(Dirs. Darren Flaxstone & Christian Martin. UK, 2011. 80 mins). A young, gay couple turn to the bedroom to beat the recession and the makers of hit, Brit, grit movie Shank find their funny bone in this breezy sex comedy. Aaron has been hiding from...

From the prolific team behind recent gay movies Shank, Release and Buffering comes this simple but all-too-common story of a teenager caught up in the euphoria and excitement of first sex who, inhibitions lowered, doesn’t realise the consequences...

Since its release in 2009 Shank has gone on to become the most successful independently produced gay movie from the UK and a real favourite with audiences. In fact the original film, about a sexually confused gay teen trying to escape his violent gang,...

clockwise from top-left: Darren on set; Christian directing; Jack and Martin's first kiss; and bathtime for Simon Pierce (Danny) Undoubtedly one of the hit gay movies – both at festivals and with wider audiences – of last year was Shank, an...

Now that scally lads have become a gay porn niche and young hoodie gangs are always making headlines, it seems a group of filmmakers have decided to mix the two together and make a gang culture movie with a gay twist – in fact, the homo stuff in...