For Natnal Comg Out Day, Valente's Day or Pri Month, here are our picks for the bt gay/LGBT romance movi of all time, ranked.
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- THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MAALSO: WHY MATT BOMER WANTS YOU TO SEE "THE BOYS THE BAND" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:648PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MONSTER/NEWMARKET FILMSBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: CHARLIZE THERON MONSTER (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME QUEER-THEMED MOVI ARE PRSG BEE THEY LIVER A POTENT MSAGE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF BIGOTRY (AND THE RULT IS PAFUL TO WATCH); OTHERS ARE EMOTNALLY DISTRSG BEE THEY’RE STEREOTYPIL AND BADLY DONE, OFTEN REFLECTG THE UNENLIGHTENED TIM THEY WERE MA . IN OTHER WORDS, THEY’RE EHER PRSG BEE THEY’RE SO GOOD OR BEE THEY’RE SO ROTTEN. EHER WAY, THE FILMS HAVE, AT VAR MOMENTS, MA ME WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER THEN CRY MYSELF TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SHARG MY LIST OF THE 11 MOST PRSG EVER, JT SO YOU’RE WARNED—AND A FEW S, ’S ACTUALLY A REMENDATN BEE THEIR POWER TO UPSET IS THEIR GREATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON AN OLD LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY, THIS SH-STIRRER HAS A BRATTY YOUNG GIRL STARTG A MOR THAT TWO TEACHERS (AUDREY HEPBURN AND SHIRLEY MACLAE) ARE LBIANS LOVE. THIS SNDALO B OF BUZZ LEADS TO SO MANY PLITNS THAT POOR SHIRLEY ENDS UP THKG MAYBE SHE IS A LBIAN AND KILLG HERSELF JT SE. SEEG THIS AS A KID, I ALMOST WANTED TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956)—YOU KNOW, “OH, DARLG, YOU’RE NOT REALLY A SISSY BOY. WHY DON’T YOU SCREW ME AND THAT’LL PROVE !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTIM (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME YEAR BROUGHT EVEN MORE GAY-RELATED SUICI. ENGLAND’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS AT THE TIME PROVI THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLISTERG DRAMA, WHICH CENTERS ON A BLACKMAILG RG THAT TARGETS VAR GAYS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM IS DRIVEN TO OFF HIMSELF. EVEN THE LAWYER FIGHTG ALL THIS (DIRK BOGAR) IS G TO TERMS WH HIS OWN SEXUAL FEELGS, WHICH IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE, AS THEY BOTH PREP FOR HIS EXPOSURE. (THE AD GUY WAS HIS LOVER.) THIS FILM WAS A NERVY PLEA FOR CHANGE AND WAY AHEAD OF S TIME NONTG IMPORTANT ISSU—BUT HONEY, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: DIRK BOGAR AGA, THIS TIME AS AN OLD QUEEN OBSSG ON A BOY DEATH VENICE (1971). YOU WANT TO FLAG DOWN A GONDOLA RIGHT OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTER (2003){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVIEMAKERS LOVE QUEER VICTIMS AS WELL AS QUEER PSYCHOS, AND MONSTER GIV YOU BOTH, ALL ONE PERSON. CHARLIZE THERON PLAYS AILEEN WUORNOS, THE REAL-LIFE DAYTONA BEACH PROSTUTE WHO CLICKED WH A YOUNGER GIRLIEND, BUT WAS ULTIMATELY WORN DOWN BY ALL KDS OF ABE, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, AND OTHER CHALLENG, AND END UP ON A KILLG SPREE OF MALE VICTIMS. THE MOVIE IS PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT SHE FACED—AND THERON IS DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT HER OSR-WNG TURN—BUT WATCHG THIS WOMAN DISTEGRATE AND ALSO TAKE AWAY OTHERS’ LIV IS A REAL DEBBIE DOWNER THAT I HIGHLY REMEND, BUT ONLY ON A STRONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAROL (2015), THOUGH ’S AN ABSOLUTE JOYRI PARED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KILLG OF SISTER GEE (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERYL REID PLAYS AN ACTRS WHOSE SISTER GEE CHARACTER ON A BBC SOAP OPERA IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED OFF BEE OF THE ACTRS’S VULGAR BEHAVR OFF-MERA. THAT MAK HER EVEN MORE VIC TO HER GIRLIEND, THE ARRTED CHILD KNOWN AS CHILDIE (SANNAH YORK), WHICH WHOM SHE SHAR A PARTICULARLY VIC, IF FADG, RELATNSHIP. ALONG AN EVEN MEANER DYKE, A TV PRODUCER PLAYED BY CORAL BROWNE, WHO SWOOPS AND THREATENS TO TAKE CHILDIE AWAY VIA ALL KDS OF PARAPHERNALIA. (THE MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY S&M ACTN, BY THE WAY, BUT ABOUT DOWNRIGHT SADISM.) DIRECTED WH A SLEDGEHAMMER BY ROBERT ALDRICH (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), THE VOYRISTIC MELODRAMA BASED ON A PLAY IS SORT OF ENJOYABLY MPY NOW, BUT WAS JT PLA DAMAGG BACK THEN. IT CREEPILY ENDS WH BERYL BELLOWG “MOO!”—LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERGEANT (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS POST-WWII DRAMA, ROD STEIGER IS THE ANGSTY TLE CHARACTER WHO’S GRAPPLG WH REPRSED URG AND GOG BATTY AS A RULT. HE’S PECIALLY HOT FOR A HANDSOME PRIVATE (BARBARELLA’S JOHN PHILLIP LAW), BUT THAT DRIV HIM EPER OVER THE EDGE, AS HE NSTANTLY PUNISH AND TNTS THE PRIVATE ORR TO WORK OUT HIS OWN PSYCHOSIS. I GET —THE CLOSET IS HAZARDO TO YOUR HEALTH, PECIALLY IF YOU’RE GAGA FOR AN UNATTAABLE TWK—BUT ALL THE MOVI WH PATHETILLY SELF-LOATHG QUEERS BEG MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE, PROVE TO BE A TAD MORALIZG TO EXPERIENCE. IN THIS SE, HAMMY ROD NOT ONLY DOWNGRAS THE HIGH-CHEEKBONED HOTTIE, HE FOLLOWS HIM AROUND AND EVEN FORC A KISS ON HIM A LEERG EXPLOSN OF UNWANTED LT. DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T WATCH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE (1967)—BASED ON BISEXUAL CARSON MCCULLERS’ NOVEL—WH MARLON BRANDO AS A VERY MOR MAJOR WHO FIXAT ON A HOT PRIVATE AND TRATN ENDS UP KILLG HIM. THE SCREECHY FILIPO HOEBOY ISN’T EXACTLY A ONE-MAN PRI PARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOX (1967){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON THE D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL, THIS FILM FEATUR ANNE HEYWOOD AND SANDY DENNIS AS TWO LONELY GALS SAPPHILLY CLGG TO EACH OTHER THE WILRNS, UNTIL A WANRG MALE (KEIR DULLEA) DROPS BY AND CHANG THE DYNAMIC. “ALL YOU NEED IS SOME DICK” SEEMS TO BE THE MSAGE. I KNOW, BUT E ON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUMMER LOVERS (1982){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S ANOTHER TRATG VARIATN ON A MéNAGE à TROIS. GAY WRER-DIRECTOR RANDAL KLEISER’S FOLLOW-UP TO GREASE AND THE BLUE LAGOON FDS GEO PETER GALLAGHER AND SCMPT DARYL HANNAH AS A UPLE VATNG ON THE EYE-POPPG GREEK ISLANDS, ONLY TO HAVE LECTABLE FRENCH GIRL VALERIE QUENNSEN ENTER THE SUATN AND ADD SOME HEAT. BUT THE STUD NERVOLY CUT THE SAME-SEX STUFF, SO BE A VERY LOPSID TRIANGLE, WH ONLY HTS OF WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN. I RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR A REVIVAL OF THIS FILM, LLG A GLOR O TO PANSEXUALISM. WELL, NOT REALLY. IN THIS SE, GREECE IS FELY NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAN’T STOP THE MIC (1980), 54 (1998).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY JAM L. BROOKS, GREG KNEAR IS A GAY ARTIST WHO’S ASSLTED A ROBBERY AND LOS EVERYTHG. THIS SWEET, TALENTED, GOOD-LOOKG GAY SUDNLY HAS NOT A IEND THE WORLD—UNTIL FOLKS LIKE THE HOMOPHOBIC JACK NICHOLSON CHARACTER STEP TO HELP SAVE THE DAY. I FOUND THIS A PATRONIZG FANTASY, SET UP STRICTLY AS AN ICKY NARRATIVE VICE. AND SCE THE QUEER MUNY HAS ALWAYS RALLIED TO HELP SELF (OFTEN WH PAFULLY FEW OUTSIRS PCHG ), SEEMED PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: LONGTIME COMPANN (1989), PHILALPHIA (1993), A SGLE MAN (2009), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000), AND BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005), WHICH IS SO PRSG TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SHOULD PROBABLY BE S OWN LIST, BUT WHEN I SAW , I WAS SO OVER ALL THE QUEERS-AS-VICTIMS FILMS THAT I HAVE TO ADM I WAS MORE EXASPERATED THAN VASTATED; STILL, GET OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAIRSE (1969){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT STANLEY DONEN, KNOWN FOR AIRY NCTNS LIKE SG’ THE RA AND FUNNY FACE, DIRECTED THIS LEAN SLOG ABOUT TWO MIDDLE-AGED GAYS—ONE A BARBER, THE OTHER AN ACTOR—WHO BICKER EVEN MORE THAN SISTER GEE AND CHILDIE. BASED