What makes a boy want to sell his body? Cui Zi′en, the doyen of Queer Chinese Cinema, here turns away from relatively high-flown queer theory towards street-level realities. But it′s not entirety a theory-free zone: the main protagonist, a nice boy from a happy, middle-class home, has this idea that men, like women, have a duty to fulfil their destiny as mammals by ′feeding′ others. Feeding Boys, Ayaya is a response to the recent proliferation of rent-boys in Beijing. As usual in Cui′s films there are several strands of storyline. Attention centres on the boy who opts for a life of rent, to the bewilderment of his parents and the exasperation of his hetero elder brother; others who pop up Include an ex-rent-boy who has left the field of play and a kid who has difficult questions for an evangelical Christian. Early In the film, a rent-boy from Beijing′s celebrated Queer Fish Bar spells out the pros and cons of the job. The advantages: money comes in, you have freedom and you fool around as much you like. The disadvantages: your health suffers, you waste a lot of condoms and KY, and you rarely get a good night′s sleep. Funny, provoking and seriously informative. (Tony Rayns)