6 top films will be screened for the Gay Film Festival at The Durban Rhumbelow Classics Cinema on the Big Screen taking place from June 10 to 12, 2022. The films are: Boy Erased, Brokeback Mountain, De-Lovely, The Birdcage, Rocketman and Love,Simon.
GAY FILM FESTIVAL
Please note film ratings as per The Film and
Publication Board
Friday, June 10 at 19h00: Boy Erased – 16 L P S SV V
Saturday June 11 at 11h00: Brokeback Mountain – 16 L S
Saturday June 11 at 15h00: De-Lovely – PG
V
Saturday June 11 at 19h00: The Birdcage –
10 L
Sunday June 12 at 14h00: Rocketman – 16 D L N S
Sunday June 12 at 18:00: Love, Simon – 13 D L P
Public Screening licensed through MPLC (Motion Picture Licensing Company).
CAST – Nicole Kidman: Nancy Conlon; Russell
Crowe: Marshall Conlon; Lucas Hedges: Jared; Joel Edgerton
Jared Eamons, the son of a small-town Baptist
pastor, must overcome the fallout after being outed as gay to his parents. His
father and mother struggle to reconcile their love for their son with their
beliefs. Fearing a loss of family, friends and community, Jared is pressured
into attending a conversion therapy programme. While there, Jared comes into
conflict with its leader and begins his journey to finding his own voice and
accepting his true self.
CAST – Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne
Hathaway, and Michelle Williams
When cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and
Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet during a month of sheep ranching in Wyoming,
they share lust, passion, and genuine affection — though in 1963, they can’t
imagine their feelings defining themselves. Their silence lasts for years: Each
goes home, Ennis marries his girlfriend Alma (Michelle Williams), Jack longs
for Ennis. They agree to meet again and then feel unable to stop. They can’t
articulate their feelings, only marvel at their own passion and tell their
families they have gone “fishing.” Alma discovers the truth (which she keeps to
herself); horrified and angry, she silently watches him leave every few months
and return with no fish. The men can’t acknowledge their relationship as a
choice and a commitment, only as a “thing.”
CAST – Kevin Kline. Cole Porter; Ashley Judd.
Linda Porter, Jonathan Pryce; Gabe; Kevin McNally; Gerald Murphy; Sandra Nelson
and Sara Murphy.
At the staging of a musical production based on
his life story, songwriter Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) begins to reflect on his
life and career. As he trades notes with the play’s director, Gabe (Jonathan
Pryce), Porter recollects his meteoric rise on Broadway during the mid-1920s
and his first meeting with wife and muse Linda Thomas (Ashley Judd). He also
recalls his many extramarital, homosexual dalliances, and the deep depression
and seclusion of his final years.
CAST – Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane,
Dianne Wiest, Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski.
Armand and Albert have a home life many would
envy. They share a long-term committed relationship encompassing their lives
and careers, and have together raised Armand’s son, Val, into a caring,
responsible, and mature young man. So, when Val arrives home and announces his
engagement to the daughter of an ultra-conservative U.S. Senator, what choice
is there but to accept his decision with love? Meanwhile, Senator Keeley and
his wife are facing bigger problems than their daughter’s unexpected
engagement. The senator is watching his right-wing constituency evaporate with
the scandalous demise of his closet political ally. A visit to the future
in-laws could be just the thing to take the public’s focus off the Keeley’s
messy predicament. With the impending visit of his fiancée’s rigid family, Val
asks his father to straighten up the apartment just a bit. All it entails is
the removal of Armand’s collection, furnishings, clothes, job … and Albert.
CAST – Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Bryce
Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell. Director:
Dexter Fletcher
Rocketman is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. Young Reginald Dwight changes his name to Elton John and collaborates with singer-songwriter Bernie Taupin to become one of the most iconic figures in pop history. Set to his most beloved songs, it’s the epic musical story of Elton John, his breakthrough years in the 1970s and his fantastical transformation from shy piano prodigy to international superstar.
CAST – Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh
Duhamel, Katherine Langford.
In this moving coming-of-age story, Simon is a
closeted teen who falls for an anonymous online pen pal from his school who is
also gay. When a blackmailer obtains his candid e-mails, Simon must reveal his
sexuality to his friends and family while attempting to turn his online
flirtation into a real-life romance.
Tickets R100 per film. Bring food picnic baskets or buy at the venue. There is a full bar. No alcohol may be brought on to the property
All seating will be at separate tables and Rhumbelow will obviously be seating co-habiting couples and/or family members. covid limit – max 50 %
Limited secure parking available.
Booking is essential on e-mail: roland@stansell.co.za, http://events.durbantheatre.com/ or Computicket
All tickets must be pre-booked. No walk-ins allowed. All Covid protocols will be strictly observed.
For more information contact 082 499 8636
Rhumbelow Theatre is situated at 42 Cunningham Road off Bartle Road, Durban.
NB: When you come to a Rhumbelow Show please
bring some non-perishable food item for us to donate to MOTH COTTAGES to
support those that are struggling.
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