ON A STAGE PLAY, THIS DOWN STAIRSE HAD THE SHOCK VALUE OF BIG NAM RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON PLAYG THE FOPPISH LEADS, BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE REPELLENT AND ’S ALL TALK, TALK, TALK, AND ALL EPLY UNNVCG, TOO. AND I HATE BOTH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, THIS CHILEAN FILM DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LELLO WON THE BT FOREIGN FILM OSR FOR S GRTY LOOK AT A GRIEVG TRANSGENR SGER BEG TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AT EVERY TURN. THE STUNNG TRANS ACTOR DANIELA VEGA PLAYS MARA, THE SANTIAGO WARS/CHANTSE WHOSE BOYIEND DI OF AN ANRYSM, SO SHE TRI TO MOURN HIM PROPERLY, BUT IS DISREGARD, LLED NAM, AND BTALIZED EVERYWHERE SHE GO. IT’S VERY PAFUL TO WATCH MARA’S GRADATN, THOUGH SHE ALWAYS KEEPS STOILLY MOVG FORWARD, VALIANTLY TRYG TO SUMMON STRENGTH AND DIGNY ALL THROUGH HER PLIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW HALLUCATORY AND/OR FANTASY SEQUENC TO ELEVATE THE MOOD, BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS THE KD OF THG THAT HAS YOU GRTG YOUR TEETH AND FENDG OFF A NERVO BREAKDOWN WHILE ADMIRG THE CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: BOYS DON’T CRY (1999), WHICH IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYG BEE THE TRANS CHARACTER IS BTALLY MURRED, AND BIS, ’S A REAL STORY. WHAT’S MORE, A CIS FEMALE—HILARY SWANK—PLAYED THE TRANS MALE, AS IS MOVIELAND’S WAY. STILL, WAS RIVETGLY DONE AND DIENC DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETIM AUNT MARTHA DO DREADFUL THGS (1971){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LOW-BUDGET, PSYCHO-WANNABE SOUNDS LIKE MIGHT BE KSCHY FUN, BUT ONLY IS IF YOU WATCH WH A VERY GIDDY GROUP OVER SOME VERY SUGARY SNACKS. IT HAS THE DOMEERG PL AND THE MENTALLY FEEBLE STANLEY HIDG OUT OM THE LAW MIAMI, WHERE ONE PRETENDS TO BE THE OTHER’S NT, FULL, HIO DRAG. BUT WHEN PL BRGS HOME A FEMALE DATE, AUNT MARTHA GO MAD WH JEALOY AND BUTCHERS HER, NORMAN BAT-STYLE. (MARTHA NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED; PL ULDN’T GET UP ANYWAY.) THE ROOT OF NTIE’S RAGE—THAT PL IS POSSSIVELY LOVE WH STANLEY, WH WHOM HE SHAR A BED—IS HANDLED A VERY HALF-ASSED MANNER, AND THERE ARE NTUY PROBLEMS, TOO. IT’S THE KD OF MOVIE WHERE THAT DATE ENTERS THE GUYS’ HOE ON A TREE-LED URBAN STREET, BUT WHEN SHE LEAV, ’S SUDNLY THE THICK OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SHAMEFUL, AS YOU SIMPLY WA FOR THE CUCKOO DRAG QUEEN (WHO LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER ACTRS HERMNE GGOLD CROSSED WH GENE HACKMAN AT THE END OF THE BIRDGE) TO GET UGHT ALREADY. BUT TURN PRSN TO JOY AND MAKE THIS OBSCURE FD TO A VERY SICK PARTY ATTRACTN FULL OF LGHS AND JAW DROPS. THAT WORKED FOR ME, AND WE HAD AN AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: TWO FILMS THAT HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE, THOUGH I FELT THE RPONSE WAS A TAD OVERWROUGHT: CISG (1980) AND BOAT TRIP (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRIKE UP THE BAND FOR MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CIDLY DID NOT CLU THE BOYS THE BAND THE ABOVE LIST BEE I’VE ALWAYS FOUND THE 1970 FILM—BASED ON MART CROWLEY’S RROSIVELY FUNNY AND SAD PLAY ABOUT A GAY BIRTHDAY PARTY GONE AWRY—TO BE MORE PROVOTIVE THAN PRSG. AND Y, THAT CLUS THE EMOTNAL RNAGE AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS YOU KNOW, NETFLIX IS PRODUCG A WHOLE NEW MOVIE OF THAT WORK, BASED ON THE ALL-STAR PRODUCTN THAT WON THE BT REVIVAL OF A PLAY TONY AWARD JUNE. I RAN TO MATT BOMER AT THE PREMIERE OF A MOVIE LLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ON THURSDAY, AUGT 22, WHICH I HEAR WAS THE SAME NIGHT THE NEW BOYS MOVIE SHOT A PRE-PARTY B AT JULI BAR, WHICH CLUD A MEO BY CROWLEY. (THE LONG-NNG JULI WAS ALSO REPRENTED CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? AND ON POSE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ASKED MATT IF HE’S FOUND NEW TEXTUR HIS CHARACTER, THE PASSNATE DONALD, FOR THE MERA. “I THK SO,” HE SAID. “IT’S HERENTLY A