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moved on. Not only has his ex quit smoking,
he also has a smoking hot new boyfriend,
Raul (Adrian Gonzalez). But that doesn’t
stop Troy from trying to seduce Jonathan.
The two exes meet up to make out, and make
excuses to spend time together. Raul, who is
married to Jonathan’s friend Nina (Hillary
Banks) for immigration reasons, says he
doesn’t mind— but does he? And will this
love triangle turn into a threesome?
W riter-director Eldar Rapaport deftly
addresses issues of timing in relationships,
telling this story from a prismatic approach,
using overlapping time frames and different
points o f view. The effect is as magnetic as
the characters. Bartlett is winning as Troy,
and the adorable Dugan makes Jonathan a
pliable co-conspirator with a palpable sense
o f guilt and desire. August eventually gets at
the heart o f sex with an ex— and how, even
if it screams “bad idea,” there’s still some
thing alluring about it.
Directed by Eldar Rapaport, USA, 100
min., rIhurs„ Oct. 6, 9 p.m.
— G ary K ramer
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Light and sunny, sexy and slick before it
gets to the dark, downward spiral, Going
Down in La La Landis an enjoyable drama—
based on (and significantly changed from)
Andy Zeffer’s semi-autobiographical novel.
Adam (Matthew Ludwinski) is a broke
young actor who arrives in Hollywood. As he
grapples with the realities o f parking tickets,
dead-end jobs and a lack o f romance, Adam
wonders— along with his vivacious BFF
Candy (Allison Lane)— if they’ll ever make
it in the industry. All that changes when
Adam gets a tip from Nick (screenwriter-di
rector-actor Casper Andreas), a photographer
who lands him a gig at Jet Set Men. Soon
Adam’s job working for an adult film com
pany leads him to photo and film shoots and
then escorting, where he meets John (Mi
chael Medico), a closeted actor. Their rela
tionship causes Adam more angst.
W hile the film’s view o f the porn industry
is perhaps rose-colored, the realities o f drug
abuse are appropriately portrayed, if a little
predictable. Ludwinski overemphasizes Ad
am’s naivete— hasn’t he ever seen a film like
this one?!— but Lane provides genial sup
port, a dumb subplot about her hiring a slave
notwithstanding. Still, La La Land provides
the right mix o f message and mindlessness.
Directed by Casper Andreas, USA, 105 min.,
Mon., Oct. 3, 9 p.m.
— G ary K ramer
H arvest
This lyrical coming-of-age and coming-
out drama has a rare setting for a gay film: a
farm 40 miles south o f Berlin. Eleven ap
prentices— mostly young men— are learning
to become farmers. W hile their days (and
they work every day) are spent milking cows,
cleaning up stalls, driving tractors and rais
ing calves that are rejected by their mothers,
their nights and idle moments are marked
by the simple pleasures of camaraderie. At
least most o f them. The exception is Marko
(Lukas Steltner), a cute but sullen, barely
communicative guy derided by the group for
eating organic food and refusing to drink
beer. Marko’s grim routine is disrupted by
the arrival o f Jakob (Kai Michael Muller),
whose boredom with a banking job has led
him to try the farm. The pair are a study in
contrasts, Marko the obviously scarred
product of a broken home and Jakob a well-
adjusted, middle-class kid who smiles easily.
One of the girls swoons over Marko, but he
only has eyes—well, furtive glances— for
Jakob. A spontaneous kiss in the barn both
enthralls and unsettles Marko, showing him
both the pain and possibilities that can come
if he’s willing to live authentically.
W riter-director Benjamin Cantu, who
previously worked in documentaries and
shorts, invokes the beauty of the rural G er
man landscape. He also takes his sweet time
delineating these appealing characters, to
the point that some may feel the same kind
o f malaise that seems to afflict Marko. But
C antu’s low-key approach ultimately pays
rich emotional dividends for patient
viewers.
Directed by Benjamin Cantu, Germany
(subtitled), 88 min., Tues., Oct. 4, 9 p.m.
— G ary M orris
Jitters
Jitters, from Iceland, has enough charac
ters, plots and subplots to fill a miniseries.
The effect o f condensing all this into 90
minutes gives it a somewhat rushed feeling,
but the stories are sufficiently diverting, the