"Queer cinema" refers to a genre or movement in film that explores LGBTQ+ themes, stories, and experiences. It typically includes movies made by and for queer individuals, highlighting their perspectives and challenges.
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Over at the Ringer, K. Austin Collins takes the temperature
of queer cinema today, with a focus on two gay - themed selections that were at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Eliza Hittman's Beach Rats and Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name.
In October 2014, her essay
on queer cinema today was translated and published by Der Spiegel in Germany.
Otherwise, it's an eclectic bunch, with discussions of
new queer cinema, Vladimir Lenin's relationship to Dada, and vernacular criticism; a celebration of the original 1913 Armory Show; and an examination of video remixes and mash - ups.
Creative director Bradford Nordeen's Dirty Looks provides a platform for more than innuendo; over the past five years the organization has proved one of the best forums for experimental
queer cinema in New York City and beyond.
I want to make it clear that I am uninterested in any discourse that
surrounds queer cinema that praises a film by saying that the fact that the two main characters were gay was «incidental to the plot», or that it's «just a love story / it's just about people».
Stuart Richards focuses on the legacy of «grossness» in the films of John Waters on
contemporary queer cinema, and James Aston provides an overview of the current hardcore horror scene in the United States.
It imagines a complicated, self - destructive sexual awakening decidedly removed from the confines of coming - of -
age queer cinema.
This gem of «
80s queer cinema receives a stellar Blu - ray treatment, with a trainload of extras to satisfy devotees and newcomers alike.
BEFORE STONEWALL By Michael Koresky The full artistic scope of
queer cinema transcends categories in its groundbreaking portrayals of desire and loss
Rich brings together filmmakers Sadie Benning, Rose Troche, and Stephen Winter, as well as scholar Amy Villarejo, to discuss
where queer cinema's been and where it's at right now.
Here's a quick guide to postwar experimental film, with required readings from the most important critics in the medium ranging from Expanded Cinema of the»60s to the origins of
underground queer cinema.
Julien was a founder member of the Sankofa Film and Video Collective formed to expose the racialised unconscious of British Society in the Thatcher years, and subsequently of Normal Films established to
produce queer cinema in a UK context.
Reflecting on the impact of his work Looking for Langston and
whether queer cinema is moving into the mainstream, read the full article here
The gallery now also exhibits the beautiful films of 2001 Turner Prize nominee Isaac Julien, one of the princes of
queer cinema whose content and extravagant use of color has drawn comparisons to Derek Jarman.
In this week's You Have to See..., Grace Sharkey looks at WEEKEND from 2011, Andrew Haigh's modern masterpiece
of queer cinema.
This entry — from the scriptwriter of 2008's Palme d'Or - winning The Class — is a great contribution to
queer cinema, humanizing a historical tragedy as it tells a story about ACT UP in France in the late»80s.
Indeed, if the 2017 race for the Foreign Language Oscar is anything to go by,
queer cinema will once again be at the forefront of awards chatter this season.
John Waters is an icon of
queer cinema, known for his use of grossness and bad taste.
«When I was studying at NYU, I took classes in critical studies, and one of my favorites was on
queer cinema,» Franco says, explaining his fascination with queer art.
The legacy of his Trash Trilogy remains quintessential to the history of
queer cinema: through juxtaposing gross - out humour with everyday Middle American imagery, Waters became an influential queer figure in developing queer exploitation cinema and established himself as an influential figure of queer humour.
John Waters holds royal status in the world of
queer cinema.
In recent years the likes of Carol, Call Me by Your Name and A Fantastic Woman have all made significant contributions to
queer cinema, and now Love, Simon sees a major studio getting involved.
Queer cinema has been experiencing a boon of late, with independent productions earning critical acclaim and even, in the case of Barry Jenkins» Moonlight, major awards recognition.
The extraordinary thing about Pride is that, underneath the mainstream presentation and heartstring - pulling manipulation (which never feels hokey, since it's largely based in fact), it quietly expands the horizons of
queer cinema: Gays are portrayed not as frail victims, but as powerful heroes and defenders, and they aren't sexualized in the slightest (sex and romance are virtual non-factors).
The renaissance man on Romy & Michele 2, the sanitization of
queer cinema, and Vincent Gagliostro's debut feature After Louie.
Speaking of the politics of 2017 movies, in the realm of
queer cinema, Beach Rats has proven somewhat controversial for feeling retrograde, being the story of a sexually fraught young man that ends with violence, rage, and confusion, rather than — like CMBYN — a generous sense of self - acceptance.
Todd Haynes» Carol is being celebrated as a queer classic, but what does the term «
queer cinema» mean today?
In that time, the director's lesbian coming - of - age romance has been hotly debated as both a milestone of
queer cinema and an exploitative sex drama.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Frameline, the world's longest - running and largest showcase of
queer cinema, is pleased to announce that Frameline41, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, will take place June 15 - 25, 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
But the»90s were an exciting and arguably more urgent period for
Queer cinema.
Gus Van Sant's intimate black and white tale of l'amour fou has been hailed as a precursor to the American wave of
queer cinema that started to swell in the late eighties.
Beginners deserves to be recognized as a classic of
queer cinema.
The story goes that film critic and professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term «new
queer cinema» in a Village Voice article in 1992.
Barbara Hammer: Evidentiary Bodies at the Leslie - Lohman Museum was an ecstatic homage to the original (and long overlooked) pioneer of
queer cinema and video.
Frameline's mission is to «change the world through the power of
queer cinema».