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101 Rent Boys (2000) VHS DVD
Documentary interviewing 101 of LA's rent boys.Amic/Amat (1999) VHS DVD Angel (1982) VHS DVD
Classic tragic gay movie about from Greece about a young man fwho thinks he's found love after meeting a macho sailor. When relationship sours and becomes abusive, he becomes a transvestite prostitute in Athens.Body Without Soul (1996) VHS DVD
Hustlers in Prague.Boogie Boy (1998) VHS DVD
"Charismatic Mark Dacascos is the sensitive fighting machine fresh from prison who pays a visit to former cellmate Jaimz Woolvett, a shaggy drug addict hooked up with a motley gang." -- Amazon.comBoogie Nights (1997) VHS DVD
Story about the 1970s porn making industry.Burlesk King (1999, English Subtitles) VHS DVD
Poignant tale about the Filipino world of macho male dancers and prostitution.Caresses (1997, English Subtitles) VHS DVD
Erotic and passionate story set in Barcelona.Flesh (Andy Warhol) (1968) VHS DVD
Joe [Dallesandro]--always charming, open, innocent--takes to the streets and meets an artist with elaborate and hilarious theories of body worship, a couple of transvestites, a dumb ex-girlfriend (now a topless dancer), and a friend whose armpits have been burned by a flamethrower. A gallery of city grotesques... hilarious, poignant and real. -- Amazon.comHustler White (1996) VHS DVD In the Flesh (1999) VHS DVD
Phillip Kirsch (hulking Ed Corbin) is having a bad day: he's a closeted undercover cop in Atlanta who has fallen for Oliver (Dane Ritter), a clean-cut male prostitute who is the prime suspect in a murder and narcotics case. -- Amazon.comjohns (1997) VHS johns
A gritty and poignant look at the world of male prostitutes through the course of a single day on the streets - hustling for money and love while hoping for a little decency. A veteran male prostitute, John, befriends the new guy who looks to John for advice and friendship. -- Amazon.comKlute (1971) VHS DVD
"Jane Fonda came into her own with this Oscar-winning performance as an insecure high-class call girl who can't make it as a legitimate actress or model yet can't give up her addiction. She loves the control too much. But when she's stalked by a killer, she's forced to confront the darker aspects of her nature and profession. It's a complex and authentic performance and Fonda plays it cool and smart. Typical of early '70s films, Klute peels away social inhibition and hypocrisy with precision and candor. It's also typical of director Alan J. Pakula's intelligence and ability to work so well with actors. Donald Sutherland plays John Klute, the vulnerable detective trying to determine if his missing friend is the stalker and sexual deviant. This is the kind of moody, character-driven film so many of us miss today, even if the plot is pure hokum." --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.comLan Yu (2003) VHS DVD Mandragora (1997, subtitles) VHS DVD
Fictional story about the world of young male prostitutes.Midnight Cowboy (1969) VHS DVD
The movie that started it all.My Own Private Idaho (1991) VHS DVD
"Gus Van Sant's often-beautiful 1991 film stars River Phoenix as a narcoleptic, Seattle male prostitute and Keanu Reeves as the rich friend who agrees to help him find his mother. After a solid hour or so of the two traveling on this quest through Idaho and Italy, Van Sant throws a wrench into the works by conjuring a gay version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, with Reeves's character as Prince Hal and filmmaker William Richert (who directed Phoenix in the 1988 Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon) as a variation on Falstaff. The experiment is interesting to watch, but you can't help wondering what on earth happened to the movie. Still, the film has a cult status one can't argue with, and Phoenix gives a tragic performance that stays in the memory." -- Tom Keogh, Amazon.comNot Angels But Angels (1994) VHS DVD Pretty Woman (1990) VHS DVD
The Richard Gere/Julia Roberts classic comedy.Sex Life in LA (1998) VHS DVD Skin and Bone (1996) VHS DVD The Basketball Diaries (1995) VHS DVD
Autobiography of writer Jim Carroll traces his life from high school basketball player to male-hustler and junkie.The Blue Hour (1991, English Subtitles) VHS DVD
Lonely rent boy meets sales girl.The School of Flesh (1999, subtitles) VHS DVD
"Perhaps only the French could create a movie with the sexual heat of The School of Flesh. International star Isabelle Huppert, a strawberry-blonde beauty with brimming blue eyes, is Dominique, a successful businesswoman of "a certain age." Quentin (model-pretty Vincent Martinez) is a bisexual male hustler half her age. They begin an affair after meeting at a disco, and their relationship turns toxic in short order--a compulsion that neither can shake, with negative consequences for both. Each is drawn inexorably into a hurtful game of cat and mouse, switching roles back and forth with every round. More than anything else, the film does a truly convincing job of depicting the exquisite pain of addictive relationships. It is impossible not to become drawn into the enticing energy of the affair--to hope it won't end, while knowing it must. The School of Flesh takes us on an irresistible walk on the wild side." -- Laura Mirsky, Amazon.comSmokers Only (2003, English Subtitles) VHS DVD The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1997) VHS DVD
"A modest knockoff of My Own Private Idaho, The Toilers and the Wayfarers rests heavily on the well-sculpted shoulders (and more) of its young hero, Dieter (Matt Klemp). Dieter and his friend Phillip (Andrew Woodhouse) are outcasts in the German-American town of New Ulm, Minnesota. Phillip, who knows that he's gay, runs away to Minneapolis. Dieter starts to hang out more with Udo (Ralf Schirg), a recent immigrant from Germany who's a bit of a boozer and a loose cannon. The two of them also flee New Ulm for the big city, where Dieter discovers that Phillip has become a street hustler. But Dieter has also discovered his own sexuality, and the two friends become lovers. Grainy black-and-white cinematography gives The Toilers and the Wayfarers a striking look. The script meanders a bit but has a forthright charm, much like its star." -- Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com[ Return to General Community Index. ]