MORE TIMATE MEDIUM. FILMG WAS A CHANCE TO RENNECT AND TO TST THAT WE DID THE THEATER, BUT NOT TO RELY ON THAT.” “SO, THOSE WHO SAW THE BROADWAY PRODUCTN SHOULD MAKE SURE TO TCH THE MOVIE, SCE ’S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, RIGHT?” I ASKED, NCEALG THE FACT THAT I PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE AT LEAST FIVE TIM. “OH, Y,” HE SAID. “PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED. I HOPE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE PLAY WON’T FEEL THEY DON’T NEED TO SEE . THERE’S A LOT TO CHECK OUT.” HONEY, I’LL BE CHECKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HAS A SORT OF MOPEY LBIAN (HANNAH PEARL UTT, WHO DIRECTED AND -WROTE) AND HER MSY SISTER (JEN TULLOCK, WHO -WROTE) LEARNG THAT THEIR MOTHER ISN’T AD, SPE WHAT DADDY TOLD THEM; SHE’S A WACKY SOAP OPERA STAR (JUDH LIGHT) WHO DIDN’T WANT CHILDREN, BUT WEL THEIR NROTIC RETURN TO HER LIFE. BEFORE THE MOVIE UNSPOOLED, UTT TOLD THE CROWD, “IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEE LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY.” THAT WAS REHGLY HONT, THOUGH AS THEY SOTED OFF AND STARTED THE FILM, LIGHT JOKED TO HER, “COME ON. THERE’S A MENTAL HOSPAL CLOSE BY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM? I FOUND SOME OF AS EXASPERATG AS S CHARACTERS, BUT I LIKED S OBSERVANT TOUCH AND ENJOYED THE WAY A REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA IMPGED ON THE FAKE ONE. NOT PRSG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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hi im bisexual and this is all the gay dramas/movi or dramas/movi wh gay storyl that ive seen. sorted by how good i thk they are (not necsarily enjoyment, but obvly none of this will be objective)ratg reflects my personal enjoymentthe are all primarily mlm, but i do hope…" name="scriptn * sad gay shows *
It may appear quat now, when we have TV seri like Hulu’s Love, Victor (about a Latx teen explorg sexual fluidy) or Netflix’s Bondg (about sex work and alternative sexualy), but the great gay panic set off by Ellen DeGener g out on her s 1997 was a bombshell that didn’t necsarily nvce the works that they’d open the gat to LGBTQ experienc. Luckily Will & Grace buted 1998 and the groundbreakg NBC seri nvced many that gay people might not be so toxic (and wouldn’t sre off advertisers) — so much so that Vice Print Joe Bin later creded wh changg his md about same-sex marriage.
THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MAALSO: WHY MATT BOMER WANTS YOU TO SEE "THE BOYS THE BAND" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:648PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MONSTER/NEWMARKET FILMSBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: CHARLIZE THERON MONSTER (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME QUEER-THEMED MOVI ARE PRSG BEE THEY LIVER A POTENT MSAGE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF BIGOTRY (AND THE RULT IS PAFUL TO WATCH); OTHERS ARE EMOTNALLY DISTRSG BEE THEY’RE STEREOTYPIL AND BADLY DONE, OFTEN REFLECTG THE UNENLIGHTENED TIM THEY WERE MA . IN OTHER WORDS, THEY’RE EHER PRSG BEE THEY’RE SO GOOD OR BEE THEY’RE SO ROTTEN. EHER WAY, THE FILMS HAVE, AT VAR MOMENTS, MA ME WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER THEN CRY MYSELF TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SHARG MY LIST OF THE 11 MOST PRSG EVER, JT SO YOU’RE WARNED—AND A FEW S, ’S ACTUALLY A REMENDATN BEE THEIR POWER TO UPSET IS THEIR GREATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON AN OLD LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY, THIS SH-STIRRER HAS A BRATTY YOUNG GIRL STARTG A MOR THAT TWO TEACHERS (AUDREY HEPBURN AND SHIRLEY MACLAE) ARE LBIANS LOVE. THIS SNDALO B OF BUZZ LEADS TO SO MANY PLITNS THAT POOR SHIRLEY ENDS UP THKG MAYBE SHE IS A LBIAN AND KILLG HERSELF JT SE. SEEG THIS AS A KID, I ALMOST WANTED TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956)—YOU KNOW, “OH, DARLG, YOU’RE NOT REALLY A SISSY BOY. WHY DON’T YOU SCREW ME AND THAT’LL PROVE !