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‘Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life’ Is a Documentary-Meets-Intervention for the Israeli Gay Porn Star

Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life – a cinéma vérité, warts-and-all snapshot of the former Israeli porn star’s descent into drug addiction – is a cautionary tale wrapped in a documentary film acting as an intervention. “This film definitely saved me,” Agassi has said. “When I saw it for the first time, I said, ‘I will[…]

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Film
Eytan Fox’s Latest Film ‘Sublet’ Offers Up Tel Aviv Through a New Set of Eyes

The films of gay director Eytan Fox are the best advertisement for the lure of contemporary Israel.  From the military romance of his international breakthrough Yossi & Jagger to the international espionage of Walk on Water and the sneaky love roundelay amongst a group of friends in The Bubble (the latter two written by Fox’s[…]

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Art
These 5 Shorts from Queer Male Animators Represent the Best in Contemporary Animation

If you wanna see an animated same-sex romance, check out the work of these 5 gay animators experimenting with documentary, music video and other styles

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Hatari, Iceland’s Queer Techno BDSM Eurovision Entry for 2019, Has Proven Quite Controversial

It’s not every year that a queer techno BDSM group performs at Eurovision, and Hatari is already sparking drama

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