Vintage gay clips

Lumber Jack! Their budding relationship is sweet, but Hank also sees a handful of other attractive guys in the city — a messenger (Jamal Jones), a cyclist (Alexis Knight), among others — and has encounters with them. The last, and perhaps weakest vignette, “Roles,” features a jazzy score as two guys in New York (Tom Peterson and Romain again) couple up and also switch roles.

The series is worthwhile for showcasting these films that may seem quaint today, but are still plenty sexy.

The film features hot guys having copious and continuous hot sex as Philippe achieves five orgasms.

“The Night Before” (October 22 at 4:45 pm) is a really charming film about Hank (Coke Hennessy), a young man who meets Paul (Michael Kade), a photographer, in the park and ends up spending the day and night with him. As Larry awaits Richard’s release, he reflects on their relationship.

A fugue sequence involving a sailor, a cowboy, and a construction worker is also a highlight. All the work I do is generally self-funded. But he also includes tender, romantic moments, as when Larry recalls seeing Richard at a Halloween party or being in Richard’s arms at San Francisco’s Lands End.

“American Cream” (October 25 at 9:15 pm) is a satiric tryptic.

Another segment features two shaggy friends, one with a nice lithe body, engaging in a quick fuck. Heading home, Parker falls asleep dreaming of Dawson, and imaging erotic encounters at Mac’s Bath House, his only clue to this mysterious man’s possible whereabouts. Early gay porn magazine 1967-1974 

Sales tax notice in a San Francisco mail order ad in the magazine lists it at 5%.

Director Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. films the explicit scenes in “Forbidden Letters” artfully — one arresting sequence has Larry and Richard naked and masturbating on opposite sides of a jail cell wall. Bring your buddy.

Seven other all-male adult films from the “golden age” will screen during the run of “Ask Any Buddy.”

One highlight is a 2K restoration of “That Boy” by Peter Berlin (October 20 at 9:15 and October 25 at 7:00).

“Turned On!” features plenty of slow-motion “money shots,” and it ends with a clever punchline.

The hourlong “10:30 P.M. Monday” (October 23 at 9:15 p.m.) has Bob (Jeff Sattler) receiving an anonymous letter indicating the title day and time. Put it on M-Disc or laser engraved quartz. “That Boy” will certainly satisfy folks keen to gawk at the eye-popping Berlin; the film opens with a scene of Helmut in a field, admiring himself in a mirror and then masturbating.

“Head Trip” (October 21 at 9:15 pm) is the sole French entry in the series.

As a Rolls picks him up and takes him to a house, which is a kind of S&M club, Bob wanders nude from the bar to the toilet to the bath to an orgy room and eventually a “beach.” Each hypnotic episode features various men having — or offering — sex.

Anthology Film Archives is showcasing a program of vintage all-male adult films October 20-25.

Scenes depict trysts at the piers and in bathrooms, bathhouses, and porno theaters, as well as cruising on the streets and subways, and footage from Pride parades.

There is no narrative nor are there credits (save an alphabetical list of titles at the end that identify the clips). There is nude dancing — and an arrest for that same activity — as well as a drag performance and more, so there something for everyone.

But Helmut is only really interested in a blind boy (Arron Black) with whom he feels he can share a deep friendship. “10:30 P.M. Monday” is a stylishly filmed fantasia.

In “Forbidden Letters,” (October 24 at 9:15 pm) Larry (Robert Adams) is a young man in San Francisco whose older lover, Richard (Richard Locke), is serving jail time for assault and robbery.