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTIM (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME YEAR BROUGHT EVEN MORE GAY-RELATED SUICI. ENGLAND’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS AT THE TIME PROVI THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLISTERG DRAMA, WHICH CENTERS ON A BLACKMAILG RG THAT TARGETS VAR GAYS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM IS DRIVEN TO OFF HIMSELF. EVEN THE LAWYER FIGHTG ALL THIS (DIRK BOGAR) IS G TO TERMS WH HIS OWN SEXUAL FEELGS, WHICH IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE, AS THEY BOTH PREP FOR HIS EXPOSURE. (THE AD GUY WAS HIS LOVER.) THIS FILM WAS A NERVY PLEA FOR CHANGE AND WAY AHEAD OF S TIME NONTG IMPORTANT ISSU—BUT HONEY, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: DIRK BOGAR AGA, THIS TIME AS AN OLD QUEEN OBSSG ON A BOY DEATH VENICE (1971). YOU WANT TO FLAG DOWN A GONDOLA RIGHT OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTER (2003){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVIEMAKERS LOVE QUEER VICTIMS AS WELL AS QUEER PSYCHOS, AND MONSTER GIV YOU BOTH, ALL ONE PERSON. CHARLIZE THERON PLAYS AILEEN WUORNOS, THE REAL-LIFE DAYTONA BEACH PROSTUTE WHO CLICKED WH A YOUNGER GIRLIEND, BUT WAS ULTIMATELY WORN DOWN BY ALL KDS OF ABE, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, AND OTHER CHALLENG, AND END UP ON A KILLG SPREE OF MALE VICTIMS. THE MOVIE IS PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT SHE FACED—AND THERON IS DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT HER OSR-WNG TURN—BUT WATCHG THIS WOMAN DISTEGRATE AND ALSO TAKE AWAY OTHERS’ LIV IS A REAL DEBBIE DOWNER THAT I HIGHLY REMEND, BUT ONLY ON A STRONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAROL (2015), THOUGH ’S AN ABSOLUTE JOYRI PARED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KILLG OF SISTER GEE (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERYL REID PLAYS AN ACTRS WHOSE SISTER GEE CHARACTER ON A BBC SOAP OPERA IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED OFF BEE OF THE ACTRS’S VULGAR BEHAVR OFF-MERA. THAT MAK HER EVEN MORE VIC TO HER GIRLIEND, THE ARRTED CHILD KNOWN AS CHILDIE (SANNAH YORK), WHICH WHOM SHE SHAR A PARTICULARLY VIC, IF FADG, RELATNSHIP. ALONG AN EVEN MEANER DYKE, A TV PRODUCER PLAYED BY CORAL BROWNE, WHO SWOOPS AND THREATENS TO TAKE CHILDIE AWAY VIA ALL KDS OF PARAPHERNALIA. (THE MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY S&M ACTN, BY THE WAY, BUT ABOUT DOWNRIGHT SADISM.) DIRECTED WH A SLEDGEHAMMER BY ROBERT ALDRICH (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), THE VOYRISTIC MELODRAMA BASED ON A PLAY IS SORT OF ENJOYABLY MPY NOW, BUT WAS JT PLA DAMAGG BACK THEN. IT CREEPILY ENDS WH BERYL BELLOWG “MOO!”—LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERGEANT (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS POST-WWII DRAMA, ROD STEIGER IS THE ANGSTY TLE CHARACTER WHO’S GRAPPLG WH REPRSED URG AND GOG BATTY AS A RULT. HE’S PECIALLY HOT FOR A HANDSOME PRIVATE (BARBARELLA’S JOHN PHILLIP LAW), BUT THAT DRIV HIM EPER OVER THE EDGE, AS HE NSTANTLY PUNISH AND TNTS THE PRIVATE ORR TO WORK OUT HIS OWN PSYCHOSIS. I GET —THE CLOSET IS HAZARDO TO YOUR HEALTH, PECIALLY IF YOU’RE GAGA FOR AN UNATTAABLE TWK—BUT ALL THE MOVI WH PATHETILLY SELF-LOATHG QUEERS BEG MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE, PROVE TO BE A TAD MORALIZG TO EXPERIENCE. IN THIS SE, HAMMY ROD NOT ONLY DOWNGRAS THE HIGH-CHEEKBONED HOTTIE, HE FOLLOWS HIM AROUND AND EVEN FORC A KISS ON HIM A LEERG EXPLOSN OF UNWANTED LT. DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T WATCH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE (1967)—BASED ON BISEXUAL CARSON MCCULLERS’ NOVEL—WH MARLON BRANDO AS A VERY MOR MAJOR WHO FIXAT ON A HOT PRIVATE AND TRATN ENDS UP KILLG HIM. THE SCREECHY FILIPO HOEBOY ISN’T EXACTLY A ONE-MAN PRI PARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOX (1967){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON THE D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL, THIS FILM FEATUR ANNE HEYWOOD AND SANDY DENNIS