Cruising the Movies

Our month of horror-themed titles continues with quite possibly the only film to connect Agnès Varda, Brigid Berlin, genderfuck drag superstars the Cycle Sluts, the Accu-Jac, and Alice Coltrane: Michael Zen's FALCONHEAD . Often described as a forerunner of Clive Barker's HELLRAISER , FALCONHEAD is an occult-tinged nightmare profiling the depths of gay narcissism and self-love. This is a film born...

It's officially October, which means things are going to get spooky on  Ask Any Buddy . Over the course of this month, we'll be taking a look at three horror-themed films, starting with Roger Earl's glitzy 1983 feature, GAYRACULA . Falcon sensation Tim Kramer stars as Gaylord Young, a young vampire with a suspicious tanline out for revenge against the villainous (and promiscuous) Marquis de Suede....

This week on the podcast we move back into the 70s to take a look at the film that made Al Parker one of the biggest gay sex symbols of his era: Steve Scott's 1979 romantic drama, INCHES. Al Parker stars as Doug, a college student who suddenly finds his world upended and his belief in monogamy challenged when his older lover Lee (played by Parker's real-life partner) abruptly leaves him for anothe...

On the fifth episode of the ASK ANY BUDDY podcast, we're focusing on the movie that's "exactly what you think it is"... Joe Gage's sleazy, 1981 classic HANDsome . Inspired by raunchy phone sex fantasies and Gage's own move to the East Coast, HANDsome is a cross-country trek that's also unintentionally the first safer sex film.  Over the course of this episode we will draw from an on-set journal de...

This week on the podcast, we'll be taking a look at Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s 1979 romantic drama, Forbidden Letters . The film has recently been restored by the Bressan Project and Vinegar Syndrome, and is due to be released to VOD on PinkLabel. TV on August 22nd.  Forbidden Letters tells the story of Larry and Richard, two lovers torn apart by the harsh realities and homophobia of the prison syst...

On this week's show, we'll be looking at one of cinema's more outrageous vanity projects: David L. Allen's semi-autobiographical 1973 epic, THE LIGHT FROM THE SECOND STORY WINDOW. Originally running a full three hours long, the film — adapted from Allen's own novel — tells the story of Lee Jones, a young man who arrives in Hollywood seeking stardom, only to be forced into prostitution, sex films,...

For our second episode, we'll be taking a look at Jack Deveau's 1974 film "about fifty very compulsive men," DRIVE . This early feature from Deveau almost defies description, blending camp, raunch, the avant-garde, and a surprisingly biting commentary on gay promiscuity to create a spy film like no other. Over the course of our discussion, we'll talk about the film's origins, its many ties to New...

On this inaugural episode of the Ask Any Buddy podcast, we take a look at Wakefield Poole's 1977 film, TAKE ONE. Described by the filmmaker as a 'docufantasy,' TAKE ONE is both a love note to San Francisco's Nob Hill Cinema and an exploration of the fantasies of eight gay men.  Over the course of our discussion, we'll talk about our interests in the genre and gay history in general, the film's gen...