Movies: Masculinity

A tailor named Ricardo, a classic Filipino film enthusiast, embraces these toxic masculine ideas, cultures, and behaviors from the films he watches. His wife Linda and their worker Jun will soon face the consequences of these behaviors....

At a boarding school for young adult male orphans, the affectionate bond between two friends turns brutal when their peers accuse them of homosexuality....

After the death of his girlfriend, Daniel struggles to deal with the grief, leading to an impulsive mistake....

Three men from different generations are at a crossroads and must, overnight, redefine themselves to move on to the next stage of their lives....

They proclaim themselves masters of virility and seduce thousands of young Quebecers. Who are they? Journalist Simon Coutu delves into the world of influencers who claim the role of alpha male....

Mom and Me takes a look at tough guys and the even tougher women who raise them. Set in Oklahoma City, apparently voted the manliest city in the United States, this creative documentary from Irish director Ken Wardrop ("His & Hers") chronicles th...

Artist Daniel Crook unpacks masculinity one painting at a time....

In 'Quédate' we meet Ana, a young prostitute, who has a disturbing encounter with Manuel, a lonely man who seeks consolation for a painful breakup....

BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION weaves together a portrait of masculine performativity in East Jerusalem, as manifested in gyms, body shops and hair dressing parlors....

Two young writers in the task of writing a screenplay about a bullfighter, question his relationship with the bulls. This leads them to discuss masculinity and what a man is....

A meditation on the complex relationship of two brothers, exploring the interplay of notions of brotherhood, patronage, masculinity, and sexuality....

A young man becomes obsessed with his new neighbour....

When there's a shortage of bouncers at a busy inner-city nightclub, a scrawny glasswasher is asked to step in as security for the night but the eccentric patrons make it difficult to keep things running smoothly....

A chess game between two brothers gets ugly....

Manuela and her mother have different ways of perceiving the world they live in. They discuss masculinity, love, and, as if that were not enough, the importance of a sofa....

A documentarian observes their fellow gym bros behaving more... openly... in the gym than they usually are outside of it....

Provocative, feminist critique of man’s technological progress....

A young man eats alone at an LA cevicheria, processing his relationships, grief and questionable behaviours over a phone call....

In a fading Louisiana town, Jerome dreams of Hollywood while Terry seeks escape from a troubled home. United by desperation, they train for a high-stakes bodybuilding competition that becomes their shot at something more. Filmed over 18 months, WEST ...

Months after the unexpected death of his wife, an embittered, middle-aged painter flees to a cabin in rural New England where her presence, and more, waits for him....