On June 26th of this year, a legal decision shook
the majority of the Western world when it was decided that same-sex marriage
would be made legally recognized for the entirety of the United States. In the
ensuing months, the debate for similar legislation here in Australia has
constantly being brought up and shot back down again with equal vigour. It
would eventually reach the point where, even without having officially solved
anything, the matter would fall away from the public eye like so many other “important”
issues of the past. Given how much of an impact this had on how the rest of the
year would shape up, I would be remiss if I didn’t bring up as we come to a
close on what was a particularly interesting and eventful year. As such, we
come to the last film in my list of releases that slipped by me the first time
through. This is Holding The Man.
