'Blue Film,' the taboo movie rejected from film festivals, wants you to sit in the discomfort

But during the Hays Code,” director Elliot Tuttle tells me, “it was used to mark up film cells for anything that might not ...

'Blue Film' exclusive clip: Watch the camboy get the cash

In this scene from the controversial queer film, Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) meets the masked man (Reed Birney) who offered him $50,000 for one night.

'Blue Film' is a disquieting sit for both characters and audience

Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore), the jacked, tattooed stud we meet in the kinky webcam routine that opens Elliot Tuttle's Blue Film is swaggering, flaunting his gym-honed body and humiliating his male ...
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“Blue Film” first look: How a radical camboy indie defied the odds, controversy, and rejection (exclusive)

Tue, March 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC There was a time when director Elliot Tuttle genuinely believed his upcoming work, Blue Film, would never make it to the screen. Conversations were had with multiple ...
IndieWire

The Controversial ‘Blue Film,’ Rejected by Mainstream Film Festivals, Is Picked Up by Obscured Releasing

Elliot Tuttle's film, billed by IndieWire as one of the most daring American films of recent vintage, will be released in May. The film has now been picked up by fledgling distributor Obscured ...
IndieWire

‘Blue Film’ Trailer: Daring American Indie About a Camboy and His Pedophile Teacher Aims to Move (and Shock) You

Elliot Tuttle's film was rejected by key festivals and ignored by distributors, but this startling chamber drama finally gets a release from a new shingle starting ...
Variety

‘Blue Film,’ Controversial Cam Boy Drama, Acquired by Obscured Releasing: ‘A Lot of People Were Scared’ (EXCLUSIVE)

“Blue Film,” a sexually charged drama about a fetish camboy who spends the night with an anonymous client, has been acquired by Obscured Releasing. The film received strong reviews, but was considered ...
FirstShowing.net

Provocative Indie 'Blue Film' Trailer with Kieron Moore & Reed Birney

"I want nothing else than to feel that desire again..." Obscured Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for an indie film titled Blue Film, a provocative LGBTQ tale of romantic drama from ...

Kieron Moore, Reed Birney praise ‘fearless' audiences coming to see ‘Blue Film'

Blue Film” is playing in more cities across the U.S. in the coming weeks. In New York, the movie expands to BAM starting this Friday, with additional showtimes at IFC Center.

A painful, provocative reunion demands your empathy in the daring ‘Blue Film’

Starring Tony-winner Reed Birney and 'Boots' star Kieron Moore, wrier-director Elliot Tuttle's sex-work drama explores subjects that rarely make it to screen.
The New York Times

‘Blue Film’ Review: The Sex Is Expensive. The Talk Is Priceless.

An older man pays a camboy $50,000 for a night that goes to difficult, existential places in this breakout feature from Elliot Tuttle. By Wesley Morris When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
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Gay camboy in the taboo Blue Film was inspired by director's fave adult stars

Director Elliot Tuttle drew on his own life experiences when creating the controversial movie.