Howard Gertler

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Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
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Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'

Mar 13, 2007

Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
2007 31 min 3 vues
A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film's development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Documentary
Trouble on the Corner
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Trouble on the Corner

Oct 09, 1997

Trouble on the Corner
1997 109 min 1 vues
Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautiful model that rollerblades around her apartment in red gloves and a kimono. When he confuses his erotically bizarre patients' most perverse neuroses with his own, the fine line between reality and fantasy erodes with lethal consequences. Darkly comedic, Trouble on the Corner takes you into the depths of one man's decent into madness and races toward the murderous conclusion of this tale of a modern urban nightmare.
A Buck's Worth
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A Buck's Worth

Jan 21, 2005

A Buck's Worth
2005 6 min 1 vues
Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.
Death Is Lame
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Death Is Lame

Jan 01, 2011

Death Is Lame
2011 21 min 1 vues
Tony has been dead for only about two or three years. Maybe seven. It's hard to follow the flow of time without a heartbeat. The days pile up and are meaningless when you are dead, but that isn't Tony's biggest beef with the afterlife. The city is the same as when Tony was alive but everyone is a stranger. The denizens pass their time maintaining an arbitrary set of rules passed down from a time they cannot remember. The dead live in an endless autumn where change is not only rare but considered gauche. Can a soul find love and meaning in a joint like this?
Toute la beauté et le sang versé
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Toute la beauté et le sang versé

Nov 23, 2022

Toute la beauté et le sang versé
2022 122 min 134 vues
Tony has been dead for only about two or three years. Maybe seven. It's hard to follow the flow of time without a heartbeat. The days pile up and are meaningless when you are dead, but that isn't Tony's biggest beef with the afterlife. The city is the same as when Tony was alive but everyone is a stranger. The denizens pass their time maintaining an arbitrary set of rules passed down from a time they cannot remember. The dead live in an endless autumn where change is not only rare but considered gauche. Can a soul find love and meaning in a joint like this?
Documentary
Pizza
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Pizza

May 27, 2005

Pizza
2005 80 min 15 vues
Tony has been dead for only about two or three years. Maybe seven. It's hard to follow the flow of time without a heartbeat. The days pile up and are meaningless when you are dead, but that isn't Tony's biggest beef with the afterlife. The city is the same as when Tony was alive but everyone is a stranger. The denizens pass their time maintaining an arbitrary set of rules passed down from a time they cannot remember. The dead live in an endless autumn where change is not only rare but considered gauche. Can a soul find love and meaning in a joint like this?
Comedy
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Oct 06, 2017

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017 103 min 384 vues
Tony has been dead for only about two or three years. Maybe seven. It's hard to follow the flow of time without a heartbeat. The days pile up and are meaningless when you are dead, but that isn't Tony's biggest beef with the afterlife. The city is the same as when Tony was alive but everyone is a stranger. The denizens pass their time maintaining an arbitrary set of rules passed down from a time they cannot remember. The dead live in an endless autumn where change is not only rare but considered gauche. Can a soul find love and meaning in a joint like this?
Comedy
How to Survive a Plague
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How to Survive a Plague

Sep 20, 2012

How to Survive a Plague
2012 109 min 73 vues
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to patients in record time.
Documentary
Do I Sound Gay?
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Do I Sound Gay?

Jul 10, 2015

Do I Sound Gay?
2015 77 min 56 vues
What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to unravel a linguistic mystery.
Documentary
Seraph
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Seraph

Jan 16, 2013

Seraph
2013 7 min 5 vues
A boy's childhood scars his life.
Adam
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Adam

Aug 14, 2019

Adam
2019 95 min 26 vues
Adam, an awkward teen, spends a summer with his older sister, who is part of New York City's lesbian and trans activist scene. He meets the girl of his dreams but can't figure out how to tell her he's not the trans man she thinks he is.
Comedy
Tout un papa
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Tout un papa

Aug 20, 2009

Tout un papa
2009 99 min 590 vues
Adam, an awkward teen, spends a summer with his older sister, who is part of New York City's lesbian and trans activist scene. He meets the girl of his dreams but can't figure out how to tell her he's not the trans man she thinks he is.
Comedy
Who Sounds Gay?
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Who Sounds Gay?

Jul 01, 2015

Who Sounds Gay?
2015 6 min 1 vues
This short documentary as part of the New York Times' Op-Doc Series explores the reasons some men sound stereotypically gay, whether they are or not.
7.1

Jul 30, 2023
2023 min 10 vues
In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infiltrating queer nightlife to find his victims.
Documentary
7.1

Jul 30, 2023
2023 min 10 vues
In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infiltrating queer nightlife to find his victims.
Documentary