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Forbidden Letters and Passing Strangers: The Adult Film Romances of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Forbidden Letters and Passing Strangers: The Adult Film Romances of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
In 1977, Arthur J. Bressan Jr. was promoting his landmark documentary Gay USA (1977) on the gay-centered New York City television program Emerald City TV at the height of gay liberation. He dressed…
The host of the program asked him with the success of this documentary, what he planned on doing next, Bressan answered, “I want to make a feature-length gay narrative story about two men who are in love for commercial distribution. I would say a gay breakthrough film that straight people can go see and gay people can see.”
·thequeerreview.com·
Forbidden Letters and Passing Strangers: The Adult Film Romances of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Why So Many Disney Villains Sound 'Gay'
Why So Many Disney Villains Sound 'Gay'
The new documentary ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ explores the surprising number of mincing, sibilant animated villains with a penchant for extravagant hats.
·vice.com·
Why So Many Disney Villains Sound 'Gay'
12 Vintage Gay Adult Films Everyone Should See -- Metro Weekly
12 Vintage Gay Adult Films Everyone Should See -- Metro Weekly
Charting an odyssey of classic gay erotica, from Arthur J. Bressan Jr.'s "Passing Strangers" to Wakefield Poole's "Boys in the Sand."
Charting an odyssey of classic gay erotica, from Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.'s "Passing Strangers" to Wakefield Poole's "Boys in the Sand"
·metroweekly.com·
12 Vintage Gay Adult Films Everyone Should See -- Metro Weekly
Review: Netflix’s The Boys in the Band Plays an Ugly, Empty Tune
Review: Netflix’s The Boys in the Band Plays an Ugly, Empty Tune
A filmed version of the 2018 Broadway revival is just as bad on screen as it was on stage—maybe worse.
A filmed version of the 2018 Broadway revival is just as bad on screen as it was on stage—maybe worse.
·vanityfair.com·
Review: Netflix’s The Boys in the Band Plays an Ugly, Empty Tune
Were Cary Grant and Randolph Scott Really Lovers?
Were Cary Grant and Randolph Scott Really Lovers?
Many have speculated about this relationship. A new book about Grant looks at the evidence.
We Can’t Afford a Hollywood Marriage!” was the headline in the October 1933 issue of Hollywood magazine and, beneath it, Cary Grant and Randolph Scott were pictured whistling as they did the dishes together at the kitchen sink and singing happily at the piano in their living room.
·vulture.com·
Were Cary Grant and Randolph Scott Really Lovers?
Paul Lynde Gave the Gays What They Needed on ‘Bewitched’ 55 Years Ago
Paul Lynde Gave the Gays What They Needed on ‘Bewitched’ 55 Years Ago
Uncle Arthur showed that being gay could be a scary good time.
As far as I’m concerned, Paul Lynde is the patron saint of Halloween. His campy, mischievous, subtly sinister style is exactly the vibe I want all October long—and it doesn’t hurt that he gave us the greatest Halloween special ever.
·decider.com·
Paul Lynde Gave the Gays What They Needed on ‘Bewitched’ 55 Years Ago
Summer of 85, a Sensual New Film About Two Young Men Falling in Love
Summer of 85, a Sensual New Film About Two Young Men Falling in Love
“My goal was to make a film for the teenager I was,” says director François Ozon of his new picture Summer of 85, a love story based on Aidan Chambers’ 1982 novel Dance on My Grave
“My goal was to make a film for the teenager I was,” says director François Ozon of his new picture Summer of 85, a love story based on Aidan Chambers’ 1982 novel Dance on My Grave
·anothermag.com·
Summer of 85, a Sensual New Film About Two Young Men Falling in Love
Pushed to the Edge by “Beau Travail”
Pushed to the Edge by “Beau Travail”
Our most potent aesthetic experiences are sometimes those for which we are least prepared.
Claire Denis’s film “Beau Travail,” a luminous tale of desire and despair in the French Foreign Legion, had an uncanny effect on me when I first watched it some years after its release, in 1999.
·newyorker.com·
Pushed to the Edge by “Beau Travail”
Death in Venice: Ruinous Infatuation
Death in Venice: Ruinous Infatuation
A master at adapting literary classics for the screen, Luchino Visconti made a bold choice in emphasizing the homoerotic undertones in Thomas Mann’s novella.
