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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
Robert De Niro Honors His Late Father in New Documentary
Robert De Niro Honors His Late Father in New Documentary
Robert De Niro never talks about his private life. But the Oscar winner, 70, is revealing intimate details about his late father, who was a gay artist.
His father's journals detail when he realized he was gay.
·abcnews.go.com·
Robert De Niro Honors His Late Father in New Documentary
7 Pioneering LGBTQ Publications Whose Critics Offer A Rare Insight into Queer Cinematic History
7 Pioneering LGBTQ Publications Whose Critics Offer A Rare Insight into Queer Cinematic History
LGBTQ publications have been grappling with representation in Hollywood for decades: read some of the most insightful reviews of LGBTQ cinema's most seminal movies.
LGBTQ publications have been grappling with representation in Hollywood for decades: read some of the most insightful reviews of LGBTQ cinema's most seminal movies.
·editorial.rottentomatoes.com·
7 Pioneering LGBTQ Publications Whose Critics Offer A Rare Insight into Queer Cinematic History
Hollywood Reporter Film Critics: 10 Great Overlooked LGBTQ Movies
Hollywood Reporter Film Critics: 10 Great Overlooked LGBTQ Movies
Pride 2020 is a good time to seek out these underappreciated gems of the queer canon — from the sensual to the sinister, proud affirmations to affecting identity struggles.
To mark Pride 2020, The Hollywood Reporter‘s film critics chose 10 standout LGBTQ-themed movies that have largely fallen through the cracks and seem ripe for wider discovery.
·hollywoodreporter.com·
Hollywood Reporter Film Critics: 10 Great Overlooked LGBTQ Movies
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room
Writer-director Samuel Van Grinsven’s seductive, visually striking debut feature, Sequin in a Blue is the compelling story of Sequin (Conor Leach) a gay teenager exploring his burgeoning sexuality …
Writer-director Samuel Van Grinsven’s seductive, visually striking debut feature, Sequin in a Blue is the compelling story of Sequin (Conor Leach) a gay teenager exploring his burgeoning sexuality in the digital age, who is obsessed with an anonymous hookup app and the no-strings encounters he arranges through it.
·thequeerreview.com·
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on his seductive queer coming-of-age tale Sequin in a Blue Room
Discover the Hottest Gay Sex Scenes in Movies of the 2010s
Discover the Hottest Gay Sex Scenes in Movies of the 2010s
Filmed depictions of judgment-free gay-male sex are still rare. This list celebrates a few good examples of hot sex between men shot without apology.
Filmed depictions of judgment-free gay-male sex are still rare. This list celebrates a few good examples of hot sex between men shot without apology.
·thecinesexual.com·
Discover the Hottest Gay Sex Scenes in Movies of the 2010s
The Real Events That Inspired Taiwan’s Highest-Grossing LGBTQ Film
The Real Events That Inspired Taiwan’s Highest-Grossing LGBTQ Film
'This is about my first love, and my first love happened to be a story of a boy liking another boy,' Director Patrick Liu says
Of the few dozen LGBTQ films in the history of Taiwanese cinema, Liu’s has been the most successful at the box office—Your Name Engraved Herein, which premieres globally on Netflix Dec. 23, is Taiwan’s highest-grossing LGBTQ-themed movie of all time. Earlier in December, the movie surpassed NT$100M (around US$3.5M) and is one of only two domestic films to reach this marker in 2020.
·time.com·
The Real Events That Inspired Taiwan’s Highest-Grossing LGBTQ Film
Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star
Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star
From heartthrob to icon of edginess, the actor had an extraordinary career. On the centenary of his birth, Sophie Monks Kaufman wonders if we will see so daring a leading man again.
From heartthrob to icon of edginess, the actor had an extraordinary career. On the centenary of his birth, Sophie Monks Kaufman wonders if we will see so daring a leading man again.
·bbc.com·
Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star
Dirk Bogarde: Denial and daring...a star with a secret never told
Dirk Bogarde: Denial and daring...a star with a secret never told
David Benedict on an actor, soon to be celebrated at the BFI, who let his choice of roles do the talking
Hot Hollywood agent Diane is in crisis: her cute movie star client Mitchell is on the rise, on magazine covers and, to her horror, on the brink of coming out. It's time for straight-talking. "Are you British? Do you have a knighthood? If not, shut up!"
·independent.co.uk·
Dirk Bogarde: Denial and daring...a star with a secret never told
‘You knew, of course, he was a homosexual’: Dirk Bogarde in Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961) – Senses of Cinema
‘You knew, of course, he was a homosexual’: Dirk Bogarde in Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961) – Senses of Cinema
Basil Dearden’s 1961 film, Victim, represents a significant moment in British film history. Released into a world where sex between adult men in the United Kingdom was a heavily policed crime, it is the first British film to use the word homosexual inside a narrative that thoughtfully and unsensationally captures the cumulative daily stresses and deadly effects of the law.
·sensesofcinema.com·
‘You knew, of course, he was a homosexual’: Dirk Bogarde in Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961) – Senses of Cinema
The Fires of Groundbreaking Queer Artist David Wojnarowicz
The Fires of Groundbreaking Queer Artist David Wojnarowicz
Lest you assume you’d be signing up for a stuffy art history lesson or, even worse, a “wholesome” family-viewing experience by turning on a documentary about militantly queer multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz, a new documentary about his life and work lays it all out there in its title: Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot…
Lest you assume you’d be signing up for a stuffy art history lesson or, even worse, a “wholesome” family-viewing experience by turning on a documentary about militantly queer multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz, a new documentary about his life and work lays it all out there in its title: Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker.
