Ira Sachs’ “Keep the Lights On” starts with a credit montage of bad paintings. The fact that they’re all homoerotic in content has nothing to do with their quality, which is amateurish.

His protagonist, Erik (Thure Lindhardt), is first seen cruising gay-sex phone chatlines looking for company. He finds it, has sex and then goes about his business. But he’s a regular on the phone, describing himself to prospective partners as masculine and well-built (he’s actually a little soft-looking, though not overweight). (More…)