Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025) A-
The man, on stage, in Naples, without the rest of his U2 bandmates, is in a great voice and equally fine storytelling form.
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Love and Death (2023) A-
This is the superior version thanks to a spectacularly good Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, a housewife who has everything on the Baby Boom checklist.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023) The Perfect Judy Bloom A-
We also discover, in a beautifully acted scene by McAdams, who steals the picture, that Barbara is estranged from her devoutly Christian parents.
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How to Have Sex (2023) Mia McKenna-Bruce shines in Manning Walker’s debut A-
“How to Have Sex” follows three teenage girls on vacation in Greece. Mia McKenna-Bruce delivers a heartbreaking performance as Tara. One of 2023’s best.
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You Can Live Forever (2023) Queer Film A-
Laporte is tremendous in portraying a complex character who appears to have an “escape” but really doesn’t. It’s a heartbreaking performance.
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Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (2022) Queer Film! A-
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
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The Tale of King Crab (2022) Enchanting! Directors Alessio Rigo de Righi & Matteo Zoppis A-
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
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Great Freedom (2021) Queer Film A-
Meise directs what must be some of the most beautiful and heartfelt scenes ever captured on film between two men in love.
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Dance of the Forty-One (2020) Queer Film A-
Ignacio de la Torre was the son in law of Mexico’s president for life and dictator Porfirio Díaz’s. But he was leading a double life with his lover Evaristo.
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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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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) Queer Film A-
Excellent work by Robert Stephens (his best screen performance) and Colin Blakely (Dr. Watson). Geneviève Page gives a gorgeous melancholy performance.
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Death In Venice (1971) Queer Film A-
Visconti’s best idea was changing Aschenbach’s profession from a writer to a composer opening up the movie to the Mahler Adagietto .
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) Queer Film A-
“The Garden of the Finzi Continis” is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by gay Italian writer Giorgio Bassani who is played in the film by Helmut Berger.
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Farewell My Lovely (1975) Queer Film A-
One of those rare cases where the remake is marginally better than the original, Farewell My Lovely not only keeps the original title of the Raymond Chandler novel, it also more faithful to its spirit.
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Next Stop Greenwich Village (1976) Queer Film A-
Lenny Baker delivers a marvelous, lived‑in performance, radiating zest for life. Tragically, Baker’s career was cut short; he died of thyroid cancer at just 37 in 1982, never appearing in another film.
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Suspiria (1977) Queer Film A-
Italian director Dario Argento’s supernatural horror sensation! Jessica Harper is a ballet student whose school is a front for a coven of lesbian witches.
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Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) Queer Film B+
This is one of the great unsung Queer films of the 1970s. Featuring a sublimely queer turn by Robert Morley, an actor who played his share of gay roles over the years. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar of 1978 from both The Los Angeles Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Queer Film A-
A beautiful adaptation of the William Inge play directed by Delbert Mann from a great script by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch..
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Advice and Consent (1962) Queer Film A-
Preminger always liked to be cutting edge and he was with “Advise and Consent” a beautifully written, acted and directed movie.
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The L-Shaped Room (1963) Queer Film B+
Writer/director Bryan Forbes lovely and faithful adaptation of the Lynne Reid Banks novel boasts Leslie Caron’s greatest performance.
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The Loved One (1965) Queer Film A-
Great fun was had by all adapting Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 short satirical novel about the funeral business in Los Angeles.
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if….. (1968) Queer Film A-
Alternating between color and black‑and‑white, the film achieves a dreamlike quality that contrasts with the horrors unfolding onscreen. Yet Anderson also threads in humor and tenderness, most notably in the sweet, understated love story between Wallace and Bobby, who share kisses and occasionally a bed.
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Les Biches (1968) Queer Film A-
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.
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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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Strangers on a Train (1951) Queer Film. Hitchcock. A-
Hitchcock reverses himself here, having gay actor Farley Granger play the straight character and straight actor Robert Walker play the gay character.
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Niagara (1953) Film Noir A-
The buildup to Monroe’s superstardom started here. The magnificent widescreen technicolor cinematography is by Joseph MacDonald.
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I Vitelloni (1953) Queer Film A-
The film blends neorealist observation with a nostalgic tone, supported by a lush Nino Rota score. Like Fellini’s later autobiographical work, it captures a vivid sense of time and place.
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Les Diaboliques (1955) Queer Film A-
By late 1956, it had become the highest-grossing French film released in the United States. It is also one of the most successful queer films of all time since, although queer coded, something is clearly going on between Christina and Nicole!
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Written on the Wind (1956) Queer Film A-
.”Written on the Wind”: The film’s central tenet is that Kyle (Robert Stack) and his ruthless sister Marylee (Dorothy Malone) lust after the same man.
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Tea and Sympathy (1956) Queer Film A-
“Tea and Sympathy” has aged well. What could not be said under the Hayes code lends it beauty and delicacy, especially in Deborah’s sublime performance.
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