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About Outfilms

I'll come out of the closet. Yes, I love gay movies, but I have had a difficult time finding an online resource to help me select the best gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender films. There are a few Web sites out there. One boasts thousands of movies listed, but when you examine them it doesn't take long to discover that they haven't seen most of them so they are unable to give you an informed opinion if the movie is good or not. Or, they list any film that includes a gay director or star, but the movie itself has nothing to do with gay people.

My frustration in trying to find a quality site that could simply tell me a little about the movie and if it was good or not led to OutFilms. The way I like to research any film, is I want to know as little as possible going into a movie. But, I want to know enough to decide if it has the potential to be something I will enjoy, or a waste of my time. Tell me a little about what the movie is about and tell me if it stinks or is a great film.

That is the goal of OutFilms. Each movie listed here has been seen by one of our reviewers and they are giving their personal rating to it. The reviews aren't so long that they will ruin all the surprises should you decide to see it, but hopefully long enough to give you a taste of what the movie is about and if it is for you.

Hopefully, what I was looking for in a gay movie site is exactly what you are looking for. I hope you enjoy your visit.

-- KEN SAIN

 
Criteria
The criteria for a movie being listed changes over the decades. Because of a "decency" crackdown in Hollywood during the 1930s, 40s and 50s, there were almost no openly gay themes or characters. They were there, but they were hidden. You just can't compare that to the to the late 1990s and this century when there has been a major increase in the number of gay characters and themes in mainstream movies. For modern movies, there needs to be a main gay character or theme to the movie for it to get listed here. For the classic movies, we're not that picky. At least one of us has to have seen the movie and we do require more than just a gay director or star. But it is highly subjective which movies we choose to list.
 
About Ken Sain
Ken Sain is sports editor at The Gazette in Montgomery and Frederick counties (Maryland), and former news editor at the Washington Blade, the nation's oldest gay newspaper. He has been a journalist since 1986 and a fan of movies for longer than that. He is a regular at the Washington, D.C. gay film festival, Reel Affirmations, which gives him access to many gay movies months before they are released nationally.

Ken earned a history degree from Arizona State University and loves politics. The kinds of movies that will appeal to him can be very political, such as "And the Band Played On" or have a bit of fantasy thrown in, such as "Lilies." Ken will nearly always pick serious subject matters over camp, but sees the value in camp films as well. Ken Sain's comments are entirely personal and do not represent the views of The Gazette or any other Washington Post Co. affiliate.

 
About Jorge Borgos
Jorge Borgos is co-owner and the IT manager of Outfilms. He is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology and resides in New Jersey.

 
Want your movie reviewed on OutFilms?
Directors and distributors who would like to see their film(s) included on OutFilms may send screeners to the editor. We make no promises that it will be included (if we decide it's not really gay, for example) or how quickly we can add the film.

Mail your screener to:
Ken Sain
Assistant Managing Editor
Gazette newspapers
13501 Virginia Manor Road
Laurel, MD 20707


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