Queer Cinema(s)

  • Hisayasu Satô – Atsui Toiki AKA The Fetist AKA Hot Breath (1998)

    Hisayasu Satô1991-2000EroticaExploitationJapanQueer Cinema(s)
    Atsui Toiki (1998)
    Atsui Toiki (1998)

    Synopsis: The story of a painter, a rich guy who can afford to buy works of art just as easily as any tight butt he fancies, a shy, alienated student, his sister, her sadistic boyfriend and a wire-tapping weirdo. This is a Sato film so you can bet that there won’t be any happy endings for any of them when their fates collide.Read More »

  • Suri Krishnamma – New Year’s Day (2001)

    2001-2010ComedyDramaQueer Cinema(s)Suri KrishnammaUnited Kingdom
    New Year's Day (2000)
    New Year’s Day (2000)

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    British director Suri Kishnamma follows his quiet character study A Man of No Importance (1994) with this raucous feel-good suicide-pact comedy-drama. The film opens with buddies Jake (Andrew Lee Potts) and Steven (Robby Barry) enjoying a little joie de vivre on French ski slopes during a school holiday until a freak avalanche kills everyone in their high school class except, of course, Jake, Steve, and an adult chaperone who remains in a coma throughout the movie. The two cogent survivors return to their coastal community with much tabloid attention. Jake’s divorced mother Shelley (Anastasia Hille) is barely able to keep it together with anti-depressants and welfare checks. She leans on Jake, her eldest son, for emotional stability. Steven, on the other hand, loathes his ice queen socialite mother (Jacqueline Bisset) and his anal-retentive politico father. Traumatized in two different ways — Steven slides into steely cynicism while Jake delves into weepy despondency — the two agree to a blood pact: they will spend the following year living it up in nihilist glee, after which time they will duly off themselves. As the year of mayhem unfolds — including robbing banks, torching schools, and eating ice cream in Timbuktu — their friendship and their fidelity to their pact is questioned.Read More »

  • Lindsay Anderson – If…. (1968)

    1961-1970CrimeDramaLindsay AndersonQueer Cinema(s)United Kingdom
    If…. (1968)
    If…. (1968)

    In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.Read More »

  • Francis Savel – Équation à un inconnu AKA Equation to an Unknown (1980)

    1971-1980ArthouseEroticaFranceFrancis SavelQueer Cinema(s)
    Équation à un inconnu (1980)
    Équation à un inconnu (1980)

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    This long-lost masterpiece of gay erotic cinema centers on a handsome young stud who rides his motorcycle through myriad of sexual encounters, from a soccer game’s locker room to a dreamy and unsettling orgy where the film reaches its melancholic peak. Newly scanned in 2K from the original camera negative and directed with absolute grace by the mysterious Dietrich de Velsa (aka Francis Savel / Frantz Salieri): this former painter was also the owner and artistic director of one of the first transvestites’ cabaret of Paris, La Grande Eugène. Years later, he collaborated with Joseph Losey on Mr. Klein and Don Giovanni. EQUATION TO AN UNKNOWN is his only film and stands without a doubt as a masterpiece and the best French gay adult film ever made.Read More »

  • Zeno Graton – Le Paradis AKA The Lost Boys (2023)

    2021-2030BelgiumDramaQueer Cinema(s)Zeno Graton
    Le Paradis (2023)
    Le Paradis (2023)

    In a youth correctional facility, 17-year-old Joe is preparing for his return to society, uncertain of what life on the other side will look like. His complex feelings about his imminent freedom are further complicated by the arrival of William, his new neighbour in the cell next door. As the two grow closer through lessons on camera obscura and rap workshops, Joe’s desire to explore the outside world gives way to a new desire. This striking feature debut captures the growing passion between the two young men and the ways in which it could ultimately lead to their downfall.Read More »

  • Ira Sachs – Passages (2023)

    Ira Sachs2021-2030DramaFranceQueer Cinema(s)Romance
    Passages (2023)
    Passages (2023)

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    Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affair of his own, Tomas must confront life decisions he may be unprepared—or unwilling—to deal with.Read More »

  • Idan Haguel – Ezrah Mudag AKA Concerned Citizen (2022)

    2021-2030DramaIdan HaguelIsraelQueer Cinema(s)
    Ezrah Mudag (2022)
    Ezrah Mudag (2022)

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    Ben and Raz are painstakingly pursuing their desire to have a child, and the migrant neighbourhood where this gay couple has set up their new flat is on the up. But a conflict over a newly planted tree in the city brings deep-seated prejudices to light.Read More »

  • William Friedkin – The Boys in the Band (1970)

    1961-1970DramaQueer Cinema(s)USAWilliam Friedkin

    Quote:
    It’s Harold’s birthday, and his closest friends throw him a party at Michael’s apartment. Among Harold’s presents is “Cowboy”, since Harold may have trouble finding a cute young man on his own now that he’s getting older. As the party progresses the self-deprecating humor of the group takes a nasty turn as the men become drunker. Climaxed by a cruel telephone “game” where each man must call someone and tell him (or her?) of his love for them.Read More »

  • Stephen Silha & Eric Slade & Dawn Logsdon – Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton (2013)

    Stephen Silha2011-2020Dawn LogsdonDocumentaryEric SladeExperimentalQueer Cinema(s)USA

    I learned and stole a lot from James Broughton…
    See this movie!” – Gus Van Sant

    Review (from slackerwood.com)
    James Broughton’s epitaph says about all you need to know about him: Adventure — not predicament.

    For those who want to know more, the splendid documentary Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton is a terrific tribute to the revered poet, writer and pioneering experimental filmmaker.

    Born in 1913, Broughton overcame a difficult childhood to have a long, fulfilling career and personal life. His father died when Broughton was five, and his overbearing mother sent him to military school at age 9, hoping to break him of his effeminate tendencies. These experiences no doubt informed his work and his lust for life and love as an adult.Read More »

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