LGBT themed movie and TV reviews by Mspacclown
Do you remember the first time you saw a happy gay film? Mine was 1978’s La Cage Aux Folles. You may have seen the remake (1996’s The Birdcage) or the musical… but have you seen the sequels? In honor of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The La Cage Aux Folles Trilogy
Doug, a popular upperclassman, takes Peter, a shy freshman, under his wing at the University of Toronto. Will they fall in love or is their romance only in Doug’s head? 22 year old director/co-writer David Secter kept things just ambiguous … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Winter Kept Us Warm (1965)
Querelle, a handsome sailor, visits a port town to explore his sexuality. There he commits a murder, betrays his friends and has lots of sex. Writer/Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was experimenting with style. The pornographic story is performed by deadpan … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Querelle (1982)
“For as long as I can remember I’ve hated myself” ~ Rocketman. American culture says encouraging things to abuse survivors. “It wasn’t your fault.” “You deserve love.” “You can be healthy and successful.” These things come with conditions. “You just … Continue reading Movie Review: Rocketman (2019)
It is extraordinary, in this over-permissive age, to believe that this modest film could ever have been considered courageous, daring or dangerous to make. It was, in its time, all three.” ~Dirk Bogarde, Actor, c 1988. When a gay man … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Victim (1961)
‘I would like a Romeo and Romeo story about simple young men, working-class young men’ ~ Anthony Blond, Publisher In 1964 London’s biker culture was still in vogue, kitchen sink drama was all the rage and 1957’s Wolfenden Report had recommended … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Leather Boys (1964)
A vapid rich couple acquires a handsome android servant. When the frustrated wife gets too friendly the yuppie husband gets jealous. How long till they push their new guest into HAL 9000 territory? Life Like succeeds as a campy erotic … Continue reading Movie Review: Life Like (2019)
Love that not even a war can destroy. A French peasant hides a wounded German soldier during World War II. They slowly fall in love. Philippe Vallois was directing Gay/Bi cinema in France well before it was mainstream. His tone … Continue reading LGBT Movies: We Were One Man (1979)
There’s an early scene in The White Crow where Rudolf Nureyev, the Russian ballet dancer, stares intently at his sleeping dorm mate. The man is naked with a sheet artfully arranged to show a hint of shapely buttock. The audience … Continue reading Movie Review: The White Crow (2019)
“Innocence is no excuse…” ~ Friends Forever Friends Forever (aka Venner for altid) is a Danish coming of age film about a shy straight teen who befriends a brash gay bully at his new school. The catch? It was released … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Friends Forever (1987)
“I am a boy. I just have to try a little harder.” ~ Druck This week David came out as trans on the German web series Druck. Their love interest, Matteo, was shocked though fans had seen it coming for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Trans Short Films
A lot of straight male reviewers look at Leaving Metropolis and have a real problem with it because they say there is no way that a straight man would ever fall in love with a gay man. But having been … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Seducing Straight Men
Robert Mapplethorpe was a groundbreaking photographer who rose to fame in the 1970’s and 80’s. When he was diagnosed with AIDS he increased his artistic output and his market value rose. He would achieve a new level of infamy after … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Mapplethorpe (2018)
Just because you are the first to be diagnosed doesn’t mean you started the epidemic. ~ Dr. Robert M. Grant, AIDS researcher at the University of California, San Francisco. An erotic musical romance about the media’s scapegoating of homosexuals during … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Zero Patience (1993)
“People came for the queer and stayed for the folk.” ~ Peter Paige Say you’re writing a pilot episode for a show about a group of LGBT+ friends. Where is it set? How diverse is your cast? How many principal … Continue reading LGBT Media: Television Protagonists
I’ve always been uncomfortable with the rigid boundaries and very narrow definitions of what it means to be a man, and where sexuality can be experienced and expressed. ~ Keith Behrman Something happened at Franky’s 17th birthday party. Now his … Continue reading Movie Review: Giant Little Ones (2018)
The idea for PFLAG began in 1972 when Jeanne Manford marched with her son, Morty, in New York’s Christopher Street Liberation Day March, the precursor to today’s Pride parade. After many gay and lesbian people ran up to Jeanne during … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Mothers and Sons
A homophobic professor sabotages an LGBT groups’ attempts to open a homeless youth shelter. His smug boss wants the building for their Christian college campus. Once he spends some time with the underwritten minorities he decides to join their cause. … Continue reading Movie Review: At the End of the Day (2019)
The 2019 film Isn’t It Romantic follows Rebel Wilson as she attempts to escape a cliched romantic comedy. One of those clichés is a gay best friend “who’s setting gay rights back, like, 100 years.” The gay best friend rose … Continue reading LGBT Movies: More Romcoms
Boy meets Boy, Boy loses Boy, but Boy gets Boy in the end! ~ Boy Meets Boy, the Musical. 1995’s Jeffrey follows the romantic comedy formula. Jeffrey meets Steve. Jeffrey loses Steve. Jeffrey wins Steve back. A supporting cast of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Romcoms
“I am gay. To add to that my older brother’s gay so my dad’s REAL PROUD.” ~ Matteo Lane Last week I looked at stories about straight and GBTQ+ siblings working out their differences. This week lets look at variations … Continue reading LGBT Media: More Sibling Rivalry
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