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Peter De Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn is a 2014 UK documentary by Ethan Reid.
Starring Robert Alvarez, Kristen Bjorn and Carlos Caballero.

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong nudity, real sex:

• 2016 Saffron Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 14th March 2016

There are no censorship issues with this release

Promotional Material

Pioneering erotic filmmaker Peter de Rome tells his astonishing life story with humour and charm in this surprising documentary Spanning more than eight decades of gay experience in Britain and the US, Peter de Rome charts Peter s journey from cinematic outlaw to celebrated film icon with contributions from collaborators and some of those he has influenced.

The film uses extensive extracts from Peter s varied and often explicit work, from his early 8mm experiments in the 1960s to his extraordinary feature films to create a portrait of a true one-off.

Peter De Rome: Grandfather of Gay Porn is a 2014 UK documentary by Ethan Reid.
Starring Robert Alvarez, Kristen Bjorn and Carlos Caballero.

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong nudity, real sex for:

• 2016 Saffron Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 14th March 2016

There are no censorship issues with this release

Summary Notes

Pioneer erotic film maker Peter de Rome talks about his life and work, which is celebrated at London's BFI Southbank.

Love is a 2015 France / Belgium drama by Gaspar Noé.
Starring Gaspar Noé, Aomi Muyock and Klara Kristin.

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong real sex, very strong language for:

• 2016 Curzon / Artificial Eye RB Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 11th January 2016
• 2016 Curzon / Artificial Eye R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th January 2016

The BBFC further commented in its Insight for the film:

• There are several scenes of strong sex. Some of the sex is unsimulated, including real oral sex, masturbation and ejaculation.

Reviews

• See review from strangethingsarehappening.com : " Mind-numbingly dull "
• See review from cine-vue.com : " It's equal parts Last Tango In Paris and Caligula , but with twice the ejaculate. Sex is largely unsimulated and frequent, "

Censorship History

Originally 16 rated in France but moralist campaigners objected and a court raised the rating to 18, a classification previously reserved for pornography.

Banned in Russia for too much sex, even in a censored form.

See interview from vanityfair.com

Vanity Fair: And what about directing the un-choreographed/un-simulated sex scenes?

Gaspar Noé: Who said they were choreographed, un-choreographed, simulated or un-simulated?! We did a movie about a precise subject and we all simply wanted the love scenes to seem real so the audience could relate to their own life experiences . . . and hopefully the images do. How they were shot--tricked or not--isn't an issue.

Summary Notes

A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It's a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.

One critic said: It is no exaggeration: The central action in Noe's Paris-centric film is unsimulated sex -- between ten and fifteen scenes of it, to be exact.

Chemsex is a 2015 UK gay documentary by William Fairman and Max Gogarty.
Starring Roy Assaf, Aryeh Cherner and Aviv Elkabeth.

UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong real sex, drug use for:

• 2016 Peccadillo/Saffron Hill R2 DVD at UK Amazon released on 11th January 2016

The BBFC commented about the sex content:

Contains several scenes showing real sexual activity and some fetish imagery.  

Promotional Material

It gave me the confidence I never had I felt like a porn star.

Chemsex: the name given to the rising phenomenon which refers to the use of drugs in a sexual context. Often referring to group sex that can last for days, the allure of chemsex has lead to many young men being trapped in a vicious circle of sex, addiction and dependence.

This powerful and potent film tells the stories of gay men whose lives have been affected by the crisis; from self-confessed slammers to sexual health workers, from those who deny there s a problem to those who got out alive . Offering unprecedented access, Chemsex is a brave and unflinching journey into the dark underworld of modern, urban gay life.