Queer Cinema(s)

  • Rosa von Praunheim & Markus Tiarks – Überleben in Neukölln AKA Staying alive in Neukölln (2017)

    2011-2020DocumentaryGermanyMarkus TiarksQueer Cinema(s)Rosa von Praunheim

    Rosa von Praunheim portrays some Berlin citizens which are all connected to the GLBT community.
    This doc works as a sequel to his 1989 movie “Überleben in New York” (Staying alive in New York) in some ways.Read More »

  • Various – Vintage Erotica Anno 1940 (2002)

    1931-1940EroticaFranceQueer Cinema(s)Various

    Continuing its exploration of the weirdest moments of cinema, Cult Epics brings us Vintage Erotica anno 1940 (aka Les Archives d’Eden), a collection of French porn vignettes covering the early years of celluloid sex from 1900 to 1940.Read More »

  • Michel Reilhac – Polissons et Galipettes AKA The Good Old Naughty Days (2002)

    2001-2010EroticaMichel ReilhacQueer Cinema(s)Silent

    This is a collection of licentious little films from last century: twelve short silent pornographic films with piano accompaniment made between 1905 and 1930 by sometimes illustrious directors who preferred to remain anonymous. True curiosities in the history of cinema, these films were originally screened in the waiting rooms of brothels.Read More »

  • Tsivia Barkai – Para Aduma AKA Red Cow (2018)

    2011-2020DramaIsraelQueer Cinema(s)Tsivia Barkai

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    Red Cow is a coming-of-age film that takes place in the days leading up to the assassination of Rabin and depicts the life of Benny, 16, orphaned from mother at birth and the only child of Joshua – a religious, right-wing extremist, in those critical junctures when she is forming her sexual, religious and political awareness.Read More »

  • Hector Babenco – Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981) (HD)

    1981-1990BrazilCrimeDramaHector BabencoQueer Cinema(s)

    With a blend of harsh realism and aching humanity, Héctor Babenco’s international breakout Pixote offers an electrifying look at youth fighting to survive on the bottom rung of Brazilian society, and a stinging indictment of the country’s military dictatorship and police. In a heartbreaking performance, Fernando Ramos da Silva plays a young boy who escapes a nightmarish reformatory only to resort to a life of violent crime, even as he forms a makeshift family with some fellow outcasts. Abandoned by those that were meant to protect them, they are forced to survive with the only economies open to them: sex and drugs.Read More »

  • Pedro Almodóvar – La ley del deseo AKA Law of Desire (1987)

    1981-1990ComedyDramaPedro AlmodóvarQueer Cinema(s)Spain

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    Pablo and Tina have complicated sexual lives. Pablo writes and directs plays and films; he’s gay and deeply in love with Juan, a young man who won’t reply to Pablo’s affection or letters. Pablo’s sibling Tina is a transsexual, angry at men, raising Ada, and trying to make it as an actress. Pablo takes up with Antonio, a youth who becomes jealous of Pablo’s love for Juan. Antonio seeks out Juan, and violence leads to Pablo’s grief and a temporary loss of memory. When memory returns, he learns that Antonio has taken up with Tina. In horror, he hurries to Tina’s rescue and must face Antonio and his desire.Read More »

  • François Ozon – 8 femmes AKA 8 Women (2002)

    2001-2010CrimeFranceFrançois OzonMusicalQueer Cinema(s)

    Synopsis:
    One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it his powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim’s chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous…one of them is guilty. Which one is it?
    — Anthony Pereyra (IMDb)Read More »

  • Donna Deitch – Desert Hearts (1985)

    1981-1990Donna DeitchDramaQueer Cinema(s)RomanceThe Female GazeUSA

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    Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman. In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.Read More »

  • Greg Berlanti – The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaGreg BerlantiQueer Cinema(s)USA

    Quote:
    In the palm-shaded oasis of West Hollywood, we meet Dennis, a promising photographer. As he prepares to celebrate his twenty-eighth birthday, he laments, ‘ I can’t decide if my friends are the best or worst thing that ever happened to me.’ The gang includes Benji, the punkish innocent with a penchant for gym bodies; Howie, the psychology grad student who thinks too much and lives too little; Cole, the charismatic actor who accidentally keeps stealing everybody’s guy; Patrick, the cynical quipster, and Taylor, resident drama queen, who, until recently, prided himself on his long-term relationship. Providing sage advice and steady work is Jack, the beloved patriarch whose restaurant is a haven for them all. When tragedy strikes the group, the friendships are put to the test.Read More »

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