Category: Queer Cinema
55th BFI Film Festival: ‘She-Monkeys’ a budding lesbian romance that extends into psychological thriller territory
She-Monkeys Director: Lisa Aschan Writers: Lisa Aschan, Josefine Adolfsson In Spartacus, Crassus and Antoninus coyly discuss sexual preferences in terms of snails and oysters. When it comes to Sapphic teen dramas centred on the world of sport, it might simply … [Read the Rest]
Inside Out 2011: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour Directed by Kerthy Fix 2010, USA, 72 mins. Who Took the Bomp? is as eclectic and hard to pin down as Le Tigre themselves, who have variously been described as electroclash, … [Read the Rest]
Inside Out 2011: The Real Anne Lister
The Real Anne Lister Directed by Matthew Hill 2010, UK, 60 mins. If Anne Lister finally becomes a lesbian icon, as she surely deserves to be, then two films will be responsible: last year’s The Secret Diary of Miss … [Read the Rest]
Inside Out 2011: ‘We Were Here’ – a snapshot of a time and place, and the people who were there
We Were Here Directed by David Weissman / Bill Weber (co-director) 2011, USA I have a bad habit of going into movies knowing what they’re going to be about and still come out surprised by how they affected me. Let … [Read the Rest]
Inside Out 2011: ‘Room In Rome’ – A long drawn out perfume commercial
Room In Rome Directed by Julio Medem Written by Katherine Fugate (dialogue advisor) / Julio Medem Spain , 2011 You know those perfume ads that feature beautiful people, dramatic music and languid shots of these beautiful people not really doing … [Read the Rest]
International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia: Some Influential Queer Films
To commemorate that yesterday, May 17th, was the International Day Against Homophobia, here’s a spotlight on some influential films in queer cinema (within the last decade or so and in no particular order) that gave way to more visibility and … [Read the Rest]
Be blown (but not necessarily away) by ‘Kaboom’
Kaboom Directed by Gregg Araki Written by Gregg Araki 2010, USA, France Kaboom should be worse than it is. Much worse. 18-year-old Smith (an adequately engaging Thomas Dekker) is a film major who might be “a three or a four … [Read the Rest]
‘Velvet Goldmine’ – A mishmash of ‘Citizen Kane’, Ziggy Stardust, Oscar Wilde and ‘The Wall’
Velvet Goldmine Directed by Todd Haynes Screenplay by James Lyons & Todd Haynes USA, 1998 A mishmash of Citizen Kane, Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie, Oscar Wilde and with a little bit of The Wall thrown in for good measure, Velvet … [Read the Rest]
‘A Marine Story’
A Marine Story Director: Ned Farr Written by Ned Far USA, 2010 Like Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss, A Marine Story casts a highly critical eye over the US Military’s treatment of its own personnel during the Iraq War. Peirce’s film was … [Read the Rest]
The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right Directed by Lisa Cholodenko Written by Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg 2010, USA It landed on many critics’ end-of-year top ten lists, and has been nominated for four Oscars. So now comes the inevitable question of … [Read the Rest]
The Latest Manifestations of the Plague of Gay Cinematic Mediocrity
Role/Play Directed by Rob Williams Written by Rob Williams 2010, USA BearCity Directed by Douglas Langway Written by Douglas Langway & Lawrence Ferber 2010, USA “Most gay men have the emotional maturity of adolescent girls,” states one character from writer-director … [Read the Rest]
“Kaboom” is not vintage Araki
There is a certain naiveté and odd charm to Araki’s films… Kaboom Directed by Gregg Araki Director Gregg Araki, once considered the angriest, most unconventional, and relentlessly intriguing voices in independent queer cinema, is back with Kaboom, a science-fiction cyber-thriller … [Read the Rest]
Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives undercuts its own fledgling commentary
“Luna’s sendup/homage of ’70s-exploitation movies just isn’t very good.” Ticked-off Trannies With Knives Directed by Israel Luna Ticked-off Trannies With Knives is the latest in the self-explanatory transploitation sub-genre. Described as a “campy homage to the exploitation films of the … [Read the Rest]
Brother to Brother
“There’s much to admire about Rodney Evans’ meditation on homosexuality and the Harlem Renaissance. If only Brother to Brother didn’t feel so much like homework.” Brother to Brother Directed by Rodney Evans So well-intentioned is writer-director Rodney Evans’ debut film … [Read the Rest]
8: The Mormon Proposition
8: The Mormon Proposition Dir. Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet If you are the type of person who watches documentaries like 8: The Mormon Proposition, then it is likely that you already have an opinion on the subject of homosexuality, Mormonism, … [Read the Rest]
