DVDs In My Closet
22 Feb 2011 9 Comments
in Movies, Personal Tags: ang tbird at ako, filipina, imagine me and you, lesbian, Movies, philippines, water lilies
by Geraldine Touer
Remember the days when the word torrent used to refer to flood water? How about the time pirated dvd vendors where so important to our lives that the band Sandwich just had to do a tribute song? Two years ago, before I learned about seeding and leeching movies, (entire TV show seasons even!), all hope I had of ever watching a lesbian flick in full was if some blessed being uploads the entire thing on Youtube. After buffering all ten parts (if the site has not yet taken down the account of the uploader), I had to redo the process if I wanted to watch the movie again. Two years ago, being a flaming homosexual movie buff was a painstaking task. That was why, what few DVDs I have, I find hard to let go.
Intra-Couple Wars
15 Jan 2009 5 Comments
in Los Hombres de Paco, Movies, Uncategorized Tags: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Callie, couples, DEBS, Erica, Fingersmith, imagine me and you, Los Hombres de Paco, lost and delirious, Movies, Rome & Juliet
by Geri PG
Even within couples that display the best chemistry, I tend to have my favorites. Here is a list of my favorite couples and my favorite half of them.
Pepa y Sylvia de Los Hombres de Paco
What I can’t wait to see on You Tube
12 Nov 2008 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: I Can't Think Straight, Movies, You Tube
by Geri
Don't stare at me like that, I can't think straight.
You Tube is the confused teenager’s companion to all things lesbian pop. Armed with the right keywords and a good two hours, one can discover lots of things which one cannot hope to see in our local drama flicks. In fact, I attribute half of my lesbian pop knowledge to You Tube. This is after all, where I discovered Willow and Tara. This is where I watched My Summer of Love, D.E.B.S., Fingersmith and a whole lot of lesbo flicks when I can’t figure out how the hell can I get a DVD copy of each without my mother knowing. So when it comes to another queer film that has as much chance of being shown in the country as Brooke Smith does of ever returning to Grey’s Anatomy, where do you turn to? Good old You Tube.
I definitely can’t wait to see the film I Can’t Think Straight on You Tube ever since I saw the feature about it on AfterEllen. I can, of course, deal with waiting, as I had waited more than a year for Rome and Juliet to be uploaded, but when you see a trailer as meaty as this
one cannot help but feel like Callie Torres after Erica asked her on a date. Excited, check. Nervous, check. Because when a film promises British, Indian, Muslim, Arab, lesbian and romantic comedy all at once, there is a high chance that it might not deliver. As I recall, our very own Rome and Juliet had a trailer as hot as this one, but the movie was way warm in comparison.
Still, lots of conflict in the plot, my kind of thing. As for a happy ending, it does not really matter to me as long as endings are justified and well built up. It is also interesting to note that the main characters are both women of color with one being an Indian which are like, my favorite people in the world.
Here is a synopsis of the film which I got from its imdb entry.
In the upper echelons of traditional Middle Eastern society, Reema and Omar prepare for the marriage of their daughter Tala. But back at work in London, Tala encounters Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating Tala’s best friend Ali. Tala sees something unique in the artless, clumsy, sensitive Leyla who secretly works to become a writer. And Tala’s forthright challenges to Leyla’s beliefs begins a journey of self-awareness for Leyla. As the women fall in love, Tala’s own sense of duty and cultural restraint cause her to pull away from Leyla and fly back to Jordan where the preparations for an ostentatious wedding are well under way. As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts until Tala finally cracks and extricates herself. Back in London, Leyla is heartbroken but learns to break free of her own self-doubt and her mother’s expectations, ditching Ali and being honest with her parents about her sexuality. When Ali and Leyla’s feisty sister Zara help throw Tala and Leyla together again, Tala finds that her own preconceptions of what love can be is the final hurdle she must jump to win Leyla back. Written by Shamim Sarif
So, if by any epic chance, any of you might have snagged a copy of this jewel, upload ahead!
