The Producers (1967) Queer Film B+
Not nearly as shocking today as it was in 1967, The Producers remains wildly entertaining. A huge part of its staying power comes from Roger De Bris and his exquisitely mannered assistant Carmen Ghia
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Day: February 3, 2026
In a Lonely Place (1950) Queer Film A-
Bogart is superb playing a queer-coded male lead. He’s emotionally volatile, unable to be in a stable heterosexual relationship, deeply suspicious of intimacy and terrified of being “found out”.
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Queer Film (A)
Stanwyck gives one of her most controlled, lethal performances, and Douglas’s debut is astonishing – he plays Walter as a man who has been dying for years, a man whose entire identity is built around Martha.
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Wonder Bar (1934) Queer Film C+
The movie is full of lavish production numbers, melodrama, and even a brief same-sex dance gag in which a man asks a couple if he can cut into their dance, and, while the woman says Sure, he dances away with her partner!
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Stage Door (1937) Queer Film A-
Director Gregory La Cava, fresh off My Man Godfrey (1936), directs with a light, improvisatory touch, and Hepburn and Rogers play off each other beautifully.
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