·jezebel.com·
The Fires of Groundbreaking Queer Artist David Wojnarowicz
Cheryl Dunye: Bringing Queer Blackness to the Forefront
Cheryl Dunye: Bringing Queer Blackness to the Forefront
Through her ‘mockumentary’ styled films, Cheryl Dunye gave insight into the way Black lesbians construct the world around themselves.
Through her 'mockumentary' styled films, Cheryl Dunye gave insight into the way Black lesbians construct the world around themselves.
·filmdaze.net·
Cheryl Dunye: Bringing Queer Blackness to the Forefront
Boy Erased: Progressive Queer Representation? It's a Negotiation. - Incluvie
Boy Erased: Progressive Queer Representation? It's a Negotiation. - Incluvie
Joel Edgerton’s 2018 film Boy Erased highlights the abuse faced by many LGBTQ+ Americans forced to attend gay conversion therapy. Boy Erased tells the true-life story of Arkansas young adult, Garrad Conley and his experience of living life as a gay man in the Christian church.
·incluvie.com·
Boy Erased: Progressive Queer Representation? It's a Negotiation. - Incluvie
Acts of Defiance [SAVAGE NIGHTS] | Jonathan Rosenbaum
Acts of Defiance [SAVAGE NIGHTS] | Jonathan Rosenbaum
A related quandary presents itself with Savage Nights (an adequate though incomplete translation of the original French title, Les nuits fauves), written by, partially scored by, directed by, and starring a bisexual musician/composer/filmmaker who died of AIDS a little more than a year ago. Because it deals semiautobiographically with the reckless life-style of the filmmaker, Cyril Collard, presumably before as well as after he learned he was HIV-positive, it is not a movie that can be approached from any neutral corner.
The relation of life to art was undoubtedly even more melodramatic for a French audience because Collard, who was one of the first public figures in France to openly acknowledge being HIV-positive, was still alive when his film opened in France. In fact, he died only three days before Savage Nights swept the annual Cesar awards (the French equivalent of the Oscars), winning prizes for best film, best first film, best editing, and best new actress (Romane Bohringer), and it seems likely that given the circumstances under which they were awarded, the prizes had some political import.
·jonathanrosenbaum.net·
Acts of Defiance [SAVAGE NIGHTS] | Jonathan Rosenbaum
Snapshots of Gay Culture and History in Pornography
Snapshots of Gay Culture and History in Pornography
Elizabeth Purchell’s collage film Ask Any Buddy stitches together 100 adult films from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, illuminating aspects of everyday life amid the sex.
Elizabeth Purchell’s collage film Ask Any Buddy stitches together 100 adult films from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, illuminating aspects of everyday life amid the sex.
·hyperallergic.com·
Snapshots of Gay Culture and History in Pornography
The Obsession With the Big Penis From Netflix's "Sex/Life" Isn't Just About Size
The Obsession With the Big Penis From Netflix's "Sex/Life" Isn't Just About Size
People have a lot of questions about the big penis, but like many penises before it, this one isn't all about size
People have a lot of questions about the big penis, but like many penises before it, this one isn't all about size
·insidehook.com·
The Obsession With the Big Penis From Netflix's "Sex/Life" Isn't Just About Size
‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’
‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’
Björn Andrésen was the striking child star of the classic film, the perfect embodiment of youthful beauty. Fifty years on, he is still haunted by the exploitation that continued long after filming
Björn Andrésen was the striking child star of the classic film, the perfect embodiment of youthful beauty. Fifty years on, he is still haunted by the exploitation that continued long after filming
·theguardian.com·
‘Death in Venice screwed up my life’ – the tragic story of Visconti’s ‘beautiful boy’
Notebook Primer: Queer Korean Cinema
Notebook Primer: Queer Korean Cinema
An introduction to the history of queer films from Korea, their development, where and how these films have been screened and more.
An introduction to the history of queer films from Korea, their development, where and how these films have been screened and more.
·mubi.com·
Notebook Primer: Queer Korean Cinema
'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them
'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them
Netflix's animated series about a queer spy-team is full of in-jokes and knowing references (and stereotypes) but it does surprisingly nuanced work developing the group's interpersonal relationships.
Q-Force is nicer than Archer. By "nicer" I mean exactly what you think I mean: It's warmer, kinder, more interested in showing how much its characters care about, and look out for, one another. If that surprises you, you're not alone. Come sit here by me.
·npr.org·
'Q-Force' Trafficks In Queer Stereotypes — Then Drives Through Them
Queer Silents: Different from the Others, Michael, and Sex in Chains on DVD - Bright Lights Film Journal
Queer Silents: Different from the Others, Michael, and Sex in Chains on DVD - Bright Lights Film Journal
Kino's unusual series spotlights German silent gay-themed cinema
Kino on Video, with Filmmuseum Müenchen, has done the right thing for film history in issuing three DVDs billed as “Gay-Themed Films of the German Silent Era.” They vary in artistry, but as documents of society and its values, their value is immeasurable. Richard Oswald’s Different from the Others (1919) may be the oldest “gay movie” of feature length in existence. Carl Theodor Dreyer‘s Michael (1924) offers a look at a rare silent work of one of the cinema’s leading directors. And William Dieterle’s Sex in Chains (1928) has a candid story of prison love, a subject that would be taboo for years to come.
·brightlightsfilm.com·
Queer Silents: Different from the Others, Michael, and Sex in Chains on DVD - Bright Lights Film Journal