat young love between Ben and Sam 2013 New York Cy. Instead, I found this betiful, unrstated story about two young men - one whe, bisexual, and "out"; the other Black, gay, and closeted - navigatg the pleasur and pa of a new romantic relatnship, and facg their personal mons orr to foster a healthier kd of honty and timacy wh each other.

A sweet and poignant pictn of an gay terracial relatnship, Cida hums wh passn and love. Offerg an tersectnal approach to procsg trma, -swchg and the plexy of homosexual datg, Cida is rich ias and affectg executn. VerdictDpe s stunt-film vibe, Cida is an affectg pictn of an terracial gay relatnship that effectively navigat them of trma and tersectnaly.

‘CIDA’ REVIEW: MATT FIFER’S OUTFT ENTRY IS A SEXY AND SEARG ACT OF GAY SELF-ANALYSIS

Directed by Matthew Fifer and Kieran Mulre, om a screenplay by Fifer, who also plays the lead character Ben, the film subtly blends fictn and doc, as both men lve to a personal self-analysis, explorg their real experienc as morn gay men. It’s pathetic that gay Amerin moviegoers (at least this one) are still starved for reprentatn onscreen the mastream.

But luckily, di are shoulrg that burn, pullg gay characters often relegated to the margs or si-plots to the center of the actn. Matt Fifer and -director Kieran Mulre’s feature but “Cida” is a lh, erotic, and touchg New York-set drama that Fifer -directed, wrote, produced, eded, and starred , and ’s a standout example of a gay story done right.

But also ppots the very specific plight of beg a gay lennial navigatg romance amid a Grdr-domated paradigm. Fifer, his screenplay and directn, steers clear om the fatalistic path of other films about gay men nontg their inti, where gay love eher fails (“Call Me By Your Name”) or gay love kills (“Brokeback Mounta”).

‘CIDA’ REVIEW: MATT FIFER’S OUTFT ENTRY IS A SEXY AND SEARG ACT OF GAY SELF-ANALYSIS

Fifer’s sctively told, btersweet narrative shar closer kship to Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend, ” as well as Haigh’s work on the too-short-lived HBO seri “Lookg, ” as a morn-day portra of gay men that observ whout unnecsarily sertg melodrama. After a spate of failed heterosexual enavors, Ben, a bisexual man turns back towards the gay muny.

Brown) — meetg “cute” at Manhattan’s Strand Books and embarkg on a relatnship filled wh joy, pa and ’s as simple — and plited — as that, as Ben, who intifi as bisexual and is plagued by nsea and panic attacks, and Sam, who grew up “ the church” and mt square beg Black, gay and often “other, ” get to know each other slow, steady, sexy beats. Comienza yaMenúFilmShortSecuenciasSerie TVMoreFILMS GAY THEMEDABKLCDMNUVEFOPWxGHQRYZIJST0-9bottom of page. From clubbers at Heaven and cisers on Hampstead Heath to amics and journalists, gay men offer their ndid views on sex and relatnships.

They give a brief history of cisg, e the dashed hop of Gay Lib, and, most tertgly, crique the goal of emulatg the tradnally mascule ial of the heterosexual man, a self-loathg tra still prevalent among gay men today.

There's great poignancy to the terviews wh the liberated and proudly promiscuo men seen this documentary, shot a uple of years before the AIDS epimic ravaged the muny and radilly altered reprentatns of gay men the media.