A very sexy film about the perils and pleasures of reuniting with one’s ex, August has Troy (Murray Bartlett) returning to L.A. from Spain. He reconnects with Jonathan (Daniel Dugan) at a café. However, while Troy is looking to reconnect, Jonathan has moved on. Not only has his ex quit smoking, he also has a smoking hot boyfriend, Raul (Adrian Gonzalez). But that doesn’t stop Troy from trying to seduce Jonathan. Read more...

The très adorable French actor Gaspard Ulliel may be best known to American viewers who saw him in Hannibal Rising, or from his part in the Gus Van Sant segment of Paris Je T’aime. But anyone who saw his seductive performance in out filmmaker André Téchiné’s Strayed, or as one of the lovers in A Very Long Engagement knows Ulliel’s sex appeal. Read more...

Boys Life 7, out Dec. 7 on DVD, is the latest installment of Strand Releasing’s popular series of short gay films. Two highlights of this edition are Julian Breece’s The Young and Evil—about Karel (Vaughn Lowery), a sexy, young, bug-chasing African-American who encounters the older, HIV-positive Naaman (Mark Berry)—and Larry Kennar’s Spokane, a drama about David (Jason Waters), a gay guy who meets and hangs out with James (Kyle Bornheimer)—a straight man—at a wedding. In separate interviews, the filmmakers spoke about their powerful and erotically charged shorts.   Read more...

Strapped, now out on DVD, may appear to be the zillionth film about Adam (Ben Bonenfant), a male prostitute looking for money, if not love and the meaning of life. But don’t quickly dismiss this fantastic and curiously affecting drama. Writer/director Joseph Graham sensitively presents issues of masculinity and gay sexuality. Read more...

Troy Ruptash is one of those characters actors that audiences often recognize but may not be able to name. Frequently appearing in television, the openly gay (and adamantly so) stage-trained Canadian actor is probably best known to anyone who saw his memorable performance in Brad Fraser’s terrific erotic drama Leaving Metropolis almost a decade ago. But he has also played the “original” Don Draper in TV’s Mad Men, along with recurring roles on Boston Public and Prison Break. Read more...

On the phone from Peru, Fuentes-León spoke about creating the emotional pull of Undertow. Read more...

Todd Verow makes great gay films—intimately shot low-budget features that depict raw sexuality with humor and heart. The writer/director/actor tends to make—and star in—extremely personal, often autobiographical stories about his experiences as a hustler, or his various past relationships.

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Brotherhood, written and directed by Nicolo Donato, has Lars (Thure Lindhardt) joining a Neo-Nazi group and then falling in love with fellow member Jimmy (David Dencik). On the phone from Denmark, Donato discussed the conflation of masculinity, sexuality and Nazism in his film.

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