LGBTQ
Topic of interest.
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‘Bros’ Favors Palatability Over a Half-Hearted Flirtation with Satire
You had me at “hey, what’s up?”
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‘After Blue’ is the Hair-Raising Sci-Fi Acid Western of your Dreams
Listen. This one isn’t going to be for everyone. But if you’re a freak who loves goop and Gucci rifles, you’d do well to visit ‘After Blue.’
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Seeing Yourself (On Screen): The Daring Fantasy of ‘Pink Narcissus’
Can you blame us for getting lost in this hazy, high-camp fantasy?
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How Leslie Cheung Changed Queer Hong Kong Cinema
If you were waiting for a sign to rewatch ‘Happy Together’ this is it.
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Subversion of German Expressionism in ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’
The 1971 masterpiece explores the complicated history of German cinema.
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Bodies of Water: Swimming and Hydrophilia in Queer Cinema
Here’s a video essay about the metaphorical bond between water and Queer Cinema, from their shared sense of liberation to their mutability.
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The Difference Between Queer Coding and Queerbaiting
Here’s a video essay about the difference between queer coding and queerbaiting and what that difference can teach us about the history censorship and queer representation in Hollywood.
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Boaz Yakin’s ‘Aviva’ is a Genderfluid Story Told Through Bodily Expression
Love is sex is dance is gender. We explore what Boaz Yakin is saying in the bodily expression, choreography, cinematography, and editing of ‘Aviva.’
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The Real LGBT Stars of Old Hollywood
Read about the LGBT members of Hollywood that shaped the industry, even if their personal lives weren’t always out in the open.