Cruising (1980) Queer Film (F)
Gay men in New York protested the making of this movie, and they were right. It boasts not a single redeeming feature. Exploitation, anyone?
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Oct 26, 2025 | 80s, Amazon, Apple TV+, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, YouTube
Gay men in New York protested the making of this movie, and they were right. It boasts not a single redeeming feature. Exploitation, anyone?
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Oct 26, 2025 | 80s, Amazon, Apple TV+, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Viewer beware! There is no camp here. Just Boredom. Utter boredom. I will never have this time back again.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 7, 2024 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, Directors (Hitchcock and others), F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Hamming it up and mincing all over the place, this is a cringe-worthy performance from Martin Balsam who is not referred to by his given name, just The Fag.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Mar 24, 2024 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube
Our heroes, James Caan and Alan Arkin, first encounter Morley in a bathtub. He’s preening and lisping, and you can see that he disgusts them.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Feb 10, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, Essays, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Streaming, YouTube
After two hours of heterosexual escapades—casual hookups, fleeting romances, and Theresa’s own search for identity—the story reserves its harshest judgment not for the straight milieu it has been dissecting, but for queer desire.
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