PRESS
REVIEWS
In Their Room shines a light on the honest thoughts, feelings, and sexual habits
of a new generation of gay men (both young and old) largely ignored by the
mainstream gay media. Focused, sexy, and very sweet, Mathews has created
the visual equivalent to a BUTT Magazine interview.
----Adam Baran, contributing editor BUTT MAGAZINE
In Their Room is a beautifully shot, deeply intimate, voyeuristically tantalizing,
view inside the minds, and bedrooms, of young gay men in San Francisco.
Travis Mathews has a kind and empathetic eye as a filmmaker, and he’s just
the kind of new voice we need to tell our stories.
----Ira Sachs, director of Married Life
What do guys do when they’re alone in their bedrooms? Travis Mathews
managed to find a way in. Behind closed doors with a series of young
urban gay guys, what he finds isn’t sensational or even surprising—they nap,
listen to music, talk about sex and jack off—but the overall atmosphere is
revealing and intimate just the same. Mathews’ camera lingers on the
fleeting detail, and his careful editing accumulates into portraits of male
vulnerability. When you’re done watching In Their Room, you feel a little bit lucky—
you’ve been shown something you wouldn’t have gotten to see otherwise.
----K.M. Soehnlein, author of The World of Normal Boys
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