The Paradise of Thorns วิมานหนาม, a film inspired by inequality, is a Thai movie which premiered in Thailand on August 22, 2024. The film will have its international premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival 2024 (TIFF) on September 6, 2024.
Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum Q18量子預言 is an 8-episode Taiwanese futuristic drama series with LGBTQ+ theme which premiered on August 16, 2024. Recently it seems Taiwan is fashionable in making AI dramas, this new drama continues the AI trend following another AI themed BL series Anti Reset 恆久定律 earlier this year and its upcoming spin-off Eternal Butler 全面管控 in the VBL series.
Century of Love ปาฏิหาริย์รักร้อยปี is a 10-episode Thai lakorn series which premiered on July 10, 2024. This is another lakorn series with LGBTQ+ theme (well, BL if you insists, haha…) from Thailand’s Channel One31 following the very successful To Sir, With Love from 2022 and last year’s series Laws of Attraction. I have watched the first episode at normal speed and it didn’t disappoint, at least I didn’t have the urge to watch it at 2× speed like I do for many Thai BL series in the last couple of years and then drop it after just one or two episodes, LOL… Another thing I judged Thai BL series nowadays is whether the theme song is sung by a recording artist or not, if it is I usually have more confidence about the drama having interesting plotlines. On the other hand, if it is sung by the two male leads, then most of the time the drama is trying to attract audiences who just want to ship the two leading actors and not too worry about the plotlines!
My Secret Agent Husband is an American minute-episode BL series streaming on DramaBox that was released on June 27, 2024. It has 57 episodes of about 1 minute per episode.
(more…)A Balloon’s Landing 我在這裡等你 (Chinese title means I’ll Wait Here for You) is a Taiwanese film that will premiere on May 10, 2024 in Taiwan. With two male leads, and with ambiguous teasers, it’s difficult to tell if it will just be a movie about bromance, or soulmates, or BL? Whatever it is, it’s already a hotly anticipated film from all accounts…
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Let’s Talk About CHU 愛愛內含光 is an 8-episode Taiwanese series that premiered on February 2, 2024.
At the Moment 此時此刻 is a 10-episode Taiwanese anthology series which will premiere on November 10, 2023.
One of the Boys (En af Drengene) is a mini 4-episode Danish LGBTQ+ coming of age drama series that premiered on May 18, 2023.
Synopsis – The socially awkward Lau goes on the traditional Man Camp with the provincial town boys to prove that he’s a “real man”. But, things get tricky when he develops feelings for another boy on the trip.
After School 成功補習班 is a Taiwanese movie that premiered on July 4, 2023 as the closing film for the 25th Taipei Film Festival 台北電影節. It will have its advance screenings from September 15 to 17, 2023 and then its general theatre release on September 22, 2023 in Taiwan. The film is based on the true story from director Blue Lan 藍正龍 as a tribute to his late former teacher who taught them about relationships and sexuality including homosexuality.
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Only Friends เพื่อนต้องห้าม is a 10-episode Thai LGBTQ+ series that premiered on August 12, 2023. This series is not a bonafide BL series but gears towards a more LGBTQ+ plotlines.
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