ENTERTAINMENT

Music Reviews February 2021

Cowboys
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Troy, a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife Sally. Aghast at Sally’s refusal to let their trans son Joe live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness. Meanwhile, police detective pursues them, but her resolve about the case is tested the more she learns about Joe’s family.

Beautiful Darling
Corinth Films
Beautiful Darling chronicles the short but influential life of Candy Darling who was a major part of Andy Warhol’s entourage and was one of the inspirations for the Lou Reed song “Walk on the Wild Side.”

The Road to Mandalay
Myanmar Montage Film
Two Burmese immigrants flee their country’s civil war in search of a new life in Thailand. Finding work, they focus their efforts on acquiring Thai ID cards. However, when one achieves this goal, their relationship is doomed.

Open up to me
Corinth Films
Maarit has successfully managed to live a double life, a male body transformed into an attractive and intelligent woman, Maarit’s new life has come with a considerable price, as many transgendered individuals have discovered. Among the most painful burdens Maarit must bear is the longing to revive a fractured relationship with her daughter Pinja, and looking for a man to share her life with.

Happy Times
Ohpen Productions
Over the course of a Shabbat dinner at a fancy Hollywood Hills mansion, a toxic mix of alcohol, egos, cultural differences, lust and greed derails the evening rather quickly and things spin out of control. Secrets are revealed, relationships are tested and getting out in one piece will be the ultimate challenge.

The Village in the Woods
Brake3
Every village, every person, has a secret…none more so than the inhabitants of this isolated, murky village whose fate relies on the luring of two unsuspecting pawns to satisfy their appetite and determine their being.

Working Man
Workingman Partners
When a factory closure threatens a small Rust Belt town, one older factory worker continues going to his former job every day, despite the shutdown. His peculiar decision has a profound effect on the whole community, though his actions yield an outcome that no one ever expected.

Goodbye Seventies
Ariztical Entertainment
On DVD & Digital February 16th
A promising chorus boy is injured and told he will never dance again. Distraught and unimpressed with the “art” films playing seedy Times Square theaters, he gets his friends and lovers together and they start making their own hard core movies. Against all odds, the films are wildly successful until drugs, AIDS and cheap video technology bring it all crashing down.

Once Upon a River
Film Movement
After enduring a series of traumas and tragedies, Native American teenager Margo sets out on an odyssey in search of her estranged mother. Traveling along the Stark River, she encounters friends, foes, wonders, and dangers while coming to understand her own

“X”
No fantasy is too obscene at the masquerade balls hosted by Christian King, known to her guests as X. The monthly masked debauchery that takes place at her beachside estate is all fun and games until the arrival of an unexpected guest from Christian’s past threatens to bring to light her darkest secret: she is a voyeur who keeps a hidden camera in the guest bathroom.