Can’t Stop the Music (1980) Queer Film (F)
Viewer beware! There is no camp here. Just Boredom. Utter boredom. I will never have this time back again.
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Category: Queer Film/TV
Fame (1980) Queer Film B-
Actor Paul McCrane’s token gay character, Montgomery, stood out as an honest and moving portrayal of a shy, talented young man.
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American Gigolo (1980) Queer Film (A)
Watching American Gigolo, you knew that Courtesy of Giorgio and Nando, two gay Italian men, glamor and fashion had returned to the world, not just Hollywood but the entire world.
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Times Square (1980) Queer Film (B)
.Director Allan Moyle’s “Times Square” is a gritty, punk‑infused queer coming‑of‑age drama set in pre‑Disneyfied Manhattan, where the city’s chaos becomes a refuge for two teenage girls who don’t fit anywhere else.
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Dressed to Kill (1980) Queer Film (A)
Thanks to Ralph D. Bode’s cinematography and Pino Donaggio’s haunting score, it is both a visual and an aural feast.
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Nijinsky (1980) Queer Film C-
“Nijinsky” asks the question: Why does a great artist go crazy? Ross and Wheeler, however, take a reductive approach and blame the woman.
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Paul’s Case (1980) Queer Film (A)
Beautifully realized by director Lamont Johnson, the film preserves Cather’s delicate psychological shading and queer-coded subtext. Eric Roberts’ performance is luminous—romantic, brittle, and heartbreaking. A star is born.
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Taxi zum Klo (1980) Queer Film A-
Groundbreaking semi-autobiographical German film that candidly explores the dual life of a gay man in West Berlin at the dawn of the 1980s.
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Last Call (2023): A Serial Killer Preys on Gay Men in New York A+
Caronna gives these five men back their dignity, something they were stripped of when they became victims of a horrific crime.
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Beef (2023) Queer TV. Yeun and Wong Astound Us. (A)
Created by Lee Sung Jin, the series boasts a wonderful script and spectacular turns by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as the central characters.
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Fellow Travelers (2023) Queer TV B+
“Fellow Travelers” is “The Way We Were,” with Jewish being replaced by Queer, Redford by Bomer and Barbra by Bailey. It’s compulsively watchable, just not a classic.
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Red, White & Royal Blue (2023) Queer TV (B)
Nicholas Galitzine, as Prince Harry, gives a perfect performance. Utterly believable. He’s the ONLY reason to see this. But he is reason enough!
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The Staircase (2022) Queer TV A+
The result: compulsive viewing for seven out of the eight episodes. Colin Firth is spellbinding. Toni Collette is equally superb.
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Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022). Queer TV. (A)
Evan Peters, Josh Braaten (young Jeffrey), Niecy Nash as nest-door-neighbor Glenda and a magnificent Richard Jenkins as Dahmer’s Father, all give stellar performances.
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The White Lotus (2021) – Queer TV A+
The action then unfolds in flashback…. Olivia and Paula instantly become the series’ Greek Chorus; the best-friend-duo from hell.
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Mrs. America (2020) and the renaissance of Jeanne Dielman. Queer TV. A+
Blanchett then slowly hangs up the phone and returns, defeated, to the kitchen. In un hommage à Akerman, the camera frames her in medium shot.
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The Dreamlanders
The Dreamlanders are a group of stock players, directed by John Waters, who have appeared in his films since their humble beginnings. Most of the original bunch live /lived in the Baltimore area.
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