1987’s Maurice presents James Wilby as the title character in this adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel. In Edwardian England, Maurice falls for Hugh Grant’s Clive Durham. Clive decides his position in society if more important and dumps him. Maurice then moves on to fall in love with the gamekeeper (Rupert Graves).
Bulgarian Lovers follows Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) a Spanish businessman who hooks up with a Bulgarian immigrant Kyril (Dritan Biba). Daniel is drawn into Kyril’s shady life as he falls for the erratic younger man.
Under One Roof tells the tale of Daniel, a Chinese-American gay man (Jay Wong) who lives with his mother (who’s studiously ingnoring his protests that he’s not going to get married and give her grandkids). They rent out their basement room to Robert, a young caucasion guy (James Marks) who Daniel starts to find attractive. While Daniel is away, the sewer pipes break downstairs and mom moves Robert into Daniel’s room. Has a few funny moments.
Alexis Arquette is a gay artist in Never Met Picasso. His uncle (Alvin Epstein) is also a gay artist, the love of whose life went off to war many years ago. Then there’s his actress mother (Margot Kidder) who has a lesbian affair. This was watchable, but I really didn’t take much away from it.
In I Think I Do, Alexis Arquette and Tuc Watkins are a gay couple who attend the wedding of some of Arquette’s old college friends. Along the way, Christian Maelen shows up as Arquette’s old straight college roommate who he had a major crush on. Seems the whole straight thing might’ve been just a phase.
There’s an excellent cast in Heights. James Marsden is getting married but trying to keep his fiance (Elizabeth Banks) and her mother (Glenn Close) from finding out about the risque pictures he posed for years ago from a reporter (John Light) or from the exhibit of the photographer’s work that’s just come to town. Not to mention the guy (Jesse Bradford) he meets for trysts on the rooftop of their apartment building.
Asanee Suwan is Parinya Charoenphol in a true life story of a Thai kickboxer who underwent a sex change operation (and wears makeup to his boxing matches). There’s a great scene where he gets excited over his first box of eyeshadow.
