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The Cinesexuals
This groundbreaking queer film was made for $8,000 at U of T when being gay was illegal. Sixty years later, it’s having a revival
David Secter's influential "Winter Kept Us Warm" screens Sept. 29 at the Paradise Theatre.
Pee-Wee’s Gay House
Pee-Wee’s queerness is looked upon kindly, and played with openly. It’s lovely in a vacuum, and uncomfortable when paired in stark contrast to Reubens’ lived reality.
Desperate Housewives star Tuc Watkins: 'Agents said don't take gay roles'
Actor Tuc Watkins on his new role in indie film Exit Interviews, how gay roles have changed, and his romance with Andrew Rannells.
Finding a definition for queer cinema
Todd Haynes’ Carol is being celebrated as a queer classic, but what does the term “queer cinema” mean today?
First Love, Queer Cinema, and the Art of Collaboration
In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, GG Hawkins sits down with Carmen Emmi (director, writer) and Erik Vogt-Nilsen (editor) of Plainclothes, a striking debut feature that blends the aching vulnerability of first love with the sharp tension of queer identity under surveillance.
‘Sabar Bonda’ review – A loving tribute to gay life in India
A quiet yet powerful look at gay life, endurance, and social barriers in rural India, Sabar Bonda breaks a fresh new ground for queer cinema in India.
20 queer movie classics you need to see – part 2
From Cabaret to Touki Bouki, here are 10 more great films that deal with queer themes.
20 queer movie classics you need to see – part 1
Inspired by Todd Haynes’ Carol, explore our potted history of great films that depict gay lives on screen.
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Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
“The Compatriots” is an affable comedy, written and directed by Spencer Cohen, about a serious subject. Closeted high school student Javi (Rafael Silva) is
40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see
In the fall of 1985, two pioneering films offered radically different portrayals of AIDS – one intimate and confrontational, the other more cautious and network-friendly.
Pee-wee and Me: Why a Gay Man Felt at Home Watching 'Pee-wee's Playhouse'
Paul Reubens, subject of a new HBO documentary, 'Pee-wee as Himself', was in the closet — but his famous character wasn't. Why a gay man felt at home watching Reubens' '80s TV show, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse'.
Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection - Collection - Harvard Film Archive
Gay Torrents Live Free! - Details for Royal road, The (2015)
Gay Torrents Live Free !
Queering Nostalgia | Film Quarterly | University of California Press
On the tenth anniversary of experimental queer durational film The Royal Road, director and celebrated queer film curator Jenni Olson chats with Eliot Dunn about the film’s reimagination of nostalgia, the importance of embracing our vulnerability, and the state of queer filmmaking.
My Beautiful Laundrette review – landmark critique of Thatcher’s Britain with a larky Ealing air
Rerelease of funny-sad tale of a laundry madeover by a young south Asian man and his love interest (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a unique subversion of 1980s UK politics
‘It was a buddy movie – and then they kissed’: Stephen Frears and Hanif Kureishi on My Beautiful Laundrette at 40
We meet the director and writer of the classic gay romance for tea, cake and bubbles to talk about the movie that changed cinema – and the lives of everyone involved
Frears detected the echo of an even older star. “I remember him standing by the lamppost under the bridge in the scene where he and Omar meet again, and I thought: ‘Ah, I see. You want to play it like Marlene Dietrich.’”
The 11 Best LGBTQ+ Movies to Stream While Stoned
From ‘Smiley Face’ to ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,’ get high and hazy with a queer classic.
Gay Torrents Live Free! - Details for The Best of Boys In Love (2000)
Gay Torrents Live Free !
Gay Torrents Live Free!
Gay Torrents Live Free !
From ‘90s indies to short-lived sitcoms: Gays reveal the most underrated queer movies & shows
When we asked Queerty readers to submit their most underrated gay movies and TV shows, they understood the assignment!
A Man of the Movies: Elliott Stein, 1928-2012 – Gay City News
Elliott Stein in 1976. | PHOTOFEST PHOTO ARCHIVE/ COURTESY BAM
Silence is a Falling Body
How This Bold Malayalam Film Challenged a Conservative Society’s Views on Being Gay
This Malayalam film isn't loud, but it's unforgettable. Directed by Jeo Baby and starring Mammootty, Kaathal – The Core reveals the pain of suppressed LGBTQI+ identity in a conservative society. It challenges viewers to reconsider what love and cruelty can mean.
‘God chose you, Jair Bolsonaro!’ Is Brazil now in the grip of evangelicals?
From TV soaps to the supreme court to the top job, Christian fundamentalists are on a power-grab in the country. We meet the director of Apocalypse in the Tropics, a new film charting their rise
“Wow, This Is So Gay”: An Oral History of ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’
Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, director Jamie Babbit, and dozens more remember making the seminal queer rom-com, 25 years after its release.
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Ranking the 15 best lesbian and sapphic coming-of-age movies ever
These movies highlight that being a teenage lesbian can be a wonderful and confusing experience.
Before ‘Brokeback Mountain’, ‘My Own Private Idaho’ paved the way for today’s mainstream queer cinema
Tucked away in the history of queer cinema, Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix drove across America so that, 14 years later, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal could leap into history-making double Oscar noms for their portrayals of two closeted ranchers’ decades-long affair.