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Blue Film

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Fetish camboy Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client (Reed Birney), and discovers a disturbing tie to his past.

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Eli Friedberg Slant Magazine 4d
3/4
On the whole, Blue Film’s raw, skin-crawling interrogations of aberrant sexuality and trauma ring fearless and true. Go to Full Review
Jourdain Searles The Hollywood Reporter Nov 12
Blue Film provokes and captivates in equal measure, with the naked honesty of a black box off-off-Broadway play. Go to Full Review
Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire Oct 15
B+
Blue Film leaves you feeling a little bit ill, and very uneasy about how you’re supposed to feel. But when most films either wouldn’t dare go here at all, or would tell you how to feel about the material, that’s rare and welcome. Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett The Queer Gaze (Podcast) 58m
4.5/5
Moore and Birney are exceptional in Tuttle's dissection of sex, sexual assault, repression, and internalized homophobia. Challenging, controversial, and confronting, this two-hander won't be for everyone, but it is one of the best of the year Go to Full Review
James Kleinmann The Queer Review 16h
4/5
Writer-director Elliot Tuttle’s provocative feature debut Blue Film announces the filmmaker as a bold new voice in queer cinema...An intense and intoxicating chamber piece fueled by impeccable acting and a taut, unpredictable screenplay. Go to Full Review
Samantha Allen them. 18h
Social problems do not disappear because they are ignored, and although it is not Tuttle’s mission to deliver a lesson, the mere existence of the movie is one: We need to talk more, not less, about what ails us. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis Fetish camboy Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client (Reed Birney), and discovers a disturbing tie to his past.
Director
Elliot Tuttle
Producer
Adam Kersh, Will Youmans, Bijan Kazerooni, Waylon Sall
Screenwriter
Elliot Tuttle
Distributor
Obscured Releasing
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 8, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m