AS TWO LONELY GALS SAPPHILLY CLGG TO EACH OTHER THE WILRNS, UNTIL A WANRG MALE (KEIR DULLEA) DROPS BY AND CHANG THE DYNAMIC. “ALL YOU NEED IS SOME DICK” SEEMS TO BE THE MSAGE. I KNOW, BUT E ON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUMMER LOVERS (1982){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S ANOTHER TRATG VARIATN ON A MéNAGE à TROIS. GAY WRER-DIRECTOR RANDAL KLEISER’S FOLLOW-UP TO GREASE AND THE BLUE LAGOON FDS GEO PETER GALLAGHER AND SCMPT DARYL HANNAH AS A UPLE VATNG ON THE EYE-POPPG GREEK ISLANDS, ONLY TO HAVE LECTABLE FRENCH GIRL VALERIE QUENNSEN ENTER THE SUATN AND ADD SOME HEAT. BUT THE STUD NERVOLY CUT THE SAME-SEX STUFF, SO BE A VERY LOPSID TRIANGLE, WH ONLY HTS OF WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN. I RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR A REVIVAL OF THIS FILM, LLG A GLOR O TO PANSEXUALISM. WELL, NOT REALLY. IN THIS SE, GREECE IS FELY NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAN’T STOP THE MIC (1980), 54 (1998).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY JAM L. BROOKS, GREG KNEAR IS A GAY ARTIST WHO’S ASSLTED A ROBBERY AND LOS EVERYTHG. THIS SWEET, TALENTED, GOOD-LOOKG GAY SUDNLY HAS NOT A IEND THE WORLD—UNTIL FOLKS LIKE THE HOMOPHOBIC JACK NICHOLSON CHARACTER STEP TO HELP SAVE THE DAY. I FOUND THIS A PATRONIZG FANTASY, SET UP STRICTLY AS AN ICKY NARRATIVE VICE. AND SCE THE QUEER MUNY HAS ALWAYS RALLIED TO HELP SELF (OFTEN WH PAFULLY FEW OUTSIRS PCHG ), SEEMED PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: LONGTIME COMPANN (1989), PHILALPHIA (1993), A SGLE MAN (2009), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000), AND BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005), WHICH IS SO PRSG TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SHOULD PROBABLY BE S OWN LIST, BUT WHEN I SAW , I WAS SO OVER ALL THE QUEERS-AS-VICTIMS FILMS THAT I HAVE TO ADM I WAS MORE EXASPERATED THAN VASTATED; STILL, GET OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAIRSE (1969){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT STANLEY DONEN, KNOWN FOR AIRY NCTNS LIKE SG’ THE RA AND FUNNY FACE, DIRECTED THIS LEAN SLOG ABOUT TWO MIDDLE-AGED GAYS—ONE A BARBER, THE OTHER AN ACTOR—WHO BICKER EVEN MORE THAN SISTER GEE AND CHILDIE. BASED ON A STAGE PLAY, THIS DOWN STAIRSE HAD THE SHOCK VALUE OF BIG NAM RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON PLAYG THE FOPPISH LEADS, BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE REPELLENT AND ’S ALL TALK, TALK, TALK, AND ALL EPLY UNNVCG, TOO. AND I HATE BOTH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, THIS CHILEAN FILM DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LELLO WON THE BT FOREIGN FILM OSR FOR S GRTY LOOK AT A GRIEVG TRANSGENR SGER BEG TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AT EVERY TURN. THE STUNNG TRANS ACTOR DANIELA VEGA PLAYS MARA, THE SANTIAGO WARS/CHANTSE WHOSE BOYIEND DI OF AN ANRYSM, SO SHE TRI TO MOURN HIM PROPERLY, BUT IS DISREGARD, LLED NAM, AND BTALIZED EVERYWHERE SHE GO. IT’S VERY PAFUL TO WATCH MARA’S GRADATN, THOUGH SHE ALWAYS KEEPS STOILLY MOVG FORWARD, VALIANTLY TRYG TO SUMMON STRENGTH AND DIGNY ALL THROUGH HER PLIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW HALLUCATORY AND/OR FANTASY SEQUENC TO ELEVATE THE MOOD, BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS THE KD OF THG THAT HAS YOU GRTG YOUR TEETH AND FENDG OFF A NERVO BREAKDOWN WHILE ADMIRG THE CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: BOYS DON’T CRY (1999), WHICH IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYG BEE THE TRANS CHARACTER IS BTALLY MURRED, AND BIS, ’S A REAL STORY. WHAT’S MORE, A CIS FEMALE—HILARY SWANK—PLAYED THE TRANS MALE, AS IS MOVIELAND’S WAY. STILL, WAS RIVETGLY DONE AND DIENC DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETIM AUNT MARTHA DO DREADFUL THGS (1971){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LOW-BUDGET, PSYCHO-WANNABE SOUNDS LIKE MIGHT BE KSCHY FUN, BUT ONLY IS IF YOU WATCH WH A VERY GIDDY GROUP OVER SOME VERY SUGARY SNACKS. IT HAS THE DOMEERG PL