The Naked Civil Servant (1975) Queer Film (A)
His life becomes a kind of performance art and Hurt is phenomenal. One of the great queer performances as one of the great Queers.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 9, 2026 | 70s, A, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Queer TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, Television, YouTube
His life becomes a kind of performance art and Hurt is phenomenal. One of the great queer performances as one of the great Queers.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 9, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, C, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
What we do have, however, is Redd Foxx as the dad and thank God for that! The result is a laugh every other minute. Foxx does not have to work for it, he’s a natural and he basically saves the movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 9, 2026 | 60s, A-, Film Reviews, Ratings: Movies and Television, YouTube
Chabrol’s direction is icy, geometric, and controlled. The villa becomes a psychological maze; the color palette (especially the whites and blues) reinforces the emotional chill. Stéphane Audran’s performance is a masterclass in elegant menace.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 9, 2026 | 60s, C, Film Reviews, Streaming, YouTube
Teorem was Pasolini’s only movie to address homosexuality directly. Even then, it’s all pretty clinical.
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