Kalal, David Dasharath

1996

Through video effects and an ehereal soundtrack, Kalal pays homage to Persis Khambatta (you remember the first Star Trek) in all of her melodramatic splendor and sensual baldnness.

Gaffney, Stuart

1996

Hoolboom, Mike

1996

Beginning with a text by Vito Russo, a series of mini-portraits about AIDS, love and mourning.

Brown, Nancy

1996

Letter to Maya is a warm and moving portrait of a family going through the process of adopting a baby girl from China. The way two lesbians try to answer their adopted Chinese daughter’s inevitable questions about where she was born.

1996

Real people, real lives, real disaster stories, individuals and couples reveal their tales of woe or offer advice on how to avoid “bed death” in the future.

1996

Real people, real lives, real disaster stories, individuals and couples reveal their tales of woe or offer advice on how to avoid “bed death” in the future.

Duesing, James

1996

Langlois, Denis

1996

Langlois, Denis

1996

Canadian director Denis Langlois’ smart, engaging feature debut questions how well we juggle love, friendship and relationships in the age of AIDS. Philippe and his lover Jean-Marc have been together for eight years, and the sex and passion have completely dissipated from their relationship. As a prank during a drunken party, some of Jean-Marc’s friends call an escort service. Callboy Steve appears and in the course of the evening has passionate sex with Jean-Marc. But events turn dark as Steve apparently tries to hang himself, and Philippe and Jean-Marc take in the wayward escort in an attempt to pull him out of his depression. Forced by the AIDS pandemic to confront the fragility of life, the characters’ relationships begin to fray. In the end, L’escorte’s plot twists and resolutions remind us that it’s the process of living which is paramount.

Walz, Martin

1996

When police find a castrated and unconsious professor and his blood-covered student in a dingy hotel room, gay cop Luigi Mack-eroni is assigned to the case. But Mackeroni turns out to be the next victim, and the culprit is a killer condom. Luigi, luckily, loses only a testicle, but he can’t make anyone believe his story, and the marauding condoms are at large in the city, robbing male victims everywhere of their manhood. The bloody trail of horror eventually leads Inspector Mackeroni to the drooling, drug-addicted Professor Boris Smirnoff and his boss, German radical feminist religious fanatic Dr. Riffleson. Their agenda? To rid New York City of homosexual trash! Will the Inspector foil their diabolical plan? Or will the gay population of New York City be forever terrorized by the killer condoms? German director Martin Waltz brings to the screen this year’s wackiest film, a magnificent spoof on horror films which will leave you screaming, laughing, and crossing your legs a little bit tighter.