#queer cinema

[veneratedangel]

but im a cheerleader, 1999

[hayaomiyazaki]

Konbini • Luca Guadagnino est dans le Video Club

[victorianlonging]

i saw the tv glow said to come out you have to kill a part of yourself, the version of yourself you've created to protect yourself, the imaginary vision of yourself that was fed to you

[gayfilmgeek]

Another Country (1984) dir. Marek Kanievska

[fellinesca]

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

[dicktease]

SCORPIO RISING (1963) dir. Kenneth Anger

[shaylogic]

I'm very grateful to George Rextrew for stating multiple times in interviews that gay characters are quickly over-sexualized, and he keeps bringing the focus back to the tender romance, youthful crush, and deep friendship between men. He's really trying to help expand the narrative of male relationships in how he presents Edwin on stage and in the press.

Jayden Revri and Steve Yockey have echoed and supported this spirit. I point to George here just because he receives the brunt of the gay rep questions right now.

Also, as ever, much love to Neil Gaiman for showcasing gay and trans characters across his many works because, as he said, he has gay and trans friends that he wasn't seeing represented in media of the time.

[celluloidrainbow]

GENDER TROUBLEMAKERS (1993) dir. Mirha-Soleil Ross & Xanthra Mackay What happens when two Transdykes get sick of non-transsexual's uninformed representation of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 millimeter home video camera, their last 200 bucks, and come up with an uncompromising in-your-face flick about their shitty relationships with gay men and their unabashed attraction to other trans women. (link in title)

[variousqueerthings]

reblogging again about Big Eden made me think about some of the native american/canadian queer cinema (Indigiqueer Cinema) I've enjoyed.

Found a handy dandy Letterboxd List called Queer Native Pride and Beyond that has a whole bunch of movies I haven't seen yet, and below some of the ones I've gotten to experience (three out of four are linked):

Big Eden: a story about a gay man who returns home, because his grandfather gets sick. A sweet, beautiful man (played by Eric Schweig) starts to secretly make him food to help out. it's an amazing slice-of-life/subtly utopian bit of film-making, in that nobody in the town is homophobic, but being gay/shame is still a big part of the exploration within it.

Wildhood: a movie I got to watch at a film festival (always good to go to your local queer film festivals, many surprises to be had) and it blew me away. a roadtrip movie about two brothers who escape their abusive father to reconnect with the elder's mother and Mi'kmaq heritage. letting go of the instilled shame of being indigenous goes hand in hand with letting go of the instilled shame of being queer

Fancy Dance: this movie isn't about being queer, it's about the ongoing murder of indigenous woman and girls, and it's also a beautiful road trip film between an aunt and her niece, the former of whom is sure her sister is dead but unwilling to face it and to destroy her niece's innocence. Lily Gladstone plays the lead, who's also a lesbian, which is just a choice that works really well for the movie even if it's not the focal point (available on Apple+ TV and however you access movies, but would recommend throwing this one some views if you have access to official streaming)

Honey Moccasin: a 1998 movie i watched at another film festival (this time online), it's anarchic, it's a comedy, it's a thriller, it's got musical beats, it weaves in the intricacies of exploring Native identity and Queer identity, it's a surreal story about a few things, one of which include focus on a "closeted drag queen." it's a movie that beats against conventional film-making to create something not beholden to tropes and clichés forced upon narratives about being Native

[queerartisbetter]

The films of John Waters

[ilovelumity3000]

My main take away from But Im A Cheerleader right after watching it might be suprising (idk that for sure, since i just wathced it, but ya never know) but... its lowkey a sad and bittersweet story

Like, most of the kids at the camp either quit or are thrown out, which most likely means they have nowhere to go... unless they can find older supportive queers like Megan and Dolph did

The movie ends with the main character getting the girl and runnig away together... While the remaining kids at true directions complete thier "graduation"

The conversion therapy camp isnt destroyed, or overthrown, or discredited - it will probably continue for years or decades after Megan and Graham escape...

BUT

even still, as long as those lucky few kids manage to escape this awful system, it is still a victory, no matter how small in the grand scheme of things it is - even if not everyone could have been saved

[t0ocleverfox]

“Henry enters stage right. His suit is black, smooth, elegant. Perfect. Alex wants to rip it off.”

- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

[hayaomiyazaki]

Angels of Sex — 2012 El Sexo de los Ángeles dir. Xavier Villaverde

[ahneunjin]

Funeral Parade of Roses 薔薇の葬列 (1969) dir. Matsumoto Toshio

[gayfilmgeek]

Maurice (1987) dir. James Ivory

[hatergirlrobin]

the talented mr. ripley (1999) dir. anthony minghella