The Detective (1968) Queer Film (D)
Boasting a dreadful script by Abby – Judgment at Nuremberg – Mann, the mediocre direction by Gordon Douglas puts the kibosh on everything. Sinatra gives the role as much integrity as the material allows.
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Category: D
A Very Natural Thing (1974) Queer Film (D)
There is massive footage of NYC pride parades that lend nothing to the proceedings. Today, it comes across as a failed curiosity that gets a D for effort.
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Once is Not Enough (1975) Queer Film (D)
An impressive performance by Brenda Vaccaro as a high-powered magazine editor – she received an Oscar nomination. Ironically, because the movie has a tiny modicum of taste, it has never developed the Midnight cult following that made the infinitely more dreadful Valley of the Dolls immortal.
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A Different Story (1978) Queer Film (D)
That old you-can-switch-at-any-time scenario raises its ugly head. Interestingly, no photos of Foster with Curtain or King with Donat – their previous queer partners – appear in the stills library. Yet it is Foster’s spirited performance, especially in the earlier scenes when she IS a dyke, that gives this awful movie it’s only fleeting moments of pleasure, it only grounding in reality. She saves it from an F rating.
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