Come Clean 2023 · 13 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama A dark dramedy that grapples with how mental health can complicate or stand in the way of making personal connections and finding happiness in the 21st century. Show more Directed by Sal Bardo · Written by Sal Bardo + My List Mark as watched ↗ Share Your Rating ★★★★★ Cast J James Hayden Rodriguez B Ben Church Make it a double feature 1h 52m together Come Clean + Dance of the Forty One A close match in mood and era. More from Sal BardoSee all →‹Chaser · 2013Chaser★ 5.22013MovieAlienated from his conservative Jewish family and community, a promising, young, gay schoolteacher seeks solace in New York's barebacking scene.▶+Requited · 2011Requited★ 5.02011MovieDramaRomanceNicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two had a falling out years earlier after Nicolas inexplicably kissed Aaron's girlfriend. Nicolas clings to an idealized image of his former friend, unconsciously sabotaging his own happiness in the process. The film is a realistic slice-of-life that poses the question "How do you get over something you never had?"▶+Pink Moon · 2015Pink Moon★ 5.02015MovieRomanceDramaIn a society where heterosexuals are persecuted and abortion is forbidden, two teens are forced to hide an unintended pregnancy before their secret romance is exposed.▶+Sam · 2012Sam★ 4.22012MovieAfter being bullied at school for dressing as a boy, Sam escapes into the fields surrounding his house, where he's forced to choose between who he is and who society thinks he should be.▶+Eulogy for a Vampire · 2009Eulogy for a Vampire★ 3.42009MovieHorrorA handsome young drifter is found unconscious near a remote monastery, where he joins forces with a vengeful spirit as he seduces and converts each of the monks to join his league of the undead.▶+Blue Briefs · 2012Blue Briefs★ 3.42012MovieDramaA collection of six gay-themed short films about relationships and the pain of love, including: REQUITED (directed by Sal Bardo), BOYS LIKE YOU (directed by Daniel Armando), WE ONCE WERE TIDE (directed by Jason Bradbury), REVOLUTION (directed by Abdi Nazemian), THE IN-BETWEEN (directed by Alain Hain) and FROZEN ROADS (directed by Mark Pariselli).▶+Out of the Woods · 2025Out of the Woods2025MovieMax reconnects with Diana, an old friend, stirring long-forgotten emotions. Her fading memory complicates matters as she grapples with her deep love for Diana and her commitment to her husband, Charlie.▶+›More Like This‹Sebastian · 2024Sebastian★ 6.42024MovieDramaMax is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.▶+Sorry Angel · 2018Sorry Angel★ 6.92018MovieComedyDramaAt once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France following the intertwining journeys of Jacques, a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur, a curious, carefree and much-younger university student who is just beginning to live. Brought together by chance, the two men find themselves navigating a casual fling that gradually deepens into a tender, transformative bond.▶+Dance of the Forty One · 2020Dance of the Forty One★ 7.82020MovieDramaHistoryMexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.▶+My Best Part · 2020My Best Part★ 5.42020MovieDramaComedyJérémie, a young man reaching a breaking point on all fronts, decides to leave behind Paris and return to Limosin, to the home of his intrusive mother.▶+Private Desert · 2021Private Desert★ 6.72021MovieDrama40-year-old Daniel has been suspended from active police work and is under internal investigation for violence. When Sara, his internet love affair, stops answering his texts he decides to drive north in search of her, starting on what is apparently a fool's errand. He shows Sara's picture around, but nobody seems to recognize the woman. Until eventually one guy pops up, saying he can put the two in touch under very specific conditions.▶+›