Bono: Stories of Surrender is one of the Great Concert Movies (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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 12, 2025 | A-, Apple TV+, Documentary, Film Music | LA Music Scene, LA Music Scene, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming
The man, on stage, in Naples, without the rest of his U2 bandmates, is in a great voice and equally fine storytelling form.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 6, 2023 | A-, HBOMAX, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, Television
This is the superior version thanks to a spectacularly good Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, a housewife who has everything on the Baby Boom checklist.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 9, 2023 | 2023, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
We also discover, in a beautifully acted scene by McAdams, who steals the picture, that Barbara is estranged from her devoutly Christian parents.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | 2023, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, MUBI, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming
“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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 16, 2023 | 2023, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Laporte is tremendous in portraying a complex character who appears to have an “escape” but really doesn’t. It’s a heartbreaking performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 21, 2022 | 2022, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Beautifully Queer friendly, the relationship between Bee (Maria Bakalova) and Sophiie (Amanda Stenberg) is the emotional center of the movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 1, 2022 | 2022, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
The directors are extremely cine-literate. However, their references never seemed forced and I basked in their cinematic vision.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | May 9, 2022 | 2021, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, MUBI, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Meise directs what must be some of the most beautiful and heartfelt scenes ever captured on film between two men in love.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Dec 27, 2021 | 2020, A-, Film Reviews, Netflix, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming
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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Oct 25, 2025 | 80s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Music, Film Music | LA Music Scene, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Thanks to Ralph D. Bode’s cinematography and Pino Donaggio’s haunting score, it is both a visual and an aural feast.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 27, 2023 | 70s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming
Excellent work by Robert Stephens (his best screen performance) and Colin Blakely (Dr. Watson). Geneviève Page gives a gorgeous melancholy performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 5, 2022 | 70s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Music, Film Music | LA Music Scene, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Visconti’s best idea was changing Aschenbach’s profession from a writer to a composer opening up the movie to the Mahler Adagietto .
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 9, 2022 | 70s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
“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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Apr 4, 2024 | 70s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Streaming, YouTube
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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 60s, A-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television
A beautiful adaptation of the William Inge play directed by Delbert Mann from a great script by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch..
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 60s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Preminger always liked to be cutting edge and he was with “Advise and Consent” a beautifully written, acted and directed movie.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 60s, A-, Cinematographers, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Writer/director Bryan Forbes lovely and faithful adaptation of the Lynne Reid Banks novel boasts Leslie Caron’s greatest performance.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 11, 2022 | 60s, A-, Amazon, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Great fun was had by all adapting Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 short satirical novel about the funeral business in Los Angeles.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 50s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Directors (Hitchcock and others), Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Hitchcock reverses himself here, having gay actor Farley Granger play the straight character and straight actor Robert Walker play the gay character.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 15, 2022 | 50s, A-, Film Noir, Ratings: Movies and Television
The buildup to Monroe’s superstardom started here. The magnificent widescreen technicolor cinematography is by Joseph MacDonald.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jun 5, 2024 | 50s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
“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.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 40s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Performances to savor. Mary Astor does a superb turn as Bridget O’Shaughnessy, a Celtic Tiger avant la lettre!
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 40s, A-, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Streaming, YouTube
Monty Wooley delights as the impossibly pompous Sheridan Whiteside in William Keighley’s wonderful adaptation of the Kaufman/Hart play.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 40s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
“Gilda”: Rita Hayworth’s star-making performance, directed by Charles Vidor, with cinematography by Rudolph Mate and Jack Cole’s choreography.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 40s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, YouTube
1948 was the year of Montgomery Clift. In addition to Hawkes “Red River” there was Fred Zinnemann’s “The Search” and William Wyler’s “The Heiress”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 40s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Directors (Hitchcock and others), Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
The story, which is based on the Leopold and Loeb case is irresistible. Granger and Dall are perfection and Jimmy Stewart is also amazing.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Aug 31, 2022 | 30s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Director James Whale’s masterpiece is as close to Susan Sontag’s definition of high camp as the movies can deliver.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Jan 16, 2024 | 30s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
When Hepburn’s aunt asks him to explain, he replies exasperatedly, “Because I just went gay all of a sudden”
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Every character in the movie, and every animal featured, was female. Great work by Crawford, Russell, Shearer and Mary Boland.
Read MorePosted by Patrick | Sep 1, 2022 | 30s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Music, Film Music | LA Music Scene, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Judy Garland captured everyone’s heart with that voice, vulnerable yet confident. Innocent yet knowing.
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