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TLA's Mini-Fest Will Bring the Gay to You

Well, assuming you live in New York, L.A., or Fort Lauderdale, that is. Those are the cities that will get TLA Releasing's mini-fest this summer, with six gay-themed features playing for one week in each location. You can see a somewhat NSFW trailer for the fest at TLA's YouTube page, but here's a brief rundown of what's happening:

First you got your Bangkok Love Story, a thriller about a hitman who falls for his victim. Then there's Chuecatown (Boystown), a comedy involving bathhouses and murders (I'm thinking of that scene in Eastern Promises, but gayer). Next: I Dreamt Under Water, which TLA's press release describes as "graphically sexual" and involving a young man's search for love. Dog Tags is a romantic drama about a soldier who does a bit of asking and telling, if you know what I mean; 3-Day Weekend has eight fellas bonding and bed-hopping over a getaway weekend; and Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon is a documentary about 1970s porn icon Jack Wrangler.

Though all six films are about gay men and their sex lives, there is some notable diversity as well, in that three of them are foreign (Thai, Spanish, and French), and one's a documentary. So you can feel like you're being cultured, too, while watching the randy movies about pretty people.
The fest, which doesn't seem to have a name other than "6 of the hottest gay films, 1 week only!," will be at New York's Quad Cinemas Aug. 8-15, L.A.'s Laemmle Sunset 5 Aug. 16-21, and Fort Lauderdale's Gateway Cinemas Aug. 22-26. It's an interesting experiment in niche marketing. These films probably wouldn't draw enough attention if they were released separately, but together, they might have an impact. There are gay film festivals in most major U.S. cities, after all, and they tend to do pretty well. TLA might be on to something here with the traveling mini-fest idea.
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