Circus of Books

Circus of Books traces the 30-year life of a hardcore gay pornographic book store and movie distributorship run by an unlikely duo. The owners are a middle-class Jewish couple raising three children, none of whom had a clue what their parents did for a living. The daughter, Rachel Mason, directs the film, which also investigates the irony in her older brother's coming out as a gay man, a development the dad supports but which forced the more religious mom to question her inability to accept. How she ultimately came to embrace her son and help other parents do the same is the touching secondary story of this uplifting if somewhat graphic and sexually-candid movie. Expect to see walls covered with magazines and DVD covers depicting erect penises and male couples looking aroused. Language includes "s--t," "c--k rings," "rod," "penetration," "d--ks," "t-ts," "bang," "ass," "anal lube," "bitch," "well-hung," "rimming," "blowjob," and "suck."