Hallmark’s Christmas on Cherry Lane follows three families on Christmas Day. An expectant mother and her husband (Erin Cahill and John Brotherton) are bullied by her parents. A widow (Catherine Bell) has a surprise for her bratty children (Matthias Falvai … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Christmas on Cherry Lane (2023)

Rob Williams has devoted his career to producing indie gay romcoms. Shared Rooms was his stab at the Love Actually formula. Three gay couples meet on Christmas to discuss adoption, art and hook up culture respectively. The tropes of bad … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Shared Rooms (2016)

This fall Netflix premiered two queer biopics. Rustin focuses on the year 1963 as Bayard Rustin co-organizes the March on Washington. Maestro follows the three-decade romance of Leonard and Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. The history is important. The people are interesting. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Rustin & Maestro (2023)

Oliver (Barry Keoghan) is a scholarship student at Oxford. He befriends Felix (Jacob Elordi), a wealthy Adonis. Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer at his estate with his shallow family (led by Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant). The … Continue reading Movie Review: Saltburn (2023)

Oscar Wilde first published The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1890. Dorian has youth, beauty and wealth. A lovelorn artist gives him a cursed portrait that reflects his soul. It ages and rots while Dorian remains spotless. This gives him … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)

Faith is a curious thing. To believe in something, a higher power, a particular institution, whatever it may be, requires a certain acceptance even if the available evidence appears doubtful or uncertain. This has never been more evident than what … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Benedetta

Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal play ex-lovers on opposite sides of the law. Hawke is the sheriff of a small Western town. He’s vowed to arrest Pascal’s fugitive son. Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life is his second English language … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Strange Way of Life (2023)

Hallmark’s Notes of Autumn tells two love stories: one straight, one gay. Rubber faced Ashley Williams and buttoned up Luke Macfarlane find boyfriends (Marcus Rosner and Peter Porte) who push them to pursue their artistic passions. The screenplay works hard … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Notes of Autumn (2023)

Saúl Armendáriz has been a professional luchador since 1988. In Cassandro we see his rise from humble runt to celebrated exótico. The Liberace of Lucha Libre. The exóticos would wrestle in drag. Regardless of their sexuality they adopted flamboyant queer … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Cassandro (2023)

Youssef Chahine was one of Egypt’s most acclaimed film directors. In Alexandria… Why? he recounts his teenage years. World War 2 is raging and Egypt’s economy is collapsing. Chahine’s alter ego, Yehia, escapes into dreams of Hollywood. Actor Mohsen Mohieddin … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Alexandria… Why? (1979)

In Bottoms two lesbian teens start a fight club to meet girls. They’ll tell lies, shed blood and make dangerous enemies. Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri give pitch perfect performances. They fully commit to the comedy, angst and cartoon violence. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Bottoms (2023)

Alex, son of a U.S. President, and Henry, Prince of Wales, can’t stand each other. When a public dispute causes scandal, they are forced to pretend they are friends. Red, White & Royal Blue blends the premise of a Hallmark … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)

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Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer Jr.) was one of Hollywood’s top stars. The heart throb appeared in Douglas Sirk melodramas, Doris Day romcoms and the Oscar nominated Giant. He was also a closeted homosexual. He was outed in 1985 … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Rock Hudson (1990)