Peter Paige

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

Q. Allan Brocka, Christopher Piehler

Peter Paige, Will Matthews

Welcome to the gayest of gay ghettos, West Lahunga Beach, where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double-income-no-kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's just one catch, Kirsten's wife Dana and Rick's husband Steve are mortal enemies. The insults fly, nothing goes unspoken, and the ugly, bitter truth about domestic bliss never looked so cute. Starring the voices of Alan Cumming, Peter Paige, Wilson Cruz, and Margaret Cho, with music from the creators of Avenue Q. Viewer discretion advised.

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Peter Paige, Elisa Donovan

Two with-it young physicists are being chased by a sinister exec and her pair of goons, as well as a matched set of small-eyed G-men in black, all in pursuit of a math-nerd who's made off with a mysterious high-tech secret and vanished with his new girlfriend from space. The word "caper," you'll agree, was invented for just this situation.

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Lesli Klainberg, Lisa Ades

B. Ruby Rich, John Waters

A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?

The Thing About Harry

Peter Paige

Jake Borelli, Niko Terho

Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.

Our America

Ernest R. Dickerson

Josh Charles, Brandon Hammond

The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.

Leaving Barstow

Peter Paige

Michelle Clunie, Kevin Sheridan

Growing up in Barstow, CA, high school senior Andrew hopes for a bigger world -- but his devotion to his mother, Sandra, and his awakening attraction to newcomer Jenny, combine to keep him tied to home. Andrew's loyalties become confused and his prior ambitions begin to fade as he realizes he must make the most difficult of all decisions -- choosing between himself and the people he loves.

Birthday Cake

Chad Darnell

Chad Darnell, Rib Hillis

Soap actor Steven and his husband Daniel decide to throw the ultimate first birthday party for their daughter. What Daniel doesn’t know is that Steven has invited Daniel’s estranged religious mother and sister to the party. Now, Daniel sees the festivities beginning to spiral out of control. There’s now a dead clown, a demanding diva, a cake that unfortunately looks like a lifeless baby, and a manhunt in the neighborhood for a murderer!

Childstar

Don McKellar

Don McKellar, Peter Paige

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.

Ping Pong Playa

Jessica Yu

Jimmy Tsai, Andrew Vo

Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his worldly older brother, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's athletic dynasty.

Say Uncle

Peter Paige

Peter Paige, Kathy Najimy

A young gay artist, desperate to replace the relationship he had with his recently relocated godson, is targeted by a neighborhood mom as a potential threat to the community.

White Camellias

Russell Brown

Cybill Shepherd, David Burtka

Director: Russell Brown WHITE CAMELLIAS is a melodrama that revolves around an artist in her early 60s (Cybill Shepherd) who throws a Spanish-themed dinner party in the hopes of rekindling the great love affair of her youth. A passionate woman who fills her home with poetry and paintings, Annie is a genuine romantic which also leaves her vulnerable to disappointment and occasional delusion. As the evening progresses, her expectations of love transform as she faces painful truths about her past and present. Fueled by the strong words of her favorite poet -- Federico Garcia Lorca -- Annie will redefine her vision for the future and her definition of happiness over the course of this dark night of reckoning.