Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
William McNamara is engaged to a woman but hiding a terrible secret! His narcissistic WASP parents ignore the truth till it’s almost too late! I’d first dismissed the TV-movie Doing Time on Maple Drive as overripe camp. Then I read some testimonies from people who said it helped…
Month: May 2020
LGBT Movies: The Set (1970) — The Avocado
Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
The Set follows the coming of age of an Australian artist. He romances a nice woman and a cruel man. Both relationships are diluted by a sprawling screenplay filled with underwritten characters and subplots. The melodrama, camp and copious nudity give it the feel of a Valley of…
