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Director – Elliot Tuttle – 2025 – US – Cert. 18 – 85m

*****

As a gay cam performer visits an older punter to discover they have a shared past, their encounter breaks many taboos – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 11th

Somewhere in L.A., Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) appears in his underwear on cam to web audiences. His platform of choice allows punters to tip him cash tokens as and when either he encourages them or they like what they see. And, who knows, at the end of the night, if you pay the right amount, he might come round to your house…

One of his punters tonight is a much older man (Reed Birney) whose face is concealed by a balaclava mask. Who tips, then turns him off and lies back to relax to music. Later, Aaron will come round for this one night to this punter’s house. Unaware that they have a shared connection from their past lives.

Disturbingly, there are also snippets in the mix of home video footage of a small boy. Wholly innocent footage – or it would be were it not for its one-way communication sex cam context – which renders this footage quite upsetting as your mind starts to make connections warranted or unwarranted. … Read the rest

The Teachers’ Lounge
(Das Lehrerzimmer)

The Teachers’ Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer)

Director – İlker Çatak – 2023 – Germany – Cert. 12a – 98m

**** 1/2

A new teacher at a school where petty thefts have been taking place for some time makes some bad decisions which put her in a very difficult place – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 12th

Schoolboy Lukas (Okar Mats Zickur) is being questioned about recent thefts in the school. Does he have any suspicions as to which of the pupils might be doing this? A girl sits beside him, a class representative, to make sure everything is being done properly. “You don’t have to speak if you don’t want to”, teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesh from September 5, Tim Fehlbaum, 2024; The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, 2009) assures him. Nevertheless, her male colleague pressurises the boy. First, he gives him a printed list of names with checkboxes and asks the child to tick any relevant boxes. When that doesn’t work, he goes down the list with his finger and asks the boy simply to nod at any suspicious name. He gets a nod.

Teaching in class, with a number of the kids stumped by the current algebra problem, star pupil Oskar Kuhn (Leonard Stettnisch) works through a proof on the blackboard, way in advance of the capabilities his age would suggest.… Read the rest