(Dir. Mehdi Ben Attia. France/Tunisia, 2009. 93 mins). The sun burns hot and the passion burns hotter in this seductive and moving tale about the power of love, no matter what form it takes. Gay, French-Arabic architect Malik isn’t the first character...

I remember seeing a picture as a hormonal teen of a slim, toned, slightly Arabic looking young man in nothing but a towel giving the most piercing backwards glance to camera and thinking it was just about the sexiest thing I’d ever seen. It was...