BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING Hump Wednesday

The Screening Room (120 Princess St.)

BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING

Edgy, absorbing and carnal, BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING takes a fresh and unsentimental look at the links between young and old, black and white, sex and love, desire and art. Cute, twenty-two-year-old writer Brian continually crashes and burns with each guy he meets, but does not understand why. The stunningly gorgeous Jim is not afraid to break hearts except when it comes to his forty-something lover and world-renown metal sculptor Drew, who can’t seem to look past his latest masterpiece. Lastly there’s Bob, a successful talent agent from LA in his mid-sixties who leads a double life being a sugar daddy to the young men he picks up. While all four comb the streets looking for connection, they oftentimes settle for something quick and dirty except that tonight is much different. Each guy he meets, but does not understand why. The stunningly gorgeous Jim is not afraid to break hearts except when it comes to his forty-something lover and world-renown metal sculptor Drew, who can’t seem to look past his latest masterpiece. Lastly there’s Bob, a successful talent agent from LA in his mid-sixties who leads a double life being a sugar daddy to the young men he picks up. While all four comb the streets looking for connection, they oftentimes settle for something quick and dirty except that tonight is much different.

Drama. 2015. USA. 92min. Directed by Joseph Graham. CANADIAN PREMIERE

Preceded By: Moon Trail

Alexandre Gregorie & Jordan Coulombe. 2015. Canada. 7min

A short doc that follows four young gay men as they discuss gay life and sexual health. Set during one of Montreal’s mid-summer heatwaves, the bilingual subjects reveal the freedoms and constraints they experience living their sexual identities in the distinctive and permissive city, as well as the impact of Montreal’s extreme seasons on cruising and gay urban life.