Albacete, Alfonso

1999

"My name is Margarita, not only is it an old fashioned name, but it is also bad luck." It's true, Marga's life is a frenetic melodrama. The particulars are recounted in a delirious shorthand that transforms her various misfortunes into zany misadventures and illustrates both her resignation and zest for life. Her father kicks her out of the house. She discovers she is pregnant while in the hospital recovering from an accident that takes her husband's life. Her best friend sleeps with the boss and steals her job. When, after several years as a single mom without any dating prospects, she finally gets asked out, she discovers her suitor, gorgeous Inaque, is not only 10 years her junior but also gay. Her best friend Jose, who spends most of his free time in the clouds pursuing a hunky flight attendant, and her roommate Carmen, a former Cuban nightclub dancer, warn her to break it off, but she resists. "Love is like a small child. If you tell him he's bad he'll grow up to be a killer." What's a girl to do? I WILL SURVIVE floats on soap opera bubbles, taking a lighthearted and extremely fluid view of life, love, and sexuality.

Dawn Chalkley, Brian

1999

Transvestive being picked up in a tranny bar.

Mitchell, Roy

1999

An intimate, funny, and completely engaging family photo album of a thriving little queer community buried in the heart of a rugged and isolated Ontario steeltown.

I Know A Place documents the small gay scene in a Canadian steel town, and how over the last 30 or so years Bob "Mother" Goderre’s parties became a focal point for the organizing and bonding of the local lesbian and gay community.

Abrahams Wilson, Andy

1999

Based on a poem by SF poet/artist Beau Riley written as his lover of 12 years lay dying.

Gray, Bradley Rust

1999

Kennedy, Robert

1999

Dissatisfied with his sex life, Steve decides he'll give gay telephone dating a try. Although he never seems to find the right person, he does discoveer a new fetish at the core of his exual being.

Dannelly, Brian

1999

Ryan Walker, guided by the spirit of his eccentric grandmother (Mink Stole) struggles to find his identity on a night he'll remember forever.

Kao, Antonia

1999

A trance-inducing flicker of Super8, gothic chant and a woman preparing herself as an s/m birthday gift for a lover.

Shepp, Brian

1999

GYPSY BOYS is a gay romantic comedy about a diverse group of young men searching for love during one eventful weekend in the thrall of San Francisco's vibrant nightlife.

How many movies can you think of that begin with a group of guys discussing the places on the male body from which one could sip champagne — with the aforementioned body (impossibly chiseled, of course) stretched out in full voyeuristic view? GYPSY BOYS scores with this and countless other oh-so-glad-to-be-gay scenarios that make his first feature a delight to behold. With an ear for picking up dialogue both clicking and clichéd, writer/director Brian Shepp bares both the tight cheeks and the tongue-in-cheeks that seem to preoccupy the majority of gay men, and he succeeds in revealing the shallow end of the pool that most of us would rather not admit dipping into. The film bursts with local actors whom you've undoubtedly seen cruising the Castro and boasts stand-out performances by Adam Gavner as the sensitive Steven and Alberto Rosas as the appealing Mandy. Imagine how George Cukor might have done THE WOMEN, using all gay men, if only he had read Maupin's TALES OF THE CITY first — think jungle Jim red — and you'll be prepared. As Shepp weaves his camera-toting caravan through the dimly lit streets, glittering dance clubs, and San Francisco coastline cliffs, you'll be banging your tambourine as well, while singing, "Gypsies, tramps, and thieves . . ."

Azian

1999

Women and guns.