Reviews
Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)
A nice gay romance
Kyle, an aspiring young (18) poet and knockout gorgeous falls for Mike who arrives with a friend on a motorcycle and wearing the leather jacket of the title. Kyle meets Mike in a cafe in Silver Lake. Their courtship/romance is sensitively portrayed while the director carries the viewer to the limit of tasteful eroticism. The others in the cast help to move the story along and provide opportunities for humor and philosophy.
The Black and White photography could be better. It seems uneven at times. Color may have been nice but this provides an opportunity for imagination to play a role.
Beautiful Thing (1996)
A Feel Good Movie
This is a wonderful movie for anyone who says gay movies can't have nice stories and endings. This one does. I walked out of the theater feeling great. We should all have mothers like this and friends like Ste and Jamie. And... a nice comic relief in the tribute to Mama Cass.