AND THE MENTALLY FEEBLE STANLEY HIDG OUT OM THE LAW MIAMI, WHERE ONE PRETENDS TO BE THE OTHER’S NT, FULL, HIO DRAG. BUT WHEN PL BRGS HOME A FEMALE DATE, AUNT MARTHA GO MAD WH JEALOY AND BUTCHERS HER, NORMAN BAT-STYLE. (MARTHA NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED; PL ULDN’T GET UP ANYWAY.) THE ROOT OF NTIE’S RAGE—THAT PL IS POSSSIVELY LOVE WH STANLEY, WH WHOM HE SHAR A BED—IS HANDLED A VERY HALF-ASSED MANNER, AND THERE ARE NTUY PROBLEMS, TOO. IT’S THE KD OF MOVIE WHERE THAT DATE ENTERS THE GUYS’ HOE ON A TREE-LED URBAN STREET, BUT WHEN SHE LEAV, ’S SUDNLY THE THICK OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SHAMEFUL, AS YOU SIMPLY WA FOR THE CUCKOO DRAG QUEEN (WHO LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER ACTRS HERMNE GGOLD CROSSED WH GENE HACKMAN AT THE END OF THE BIRDGE) TO GET UGHT ALREADY. BUT TURN PRSN TO JOY AND MAKE THIS OBSCURE FD TO A VERY SICK PARTY ATTRACTN FULL OF LGHS AND JAW DROPS. THAT WORKED FOR ME, AND WE HAD AN AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: TWO FILMS THAT HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE, THOUGH I FELT THE RPONSE WAS A TAD OVERWROUGHT: CISG (1980) AND BOAT TRIP (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRIKE UP THE BAND FOR MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CIDLY DID NOT CLU THE BOYS THE BAND THE ABOVE LIST BEE I’VE ALWAYS FOUND THE 1970 FILM—BASED ON MART CROWLEY’S RROSIVELY FUNNY AND SAD PLAY ABOUT A GAY BIRTHDAY PARTY GONE AWRY—TO BE MORE PROVOTIVE THAN PRSG. AND Y, THAT CLUS THE EMOTNAL RNAGE AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS YOU KNOW, NETFLIX IS PRODUCG A WHOLE NEW MOVIE OF THAT WORK, BASED ON THE ALL-STAR PRODUCTN THAT WON THE BT REVIVAL OF A PLAY TONY AWARD JUNE. I RAN TO MATT BOMER AT THE PREMIERE OF A MOVIE LLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ON THURSDAY, AUGT 22, WHICH I HEAR WAS THE SAME NIGHT THE NEW BOYS MOVIE SHOT A PRE-PARTY B AT JULI BAR, WHICH CLUD A MEO BY CROWLEY. (THE LONG-NNG JULI WAS ALSO REPRENTED CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? AND ON POSE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ASKED MATT IF HE’S FOUND NEW TEXTUR HIS CHARACTER, THE PASSNATE DONALD, FOR THE MERA. “I THK SO,” HE SAID. “IT’S HERENTLY A MORE TIMATE MEDIUM. FILMG WAS A CHANCE TO RENNECT AND TO TST THAT WE DID THE THEATER, BUT NOT TO RELY ON THAT.” “SO, THOSE WHO SAW THE BROADWAY PRODUCTN SHOULD MAKE SURE TO TCH THE MOVIE, SCE ’S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, RIGHT?” I ASKED, NCEALG THE FACT THAT I PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE AT LEAST FIVE TIM. “OH, Y,” HE SAID. “PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED. I HOPE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE PLAY WON’T FEEL THEY DON’T NEED TO SEE . THERE’S A LOT TO CHECK OUT.” HONEY, I’LL BE CHECKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HAS A SORT OF MOPEY LBIAN (HANNAH PEARL UTT, WHO DIRECTED AND -WROTE) AND HER MSY SISTER (JEN TULLOCK, WHO -WROTE) LEARNG THAT THEIR MOTHER ISN’T AD, SPE WHAT DADDY TOLD THEM; SHE’S A WACKY SOAP OPERA STAR (JUDH LIGHT) WHO DIDN’T WANT CHILDREN, BUT WEL THEIR NROTIC RETURN TO HER LIFE. BEFORE THE MOVIE UNSPOOLED, UTT TOLD THE CROWD, “IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEE LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY.” THAT WAS REHGLY HONT, THOUGH AS THEY SOTED OFF AND STARTED THE FILM, LIGHT JOKED TO HER, “COME ON. THERE’S A MENTAL HOSPAL CLOSE BY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM? I FOUND SOME OF AS EXASPERATG AS S CHARACTERS, BUT I LIKED S OBSERVANT TOUCH AND ENJOYED THE WAY A REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA IMPGED ON THE FAKE ONE. NOT PRSG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Dpe the fact that lns of Amerins wnsed two men raise a happy and healthy dghter om the fort of their livg room sofas, took a fan mpaign to lobby Disney-owned ABC to fally allow Mchell (gay actor Jse Tyler Fergon) and Cameron (straight actor Eric Stontreet) to kiss ( fally happened 2010).
