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Christopher Larkin – A Very Natural Thing (1974)
Quote: A poignant romantic drama examines the life of gay 26 year old, ex-monk, school teacher living in Manhattan. When he meets a man at a gay bar, they connect and are soon living together....
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Händl Klaus – Kater AKA Tomcat (2016)
Quote: Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna’s vineyards. They work as a musician and as a...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Freak Orlando (1981)
As Orlando (Magdalena Montezuma) enters the world of “freaks,” the movie develops scenes from a mythological netherworld, the Spanish Inquisition, the Middle Ages, and a few other settings to focus on...
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Cheryl Dunye – The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Quote: Cheryl is young, Black, and lesbian, working in Philadelphia with her best friend Tamara and consumed by a film project: to make a video about her search for a Black actress from Philly who...
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Wiktor Grodecki – Not Angels But Angels (1994)
Quote: Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most...
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Alain Corneau – Stupeur et tremblements AKA Fear and Trembling (2003)
Synopsis: A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a...
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Various – The Dream Machine (1980 – 1983)
reviev of Dream Machine from link Burroughs’ Dream Machine On Film… Nearly., 26 March 2004 6/10 Author: scottanthony from Dorset, England In theory: a short non-narrative film made to commemorate the...
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Asia Argento – The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
Quote: The dysfunctional twenty-three-year-old Sarah takes her six-year-old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her....
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Eliza Hittman – Beach Rats (2017)
Quote: An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self-identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a...
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Yolanda Garcia Serrano & Juan Luis Iborra – Km. 0 aka Kilometer Zero (2000)
The title refers to Madrid’s central square (from which all distances within Spain are measured). Zero may also describe the state of the lives of 14 strangers. The stories of these fourteen collide...
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Robin Campillo – 120 battements par minute AKA 120 Beats Per Minute (2017)
Quote: Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has...
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Henry Alberto – Hara Kiri (2016)
Quote: When August suggests a suicide pact to his lover Beto, the skater soul mates emerge to defiantly ride through one final Los Angeles day punctuated by moments of lyricism, chaos, and contention....
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John Trengove – Inxeba AKA The Wound (2017)
Quote: Brimming with sex and violence, The Wound is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa s Xhosa culture. Every year, the tribe s young men are brought to the mountains of...
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Daisy Asquith – Queerama (2017)
Synopsis: Compilation of archive footage from 1919 to the present, from both documentary and fictional sources, set to music, illustrating the huge changes in LGBTQ life in Britain (mainly England)...
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William A. Wellman – Beggars of Life (1928)
The Louise Brooks Society: wrote: Beggars of Life is a terse drama about a girl (Louise Brooks) dressed as a boy who flees the law after killing her abusive stepfather. With the help of a young hobo,...
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Sebastián Lelio – Una mujer fantástica AKA A Fantastic Woman (2017)
Quote: Marina, a trans woman, is a singer and waitress. She has just moved in with her lover, Orlando. One night, Orlando wakes up feeling very unwell. Unable to stand up, he collapses and falls down...
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Xavier Dolan – Les amours imaginaires AKA Heartbeats (2010)
Quote: Early accolades can be a curse to an artist’s career. Directors whose first features meet with critical hallelujahs are often harshly scrutinized for subsequent efforts. Few debuts have enjoyed...
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Anne Fontaine – Marvin ou la belle éducation AKA Marvin (2017)
Quote: “Becoming someone else: oneself…, to pull out your heart and take off running.” This is the starting point in darkness and light that inspired French filmmaker Anne Fontaine to make Reinventing...
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Paul Morrissey – Flesh (1968)
Quote: Flesh was filmmaker Paul Morrissey’s first production for Andy Warhol. The story concerns a bisexual hustler (Joe Dallesandro) who does tricks so that he can pay for his wife’s lover’s...
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André Téchiné – Nos années folles AKA Golden Years (2017)
Quote: As anyone who saw last year’s Being 17 knows, the great, undersung French filmmaker Andre Techine doesn’t direct like most 74-year-olds. It wasn’t just the racing camera and breathless pace...
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