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Queer Cinema

A close-up portrait of a young man with dark hair and intense gaze, set against a dark background.
Queer Cinema

Trauma and catharsis in Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin

by Logan Kenny

The film shows the every­day ago­nies of exist­ing as queer and deal­ing with trau­ma in an apa­thet­ic world.
Two people seated at a colourful, graffiti-covered outdoor market stall, one wearing a pink top.
Queer Cinema

Why shared viewing experiences are vital to queer audiences

by Hamish Calvert

Pub­lic screen­ings can be a safe space for LGBT+ peo­ple. But the uncer­tain future many cin­e­mas now face could rob us of that.
Two young men, one with blonde wavy hair and the other with dark hair, smiling and standing together on a beach.
Queer Cinema

How François Ozon navigates queer romance

by Juan Barquin

In Sum­mer of 85, the French direc­tor builds on a career-long inter­est in how we deal with love and loss.
Two people holding a banner that reads "LGBT FANS DESERVE BETTER" in a rainbow border.
Festivals

A new film explores the history of queer women on television

by Katie Goh

Gabrielle Zilkha’s doc­u­men­tary Queer­ing the Script looks at how fans have fought for more diverse representation.
Elaborately costumed figure wearing a golden, glittering outfit with a large headdress, standing in a crowded setting.
Queer Cinema

Defining legendary: Paris Is Burning at 30

by Rahul Patel

Jen­nie Livingston’s sem­i­nal por­trait of New York’s ball­room cul­ture still res­onates through­out the queer community.
A black and white image showing two people, one of whom is a woman with blonde hair, standing on a police line barrier in a park-like setting.
Queer Cinema

Netflix’s Disclosure is just the start for trans*-positive representation

by Lillian Crawford

Sam Feder’s lat­est doc­u­men­tary, on Hollywood’s harm­ful trans­gen­der stereo­types, is a great con­ver­sa­tion starter – but we need to go further.
Three people dressed in 1970s attire - a woman with long hair, a man with an afro, and a third person - sitting on a dirt path surrounded by autumn leaves.
In Praise Of

Let The Sunshine In: The queer legacy of Miloš Forman’s Hair

by Brian Quinn

Beyond its anti-war rhetoric, the Czech director’s ver­sion of the Broad­way musi­cal is a sto­ry of same-sex love.
Black-and-white image showing three people - two men and a woman - in formal attire, standing in what appears to be a formal setting.
Queer Cinema

The queer-coding of this classic screwball comedy

by James Palmer

Themes of bisex­u­al­i­ty and polygamy are sub­tly veiled in 1940’s My Favorite Wife.
A woman with dark hair and red lips, wearing a gold necklace, in a dimly lit scene.
Queer Cinema

Queer coming of age in the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy

by Sam Moore

Gregg Araki’s mid-’90s trip­tych explores the hope and hope­less­ness of being young and open­ly gay.
Two young men in leather jackets, standing close together, in a dimly lit room with a curtain in the background.
In Praise Of

Why it’s time to revisit this landmark British LGBTQ+ drama

by Katie Goh

Ron Peck’s Nighthawks sur­vives as much more than a his­tor­i­cal doc­u­ment of gay life in a bygone era.