For years, ranged, perverse, and spible homosexuals were on full display — pecially om Ryan Murphy, who remas our most proment culture czar when to queer characters on TV. From the Roy Cohn-flected Army-McCarthy heargs — which was the first time many people heard the word “homosexual” uttered on TV — through the “don’t ask, don’t tell” Neti, that clud The Goln Girls and Digng Women, to our current glter-and-glam era of RuPl’s Drag Race and almost-anythg-go pansexualy. When her straight male roommate’s twentysomethg girliend, Francis, qutns why Leila is so terrified to tell anyone that she has sex wh both men and women, Leila tells her ’s plited bee ’s “a gay thg.
Adapted om gay director Jt Simien’s breakout film of the same name, about black llege stunts g to terms wh a “post-racial Ameri, ” the seri explor them of race, genr, and sexualy by skewerg jt about everyone for hypocrisy and double standards. In the send season, he manag to evolve beyond simple trop and is given space to explore his queer inty, cludg havg his heart broken by Silv (a self-scribed “Mexin Italian gay vers top otter pup”), fdg a boyiend (of sorts), and even beg rejected by another black man bee of his sk lor — provg that, spe all the talk of “muny, ” ’s never easy to fe lastg bonds.
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Pl, managed to change many nservative viewpots the black muny — cludg Timbaland, who crafted the seri’ tchy origal tracks — and was a rare moment which a gay character of lor had so much visibily. Matilda has high-functng tism, and some of the bt scen revolve around her explorg her fluid sexualy, while both girls embrace their gay half-brother’s relatnship failur as send nature.
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An utter charmer about a gay, reverg addict edian (-creator Mae Mart) and a prevly straight teacher (Charlotte Richie) who fall eply, dangeroly love wh each other.
Holm), hers some of origal-recipe Rob’s most memorable obssns and quirks — among other thgs, Simon is the one who giv the speech about patibily pendg on what you like, not what you are like — even as his story is very different, startg wh the fact that he and the new Rob break up bee he’s gay. The show, always handipped by expectatns would be the “gay Girls, ” never que found a large enough dience who tly embraced the sensive and slow-burng storytellg. And the fale’s most powerful subplot, he says the words “I’m gay” aloud — a first not only for him, but for a teen televisn character (and one played by an out actor Wilson Cz).
The entire n of this lightful throwback s has queer-iendly ntent, but particularly s first season (still streamg on Netflix, even though the latt season was ma for Pop), which slowly but refully charted the journey of Elena (Isabella Gomez), a Latx teen g to the realizatn that she’s gay, and gradually disverg how to tell her very Catholic fay about . K., who was technilly still an executive producer at the time — but one of the most important them is Tig tryg to fd a gay muny this part of the world where she feels fortable, and the growg csh she’s velopg on her apparently straight rad producer Kate (played by Notaro’s wife, Stephanie Allynne). The show plays to the gay-for-prison fantasy so many straight men seem to still harbor, but also shows how you n enjoy male-male timacy while also beg a harned badass.
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Versn (set a much-gayer versn of Ptsburgh) wasted no time showg Brian (Gale Harold) and teenage Jt (Randy Harrison) the first male-on-male sex scene on Amerin televisn. While parts of may not have aged so well, the seri ntaed lots of TV firsts — cludg the first legally wed gay uple, first gay adoptn, and HIV-posive/negative uple — wh -stars Hal Sparks, Peter Paige, and Stt Lowell explorg what meant to have relatnships and stggle for acceptance.
The bt of the volv Otis’ gay bt iend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa), which is ls a tradnal g-out story (everyone already seems to know when the show begs) than about Eric beg more fortable how he feels about himself and how he prents himself to the world. But there are a lot of other smart stori on LGBTQ subjects, om the technil (a gay virg learns the logistics of anal douchg) to the emotnal (former bt iends don’t work as a uple after both e out) — so many, fact, that ’s a b easier to five when one of the seri’ queer storyl (volvg a homophobic bully) don’t really work.
In that way, ’s breakg siar ground to the Sundance Now seri This Close, om af actors Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman, about a straight woman and gay man who are bti lookg for love and unrstandg.