Synopsis Cette œuvre, qui est à la fois roman, histoire, poésie, a été saluée par la critique française et mondiale comme un événement littéraire. En imaginant les Mémoires d’un grand empereur romain, l’auteur a voulu « refaire du dedans ce que les archéologues du XIXe siècle ont fait du dehors ». Jugeant sans complaisance sa vie d’homme et son œuvre politique, Hadrien
Synopsis Two heroes, reflective Peter and Byronic Chase, indulge their youthful appetites in Florence. Over the next 20 years their paths diverge and reconverge. Chase marries into the Italian aristocracy and Peter pursues his passion for Lorenzo, a beautiful young Florentine. The past impinges on the present as the story of Chase’s ancestor, Orvil Starkweather, is revealed – the secrets
Synopsis A story of the battle against tyranny that remains as relevant now as when it was written. A group of friends living in Las Vegas are happy and successful: doctors, lawyers, journalists, and decorators. However, their lives go from utopian to dystopian when a law passes to allow the quarantine of those suspected to have AIDS. The government, in
Synopsis A series of discrete episodes among friends provide snapshots of one gay man’s life. There are parties, concerts, dinners with everyday life – and death – interwoven in the rich story-telling. An actress, a painter, a set designer, a writer – all sweating and surviving in Manhattan, all scoring their first successes. Part autobiography and part documentary, artfully written,
Synopsis Quand Philip, un jeune New-Yorkais qui a décidé de vivre ouvertement son homosexualité, révèle enfin son secret à ses parents, il n’imagine pas toutes les conséquences de son aveu. Rose et Owen sont d’autant plus bouleversés que cet aveu survient au moment où ils doivent affronter une grave crise. Locataires menacés d’expulsion, ils vivent une remise en cause, tant
Synopsis « Nous étions l’Histoire en marche » raconte la relation tumultueuse de deux cousins qui traversent l’histoire de l’Amérique de l’après-guerre jusqu’à nos jours, leur enfance de baby boomers, la découverte de leur sexualité, leurs amours, leurs ruptures et réconciliations, avec en contre-champ, la naissance d’Act Up, Woodstock, l’explosion du disco, la consommation de drogues, les fêtes fastueuses de Fire Island
Synopsis Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and everyone has a sweetheart, except Stan Kraychik, Boston’s sassiest hairdresser. Ever hopeful of meeting Mr. Right, Stan attends a gala reception that culminates in a death by poisoning, and romantic problems take a back seat to murder. Then Boston police arrest Stan’s friend Laurett Cole, who leaves her four-year-old son in Stan’s care.
Synopsis When you first notice it, something seems a bit unusual. Then it occurs to you that most, if not all, of the pools you’ve ever seen before were painted blue or white. The Captain’s House pool is black. Not painted black. But constructed of black marble and black tile. The marble has streaks of white that look like lightning
Synopsis Stan Kraychik is a hairdresser in Boston, leading a successful hairdresser’s life. Successful hairdressers’ lives vary widely but they usually have one thing in common – no dead bodies. Not only does Stan find a dead body but the police suspect that he’s the killer. Stan, on the other hand, suspects his arrogant client, Calvin, who dragged him into
