Interior. Leather Bar.
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
Also Directed by James Franco
Unused footage from Gus Van Sant's 1991 film My Own Private Idaho is re-contextualized in James Franco's tribute to River Phoenix.
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues a drug-fueled high life.
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
Birth of a Poet is a dramatic short film that captures the moment Stephen Dobyns transitions from a disillusioned journalist to an emerging poet. It is adapted from autobiographical poems.
Lurid monologues about rape and murder.
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also dealing with his depressed and anti-social sister. Struggling against the societal pressures and expectations of him, Tennessee is determined to hone in on his artistic talent and achieve greatness. Directed by James Franco, Tenn focuses on a young Tennessee Williams struggling to find his voice and at the same time his true self as a gay man in 1930's St. Louis.
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol addiction, and his initial attempts at writing.
Based on the 1930 classic by Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.
La Passione is a decadent and beautifully shot trip that riffs on Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, if it were shot on acid and starred the ATL Twins as demons.
Also Directed by Travis Mathews
A look at gay men, their body images and eating disorders.
Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.
An intimate and erotic film about 8 gay men alone in their San Francisco bedrooms
Queer cinema pioneer, Travis Mathews (I WANT YOUR LOVE, INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR with James Franco) returns with a collection of erotic portraits of gay men. Travelling to three of the most progressive cities in the world; San Francisco, Berlin and London, Mathews’ captures the raw emotion and essence of gay men’s lives in a provocative, sensual and unique way. The series veers from bedroom to bedroom, watching these men navigate relationships with themselves and those around them; lovers, partners, friends. Some single, others coupled, some hooking up – all over the course of one day. For the first time ever, all three of Mathews’ real-life narratives are brought together in one intimate collection, In Their Room.
Queer cinema pioneer, Travis Mathews (I WANT YOUR LOVE, INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR with James Franco) returns with a collection of erotic portraits of gay men. Travelling to three of the most progressive cities in the world; San Francisco, Berlin and London, Mathews’ captures the raw emotion and essence of gay men’s lives in a provocative, sensual and unique way. The series veers from bedroom to bedroom, watching these men navigate relationships with themselves and those around them; lovers, partners, friends. Some single, others coupled, some hooking up – all over the course of one day. For the first time ever, all three of Mathews’ real-life narratives are brought together in one intimate collection, In Their Room.
After years in hiding and struggling to control his demons, an eccentric drifter returns home and discovers that his childhood abuser, the center of his pain, is still alive.
In the midst of political upheaval in Brazil, Travis Mathews directs this startling and moving film of the intersection between class, privilege and sex. A man lives a lonely, exquisite lifestyle in his large, empty apartment. He hears a noise, of a man stumbling through the window in his bedroom. The man has a gun, and he shakes while he holds it. What follows is a tender, complex exploration of lust and desire between two very talented performers and the faultless Direction of Mathews.
The latest episode continues to voyeuristically document what goes on in the minds and bedrooms of urban gays. In Berlin, Mathews lingers on the tension and circular nature between intimacy and loneliness by documenting a handful of Berliners -some single, some coupled, some hooking up- over the course of one day.
After a decade of living in San Francisco, Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern roots because he can no longer afford the city. On his final night in the city, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten Jesse's already bittersweet feelings about leaving.
In Their Room (2009-present) is an on-going multi-city documentary series about gay men, bedrooms and intimacy. The series veers into the bedrooms of men where you see them doing everything from the most banal to the sometimes more erotic. Complimenting the revealing nature of their everyday activities are confessional interviews about fantasies, turn-ons and vulnerabilities.
