Brendan Bradley

Provocative and, at times, gruesome, Weak Species offers a thoughtful, yet brutal, glimpse into two troubled teen lives that caused audience members to faint during a screening at the Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Film Festival. This powerful short is sweeping the 2009 film festival circuit and has also captured a couple of awards for Best Short at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival and Best Narrative Short at FilmOut San Diego.

The film follows two high school students - with wildly contrasting perspectives – on a self-destructive, sex-driven downward spiral. Steve (Brendan Bradley, Redwoods [see Scott Cranin's review here]), a self-obsessed artist with high aspirations, seduces and dumps other gay classmates in an effort to feel superior. George (Erik Scott Smith), a drug-addled loner, uses sex as a way to escape reality – hooking up with anonymous older men for violent encounters.

HOMOPOP.com's newest contributor Robby O had a chance to catch up with the talented director Dan Faltz who brilliantly taps famed-writer Dennis Cooper for this gritty short film.

I just posted my review for what is certainly one of the most romantic gay films ever, Redwoods. Starring hot gay actor Matthew Montgomery, the film tells the story of a powerful love that burned bright. I felt the power of this film from a rough cut -- I can't wait till this summer to see it on the big screen for our festival, Philadelphia QFest. It's going to hit the summer gay film festival circuit before a fall DVD release from TLA Releasing.