The original sci-fi horror mashup reunites the filmmaker with his Get Out star and Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya. ‘Nope’ EVERETT Acclaimed filmmaker Jordan Peele’s latest film, Nope, topped the domestic box-office in its opening with estimated $44 million from 3,785 theaters, according to Universal’s weekend estimates. While it’s certainly solid start, the sci-fi horror adventure […]
Beats Per Minute (BPM): Best LGBTQ Films of 21ST Century (Gay, French)
July 24, 2022 by
French Out director Robin Campillo’s moving chronicle of ACT UP in Paris circa 1990, BPM won six César Awards and the Grand Prix award at Cannes. The film offers up an intense, important look into the politics of ACT UP and the radical activism that was necessary to force government and industry into taking action on the […]
Weekend (2011): Best LGBTQ of 21st Century (Gay, British)
July 24, 2022 by
Weekend Weekend, Andrew Haigh’s 2011 film centers on the formation of a new gay couple. Russell (Tom Cullen) and Glen (Chris New) meet in a club, hook up, and then spend one weekend together. The British production is filled with passionate sex scenes. But even more revelatory are the conversations the men have with one […]
Favourite, The (2018): Best LGBTQ Films of 21st Century (Lesbian)
July 24, 2022 by
The Favourite: Seamless Blend of Historical Period, Camp, sexual Politics, and Real Politics The most accessible film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) is a wild, queer romp through the 18th-century court of the sickly, often childlike Queen Anne of England. It earned festival’s as well as critics’ […]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Best LGBTQ (French Lesbian)
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire “Do all lovers feel like they’re inventing something?” the betrothed Heloise whispers to Marianne, the young woman hired by her mother to paint her portrait as a promise of her marriage to a Milanese nobleman in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Marianne (Noemie Merlant) drinks in details of […]
