London’s Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2008 – Sunday, April 6

Fred Barney Taylor’s documentary Polymath, or the Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman is described as a "biography of the award-winning, highly acclaimed science fiction writer Samuel Delany, entangling literary criticism with tales of the author’s considerable sexual exploits."

Delany claims to have had sex with 50,000 men, even while referring to himself as "the world’s most ordinary, dull, Black faggot." Come to think of it, it does sound pretty dull to be entering numbers on a calculator while having sex. How else could this guy be able to keep track of all his tricks? And here’s wondering if Delany will be sent to some anti-gay rehab for using the word "faggot."

In Cyrus Amini’s 25 Cent Preview, "a handsome rent boy and his partner in crime share a night of hustling and communion in and around San Francisco’s Tenderloin district." By the look of it (see above), hustling isn’t nearly as glamorous as it’s cracked up to be — or perhaps those guys should have gone to work at a different district. 25 Cent Preview won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Outfest in Los Angeles. With Merlin Gaspers and Dorian Brockington.

Another 2007 Outfest entry, Robert Cary’s Save Me, is described as "a moving and complex drama set in Genesis House, a hospice for gay men seeking the way of the Lord and a cure for their homosexuality." In the cast: Chad Allen, Robert Gant, and Judith Light.

In Poj Arnon’s Bangkok Love Story, "a young male assassin falls for the target he has been contracted to kill, as a high-octane gangster thriller becomes a complex story of obsessive love." With Ratanaballang Tohssawat, Chaiwat Thongsaeng, and Wiradit Srimalai.

More details/schedules at the festival’s website

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