1959. Guilty of a double-murder, a man is beheaded. At the bottom of the basket that just welcomed it, the head of the dead man tells his story: everything was going so well. Admired priest, magnificient lover, his earthly paradise seemed to have no end.

This film, very much of its time shows London in the early 1970's. Of course now a different world. Note the old fashion Underground ticket machines, and the Black and White Telly in the flat. The location looks very much like Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, with Battersea Power Station in the background. And, plenty of smoking going on, in pubs, and on the tube. The film is strangely sexy in its own way, with the young girl playing along with the much older man, its really a sexual fantasy come true. It is another one of those British low budget film where the low budget adds to rather that take away value. Watch for fun, which is what it is.

1959. Guilty of a double-murder, a man is beheaded. At the bottom of the basket that just welcomed it, the head of the dead man tells his story: everything was going so well. Admired priest, magnificient lover, his earthly paradise seemed to have no end.

This film, very much of its time shows London in the early 1970's. Of course now a different world. Note the old fashion Underground ticket machines, and the Black and White Telly in the flat. The location looks very much like Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, with Battersea Power Station in the background. And, plenty of smoking going on, in pubs, and on the tube. The film is strangely sexy in its own way, with the young girl playing along with the much older man, its really a sexual fantasy come true. It is another one of those British low budget film where the low budget adds to rather that take away value. Watch for fun, which is what it is.

A child struggling with their identity and a charismatic fox learn to embrace their differences in this heartwarming stop-motion animation.

One fascinating facet of late capitalism is that it can take in almost anything and sell it back to us for profit. Particularly in Europe and North America, this has seen the absorption of drag culture and its commodification as mildly irreverent, high-ratings entertainment. Its significant value in normalising gender fluidity notwithstanding, that version of drag loses its inherent radicality, as a repudiation of the very foundations of oppressive social structures. 　　Avant-Drag! paints portraits of nine drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query, problematise and (yes, please!) undermine social strictures. Employing wildly imagined personas – like riot housewives and Albanian turbo-folk girls – who perform acts as revolutionary as praising abortion and as charming as drawing childish pictures, these artists call for social justice by taking aim at conservatism, patriarchy, patriotism, racism and sexism. 　　A line from the film’s exquisite punk-poetic narration describes this impulse perfectly: it’s “a demand to change the world that comes from the past, looking straight into the future.” And, lest you be concerned, have no fear that there is no shortage of gloriously outlandish outfits and towering high-heeled boots. This is drag, after all.

Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. By doing that, she wants to change people’s perception of beauty and queerness and bring attention to the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community. The performances - often dark, strange, evocative, and queer at their core - are a manifestation of Gena’s subconscious. But they come at a price. 　　源自：https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/films/2078988

One fascinating facet of late capitalism is that it can take in almost anything and sell it back to us for profit. Particularly in Europe and North America, this has seen the absorption of drag culture and its commodification as mildly irreverent, high-ratings entertainment. Its significant value in normalising gender fluidity notwithstanding, that version of drag loses its inherent radicality, as a repudiation of the very foundations of oppressive social structures. 　　Avant-Drag! paints portraits of nine drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query, problematise and (yes, please!) undermine social strictures. Employing wildly imagined personas – like riot housewives and Albanian turbo-folk girls – who perform acts as revolutionary as praising abortion and as charming as drawing childish pictures, these artists call for social justice by taking aim at conservatism, patriarchy, patriotism, racism and sexism. 　　A line from the film’s exquisite punk-poetic narration describes this impulse perfectly: it’s “a demand to change the world that comes from the past, looking straight into the future.” And, lest you be concerned, have no fear that there is no shortage of gloriously outlandish outfits and towering high-heeled boots. This is drag, after all.

Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes made from junk and tape, and protests the government on the streets of Moscow. Born and raised on the harsh streets of Magadan, a frigid outpost of the Soviet gulag, Gena is only 21. She stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism. By doing that, she wants to change people’s perception of beauty and queerness and bring attention to the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community. The performances - often dark, strange, evocative, and queer at their core - are a manifestation of Gena’s subconscious. But they come at a price. 　　源自：https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/films/2078988

丽娜被公司从香港委派到广州工作，认识了会计师于晓东。恋爱之后，晓东浪漫地求婚。已经没再梦想婚姻生活的丽娜，甜蜜幸福中生活着。 　　二人想在香港补摆喜酒，丽娜索性辞去工作，回香港安排半年后的喜酒。 　　晓东的弟弟日东在香港任职航行公司地勤经理，有自己的住所，为了节俭，丽娜没有入住酒店，搬去和日东同住，睡在客房，日东称呼丽娜是嫂嫂。 　　日东个性拘谨，很重礼貌，丽娜则自由率真，因为性格不同，引起生活上的矛盾风波。例如丽娜半夜在家看惊栗光影碟时的尖叫，日东就怕她打扰邻居… 　　渐渐丽娜和日东就暗里不喜欢对方。 　　丽娜和晓东闲聊家事，晓东大兴问罪之师，来电教训弟弟日东做人之道。丽娜深感尴尬，为了不想加添和日东的误会，在等候着补偿致歉的机会。 　　正好一次日东为朋友阿基排解感情困扰，带了阿基的女朋友，爱菲回家教训，丽娜误以为是日东的要好女朋友，弄得日东哭笑不得。 　　但是丽娜悉心安慰照料爱菲，使日东对丽娜添了好感，认定丽娜还是好心女子! 　　晴天霹雳，晓东的心意乱了！ 　　事缘晓东的女秘书暗恋了晓东八年，突然示爱！晓东心猿意马，反省之后，发现自己不是一个好丈夫！强烈良心责备之下…晓东暗暗悔婚…决意和丽娜和平分手！ 　　日东先得消息，对晓东的行为深表愤怒，并逼着晓东完成香港喜酒，尽男人的责任。 　　同时，丽娜又不知真相，仍然活在美梦之中。日东要助晓东瞒骗丽娜…也十分无奈难受。 　　“要发生的事情避不了。”晓东还是决心离婚，并向丽娜告白之后，避走回深圳等候丽娜同意离婚。 　　丽娜如跌入深渊，留在日东家，无法面对，终日神不守舍…日东同情心起，日夕相伴，并且打动丽娜，与其忧愁苦恼，不如面对现实，和晓东分开，重新站起来。 　　丽娜终于想通，便和晓东正式签了离婚书，办了离婚证… 　　日东还帮忙善后，代晓东向丽娜的家人和朋友致歉，受尽委屈，但是一声不吭，甚有风度。 　　丽娜渐渐觉得日东是一个难得的好男人…二人继续一起生活，虽没有谈上恋爱，然而就像兄妹、就像知己，互相扶持着… 　　渐渐，二人有了爱意，而且双方都是单身，其实绝对有牵手同行的权利。 　　但是日东为人拘执，不想做出后悔的事情，多次避退丽娜的暗示…丽娜渐渐知道，恋爱不必冲动，喜欢日东不代表要和他成双成对的。 　　丽娜搬走了，重新交往，认识新朋友。 　　日东没有说出来，他早已为了避开丽娜而申请公司的调配，调到广州白云机场工作，虽然寂寞，总胜过爱得冲动… 　　缘份安排之下，四个月后，丽娜重投事业，并到了广州开会。会后，丽娜乘机往香港，就在机场柜位重遇上日东。 　　几个月的思念牵挂…有抑压在心的话却没有激情爆发。二人回复了好知己的闲话家常，渡过了动情的关口，成为真正关心、寄托对方的一双好男好女。 　　爱得起，就是要懂得爱自己，不为一时浪漫激情而再次伤痛。