·criterion.com·
Death in Venice: Ruinous Infatuation
I spoke to 100 LGBTQ+ Afghans fearing for their lives. This is what I learned
I spoke to 100 LGBTQ+ Afghans fearing for their lives. This is what I learned
Gay Under the Taliban tells the stories of LGBTQ people in Afghanistan fearing for their lives under Taliban rule.
Filmmaker Dan Hall accidentally found himself in contact with more than a hundred queer people in Afghanistan living under Taliban rule. He shares some of their stories in a powerful new film.
·pinknews.co.uk·
I spoke to 100 LGBTQ+ Afghans fearing for their lives. This is what I learned
9 movies that got their LGBTQ representation completely wrong
9 movies that got their LGBTQ representation completely wrong
Films like "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" and "Boat Trip" present LGBTQ people as crude stereotypes, and the butt of the joke.
A lot of films feature LGBTQ themes and characters, but for every "Call Me By Your Name" and "Brokeback Mountain," there is a movie like "Boat Trip."
·insider.com·
9 movies that got their LGBTQ representation completely wrong
11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness
11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness
Sometimes, gay and queer people need movies with more positive messages to act as a light in darker times.
While there are some excellently-made LGBTQ movies, not all of them are the sort of uplifting films that queer people need when we're struggling with our sexuality or gayness.
·insider.com·
11 LGBTQ movies to watch if you're struggling with your sexuality or queerness
Director Lee Daniels said he couldn't watch 'Brokeback Mountain' for 15 years because he didn't think Ang Lee would do it justice
Director Lee Daniels said he couldn't watch 'Brokeback Mountain' for 15 years because he didn't think Ang Lee would do it justice
Daniels was originally slated to direct the romantic drama, but told Insider he lost the rights as "nobody wanted to make the movie."
"Empire" creator Lee Daniels told Insider that he was the original director of "Brokeback Mountain," but couldn't get the film made as "nobody wanted to see the movie."
·insider.com·
Director Lee Daniels said he couldn't watch 'Brokeback Mountain' for 15 years because he didn't think Ang Lee would do it justice
Film review: The Day Began Yesterday - THE CINESEXUAL
Film review: The Day Began Yesterday - THE CINESEXUAL
Any movie from Mexican auteur Julián Hernández should be met with celebration and gratitude. But The Day Began Yesterday is exceptionally good.
·thecinesexual.com·
Film review: The Day Began Yesterday - THE CINESEXUAL
Queer directors say 'Brokeback Mountain' is still the 'quintessential LGBT movie' 15 years on, but it will soon lose its crown
Queer directors say 'Brokeback Mountain' is still the 'quintessential LGBT movie' 15 years on, but it will soon lose its crown
Insider spoke to several filmmakers about why Ang Lee's movie is still so important, including queer directors Craig Johnson and Daniel Ribeiro.
"Brokeback Mountain" is revered as the quintessential queer movie, and is many people's go-to film when asked about their favourite LGBT movies.
·insider.com·
Queer directors say 'Brokeback Mountain' is still the 'quintessential LGBT movie' 15 years on, but it will soon lose its crown
Uncle Frank smothers a great performance with lazy condescension
Uncle Frank smothers a great performance with lazy condescension
There are two movies wrestling for control of this road-trip drama from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. One of them strangles the other—and smothers a great Paul Bettany performance.
There are two movies at war with each other inside Uncle Frank.
·avclub.com·
Uncle Frank smothers a great performance with lazy condescension
Uncle Frank review – top form Paul Bettany lifts phony Alan Ball drama
Uncle Frank review – top form Paul Bettany lifts phony Alan Ball drama
A heartfelt performance from the British actor elevates an otherwise trite and frustrating story about an alcoholic gay professor in the 1970s
A heartfelt performance from the British actor elevates an otherwise trite and frustrating story about an alcoholic gay professor in the 1970s
·theguardian.com·
Uncle Frank review – top form Paul Bettany lifts phony Alan Ball drama
Is Queer Cinema Still Too Straight?
Is Queer Cinema Still Too Straight?
With the release of a quartet of LGBT-centred films, from 'Ammonite' to 'Supernova', queer filmmaking hits a purple patch. But there's still something missing
With the release of a quartet of LGBT-centred films, from Ammonite to Supernova, queer filmmaking hits a purple patch. But there's still something missing
·esquire.com·
Is Queer Cinema Still Too Straight?
