"Bathhouse" The Gay Philippines Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride It seems that this month the Philippines is releasing a lot of gay movies. We have "Paper Dolls", "Circles" and now "Bathhouse". "Bathhouse" uses characters to tell the story of what gay life is in the Philippines. Those of us that have experiences bathhouses know that they are places where we can go for sex with no inhibitions. You go in, take off your clothes, wrap a towel around your waist and indulge in hedonistic pleasure. The bathhouse is a world unto itself--a world of sex, sex and more sex. Words are seldom spoken and all it takes is a glance or a motion to initiate the most primal of our instincts. While at the baths one night, Rico (Ray An Dulay), a young student and somewhat of a nerd, meets Chris (Jet Alcantara) and the chemistry between the two is like magic. Rico thinks he has found his Mr. Wonderful. Instead he finds himself on a path of cheating and envy with a little love thrown in for taste. Chris seems to love the baths more that he loves Rico. A bathhouse is not exactly the place one looks to find love. "Bathhouse" shows the reality of what goes on in the gay underground known as "The Tubs". Rico, who looks like a youngish Jackie Chan, discovers that he is gay and joins the membership of the local bathhouse thinking that he will find both true love and himself there. The object of his admiration, Chris, is hunky and knows it and like most men that frequent bathhouses wants to share his body with as many men as he can. I naturally assumed that a movie entitled "Bathhouse" would be about what goes on in a bathhouse but this movie was ore than that. Crisaldo Pablo, the director, goes a little further in depicting the gay scene of the Philippines. He also shows the real life of the people and the different ways that they meet--through the internet, at the public park, through ads, etc. It is an exciting picture of the islands and shows gay life there as we have not been privy to. The acting and the cinematography are first rate but the story could have been developed a bit more. All in all, I liked the film a great deal and am glad that I got to see it and hope that all of you will watch it as well. It is always good to learn about gay life in other places and this movie gives an accurate picture of gay life in the Philippines. I did have one problem with the film and that is that after Rico left his parents, he did not go looking for a job but somehow he managed to have money to join the bathhouse and have a lot of sex without seemingly spending a penny. I just wonder if money is needed in the Philippines. AIDS was also not mentioned in the film and we do know that AIDS is a universal problem--bathhouses in the United States were closed because of AIDS but it seems to be not a problem in the Philippines.

The story of a former opera star who must by the will of Fate work as a Crocodile in a styrofoam costume entertaining children in the children’s playroom of a shopping centre. This kind of life seems joyless and even disgusting to the former leading tenor, and he vents his frustration by behaving rudely. Until one day, into his life enters a fateful woman and… a crocodile.

父亲中风行动不便，姜柔聘请金牌保姆照料，对方每次洗浴耗时许久，邻居隐晦提醒令她起疑。保姆频频索要加薪，父亲精神日渐消沉，身上时常出现伤痕。姜柔悄悄安装浴室监控，查实对方虐待老人的实情。她冷静收集完整证据，依法交由相关部门处置，同时结束失败婚姻，专心陪伴父亲，踏实地开启平静生活。

两个男人在蒸气浴室里干柴烈火般的激情过后，却突然发现浴室没有了门。他们忧虑，害怕，一边思考一边交谈。猛然间，其中一个意识到了事情的真相原委，原来惊人的真相就在天堂地狱间...第3届Iris世界同志短片大赛冠军得主。◎QAF

导演点评：本作为实拍逐帧影片。我搬家后，将原来住的地方又续租了一个月，然后在空空如也的房间里长时间设置了摄影机，拍摄了这部作品。

一名10岁、性别认知与生理性别不符的学生在学校里四处寻找安全的洗手间。

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著名爱国民主人士李伯山先生失踪之迷未结，李先生的女儿李欢欢又接连收到匿名恫吓信，恐怖的阴云一直笼罩着李家，李欢欢在浴室洗过澡之后，触目惊心的惨案发生了原来在李家宅下埋藏着稀世国宝—十二枚峨嵋大钻石，犯罪集团为了得到国宝，内外勾结，作案手段令人难以想象，十二枚大钻石给李家带来了一连串的灾难。年轻的刑侦处长马平，历经曲折艰险的殊死斗争，终于破获此案，使久久埋藏地下的国宝重新回到人民手中。该剧充满了爱与恨、恩与怨、暗杀与绑架、追踪与迷茫，人物关系错综复杂，诸多线索交织一起，使故事情节惊险曲折，武打场面精彩。

在国外拍片失败之后，26岁的安娜回到故乡斯特拉斯堡。此时正值天气炎热，她首先要做的是把祖母的浴缸换成淋浴。此外，她吃着青豆胡萝卜配番茄沙司、开着保时捷、采摘黄香李，还丢了驾照，和最好的男性朋友发生了关系，最后又回到了前任男友的怀抱。总之，这个夏天，安娜忙碌于应付生活。