Cult gay movies
It's Twin Cities Celebration this weekend, and I imagine watching movies is the last thing on the minds of many within the Cities' GLBT collective. But, hey, that's no reason not to add a few titles to your Netflix queue in anticipation of the comedown. I've whittled down the list of my favorite gay cult classics to just these ten, which I intended to cover a expansive range of bases. Some movies didn't make the chop because their appeal is arguably too limited (Kenneth Anger's legendary short movie Fireworks), and others because their appeal extends well beyond the parameters of gay cultdom (David Lynch's Mulholland Drive). Not every feature in the list is explicitly GLBT in that it showcases a idealistic, same-sex relationship, but trust me, every movie on this list (which is presented in alphabetical order) is totally gay. In the best way.
Beautiful Thing (1996)
(Dir: Hettie Macdonald)
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Coming out stories may be a dime a dozen, but you truly never overlook your first. For some, it may have been the controversial '80s melodrama Making Love. For others, it may have been the groundbreaking Oscar-nominated cultural juggernaut Brokeback Mountain. For me, i
The 30 Best LGBTQIA+ Films of All Time
In this first major critical survey of LGBTQIA+ films, over 100 clip experts including critics, writers and programmers such as Joanna Hogg, Mark Cousins, Peter Strickland, Richard Dyer, Nick James and Laura Mulvey, as well as past and present BFI Flare programmers, hold voted the Highest 30 LGBTQIA+ Films of All Occasion. The poll’s results represent 84 years of cinema and 12 countries, from countries including Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Spain, as adv as films that showed at BFI Flare such as Orlando (1992), Attractive Thing (1996), Weekend (2011) and Sky Is the Warmest Colour (2013).
The winner is Todd Haynes’ award-winning Carol, closely followed by Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, and Hong Kong lovey-dovey drama Happy Together, directed by Wong Kar-wai, in third place. While Carol is a surprisingly recent film to superior the poll, it’s a feature that has moved, delighted and enthralled audiences, and looks position to be a modern classic.
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The Cult Of Queer (Gay Themes, Camp, Trash, Melodrama, etc)
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A list of movies with a certain amount of cult appeal for those with a gay/queer perspective. Not necessarily movies that are made by, star, or are about queer people or contain LGBTQ+ themes, although plenty do, but rather ones that aide define a certain gentle of sensibility that runs towards the underground, the transgressive, the campy and the absurd. Included are cult queer directors, camp classics, unrepentant trash, melodramas, tawdry thrillers, drag queens, underground sensations, over the top rock operas, exploitative biopics, old Hollywood starlets, indulgent 90's teen films, female-centric dark comedies, queer punk films, sexually charged art films, and so on. What's generally not included (but always with exceptions!) are mainstream queer dramas and comedies, regardless of quality,…
A list of movies with a certain amount of cult appeal for those with a gay/queer perspective. Not necessarily movies that are made by, star, or are about queer people or contain LGBTQ+ themes, although plenty do, but rather ones that help characterize a certain kind of sensibility that runs towards the und
10 cult LGBTQ+ films to see this weekend
Zodiac Film Club host London based movie nights with a focus on good looking films and complex female characters in rarely screened cult, contemporary, and classic cinema. For info on their latest screenings, follow @zodiacfilmclub
As Pride month comes to a shut we, Zodiac Film Club, possess picked our top 10 cult LGBTQA+ movies to keep the essence alive long after the pride has passed. As is our custom, we’ve skirted past the award-winning, prestige examples – Summon Me By Your Name, Cobalt is the Warmest Colour – because let’s face it, you don’t need anyone else telling you to watch them. Instead, here are our recommendations for trashy lesbian vampire horror, international erotica and camp, brightly saturated teen movies. You’re welcome. Xoxo Zodiac.
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971)
The Woman-loving woman Vampire film trope dates endorse to 1936’s Dracula's Daughter – which used vampirism as a foil to get the narrative of a woman struggling with her sexuality past the prohibitive censorship of the Hays Code – and generally exists to wind society's anxieties about women having things without men; wealth, force, status, property, and (dear