Radical filmmaker Charles Atlas on Leigh Bowery, porn, and performance - Interview Magazine
Radical filmmaker Charles Atlas on Leigh Bowery, porn, and performance - Interview Magazine
The master and inventor of the media dance genre is nowhere near done exploring the dizzy interconnections of our media-saturated social landscape.
In this time of posting and tagging and filtering, the idea of filming live dance, filming life itself as dance, and choreographing and documenting various segments of the cultural underground, all seem like a vital part of artistic production. But back in the early ’70s, Charles Atlas pioneered an entirely new film practice by using the language and movement of contemporary dance and performance.
·interviewmagazine.com·
Radical filmmaker Charles Atlas on Leigh Bowery, porn, and performance - Interview Magazine
'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema
'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema
From Gus Van Sant to Maryam Keshavarz, Terence Davies to Andrew Haigh, film-makers and writers recall the charged scenes that moved and inspired them – and even helped nudge them out of the closet
From Gus Van Sant to Maryam Keshavarz, Terence Davies to Andrew Haigh, film-makers and writers recall the charged scenes that moved and inspired them – and even helped nudge them out of the closet
·theguardian.com·
'Two boys snogging was revolutionary': the greatest gay moments in cinema
SQIFF | Jacob Engelberg: Bisexual* Representation and Cinema’s Sexual Paradigms
SQIFF | Jacob Engelberg: Bisexual* Representation and Cinema’s Sexual Paradigms
“Do you prefer shagging men or women?”, Hedi asks Iva as they both lie on her floor mattress, Hedi smoking, Iva on her front clutching the sheets beneath her. “It’s all the same,” responds Iva. Then, after a pause, “when love strikes.”
·sqiff.org·
SQIFF | Jacob Engelberg: Bisexual* Representation and Cinema’s Sexual Paradigms
Why Leslie Cheung’s rise and fall matched Hong Kong’s
Why Leslie Cheung’s rise and fall matched Hong Kong’s
The King of Canto-pop’s suicide shook the city to its core: the singer and actor seemed to represent the best of ‘old Hong Kong’, and when he died, the pop culture he represented lost its spark forever
The star of A Better Tomorrow and Days of Being Wild rose to prominence alongside Anita Mui, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau in the golden age of Canto-pop His role in Farewell My Concubine changed the West’s view of Chinese-language cinema and remains one of three Hong Kong films to ever be nominated for an Oscar
·scmp.com·
Why Leslie Cheung’s rise and fall matched Hong Kong’s
James Dean and Paul Newman flirt during East of Eden screen test
James Dean and Paul Newman flirt during East of Eden screen test
James Dean and Paul Newman flirt during their 1954 screen test for Elia Kazan's East of Eden. Rumor has it Eartha Kitt had a threesome with the handsome acto...
Rumor has it Eartha Kitt had a threesome with the handsome actors. She once said: “That time back in my dance studio ranks as one of the most celestial experiences of my life. Those two beauties transported me to heaven. I never knew that lovemaking could be so beautiful.”
·youtube.com·
James Dean and Paul Newman flirt during East of Eden screen test
Sundance 2021: Looking Back on New Queer Cinema with Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, and More
Sundance 2021: Looking Back on New Queer Cinema with Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, and More
This afternoon at Sundance, I took a break from binging movies to watch a panel straight out of my queer film nerd dreams.
This afternoon at Sundance, I took a break from binging movies to watch a panel straight out of my queer film nerd dreams. If you’re familiar with New Queer Cinema and if names like Isaac Julien and Tom Kalin excite you as much as they excite me, then I’d say skip this summary and just watch the panel yourself. But if you don’t have an hour to spare or don’t know about this movement or these people, then read on! My enthusiasm is endless and I would love to share it with you.
·autostraddle.com·
Sundance 2021: Looking Back on New Queer Cinema with Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, and More
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux | The Big Conversation | 2021 Sundance Film Festival
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux | The Big Conversation | 2021 Sundance Film Festival
B. Ruby Rich and other LGBTQ+ titans gather 30 years after their original 1992 Festival talk to look back and imagine forward. Guests include B. Ruby Rich, A...
B. Ruby Rich and other LGBTQ+ titans gather 30 years after their original 1992 Festival talk to look back and imagine forward. Guests include B. Ruby Rich, Andrew Ahn, Gregg Araki, Lisa Cholodenko, Cheryl Dunye, Silas Howard, Isaac Julien, Tom Kalin, and Rose Troche.
·youtube.com·
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux | The Big Conversation | 2021 Sundance Film Festival