About Gay Celluloid

About Gay Celluloid ››

What is Gay Celluloid?

Gay Celluloid is a non-profit making website that aims to provide insightful, bottom line reviews of gay cinema.

With the reviewing spotlight fixed firmly on showcasing some of the lesser known, but wondrous gay films from around the world, together with many a classic of yesteryear, we aspire to foster a greater appreciation and understanding of gay cinema and how our lives have been represented on screen throughout the years.

Not that this site is a complete reference source of every film in which a homosexual / bisexual character is featured. Is there any site, that is? Rather Gay Celluloid offers a selection of reviews to the gay short and feature length films that I have penned to-date. New reviews are ALWAYS being added.

Based in the UK, Gay Celluloid currently has an archive of over 1,000 gay film reviews, with many a differing review layout to be seen since the site's debut back in 2003.

For those in the filmmaking profession who wish to submit a screener for review purposes, simply email me with the respective URL and password details at dave@gaycelluloid.com. Please note that the submission of a screener does not guarantee as-of-when a review will be posted; nor does it guarantee as to what form of praise and / or criticism the review will take :)

Site Copyright

Please DO NOT copy these reviews; it takes a great deal of time to write each review and to maintain this website.

Donations

As a non-profit making website, Gay Celluloid replies on donations to help with the inherent running costs of keeping the site online.

If you would like to Make A Donation - simply click HERE to go to the site's donation page.

Any donation, no matter how large or small, is most appreciated. My heartfelt thanks go to you.

Photographic Stills

My sincere thanks go to all parties for the use of photographic stills for illustrative purposes, with all visual content copyright to the respectful owners.

Please note: no photo is indicative of a person's sexual orientation. This however is not to say that some of those photographed are anything but - out and proud.

Film Ratings

A word or two on ratings, given it goes without saying that what I view as say 3 stars or more, you may well deem different. So and as with many a work of avant-garde cinema that's clearly open to individual interpretation, ratings are highly subjective on one's personal feelings and cinematic tastes.

Indeed, what I make of a film is really contained within the review itself and my comments on the story, production values, acting etc., with the rating being more of a rough guide. For such is the beauty of cinema, that we can watch the same film often with a differing opinion as to its worth. That said, I do endeavour to say it - like it is.

Film Nudity

Due to a number of requests, reviews now carry a 'male nudity reference guide' of the like of: from the waist up, bare-arsed cheek, the full monty and sexually explicit, although a few variants along these lines may be used from time to time, depending on the film under review.

Online / Offline

All external links, by they trailers, promos and FreeViews are live and correct as-of-going to press; subsequent changes and / or deletions may occur.

Should you by chance come across anything that's now offline, kindly let me know at dave@gaycelluloid.com - thank you.

Site Specifics

On a technical note and whilst this website is obviously compatible with mobile phone viewing and all browsers therein, the site has however been optimized for PC / laptop viewing, including all font sizes and design layouts.

As of 2011, many a review included the Google™ translate facility for worldwide readership. This has now been discontinued, as it proved incompatible with every browser.

All available 'on DVD' references are correct as-of-going to press; subsequent changes and / or deletions may occur. All dates are stated in the English date format, unless otherwise made clear.

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