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The Gay Deceivers (1969) Queer Film C-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 24, 2026 | 60s, C-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, TUBI, YouTube

Directed by race-car driver, TV director, adventurer and Howard Hawks protegee Bruce Kessler, the film sits squarely in the late-1960s draft-dodger queer farce, and his involvement appears to have been technical and opportunistic rather than personal. This was producer Joe Solomon’s baby in keeping with his other entries in the exploitation genre such as A Small Town in Texas (1976). The surprise, however, is that the gay couple is treated with a modicum of respect.

Satyricon (1970) Queer Film B-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, B-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, Uncategorized, YouTube

Seeming longer than its 129-minute running time, and with no discernible plot, the movie becomes a bit of a chore. However, the images stay with you.

Something for Everyone (1970) Queer Film C-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, C-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Unfortunately, what should have been a gay romp and a fabulous showcase for its star, gay icon Angela Lansbury, falls flat after a promising opening chapter.

Performance (1970) Queer Film B+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, B+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

There will always be an argument as to who was the real auteur behind the camera. Roeg, one of the great cinematographers (The Masque of the Red Death, Petulia) who evolved into one of the great directors (Walkabout, Don’t Look Now), is the obvious candidate. Yet Donald Cammell—painter, provocateur, and Hollywood outsider—was the film’s conceptual engine.

Little Big Man (1970) Queer Film (A)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Streaming, YouTube

Using humor and irony to critique prejudice, injustice and the destruction of Native American communities, “Little Big Man” is, together with “Bonnie and Clyde”, Arthur Penn’s best film. It helped redefine the Western genre, paving the way for more nuanced depictions of Native Americans.

Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) Queer Film. Eleanor Perry. A+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Starring a luminous Carrie Snodgress, the last movie that director Frank Perry and his screenwriter wife Eleanor made together is their best.

The Conformist (1970) Queer Film. Nando, Vittorio and Bernardo’s Masterpiece. A+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A+, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Using Art Deco as a backdrop to the film’s narrative, the partnership of Bertolucci, Storaro and Scarfiotti changed the look of Cinema forever.

The Anderson Tapes (1971) Queer Film (F)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, 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.

The Music Lovers (1971) Queer Film (F)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, Cinematographers, F, Film Music, Film Music | LA Music Scene, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

The honeymoon sequence, set to the “1812 overture,” a delirious mix of sexual frustration and nationalistic bombast, may be for Russell freaks only!

Death In Venice (1971) Queer Film A-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 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 .

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) Queer Film A-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 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.

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Queer Film (A)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

In “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, Murray Head plays a free-spirited bisexual who is having simultaneous relationships with Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. Finch’s closing monologue, delivered directly to the camera—“I am happy, apart from missing him”—is one of the great grace notes in queer film history: tender, dignified, and devastating in its simplicity. It is also one of the finest pieces of acting ever captured on film.

Diamonds are Forever (1971) Queer Film (C)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 5, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, C, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

In Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd are the chief pleasures in a film that ranks among the most disposable entries in the Bond canon.

Deliverence (1972) Queer Film A+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A+, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Beatty’s work is astonishingly brave for a debut role. He plays the aftermath of his sexual assault—shame, anger, and the need to reassert dignity—with a precision that keeps the film from slipping into caricature

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Queer Film A+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A+, Amazon, Film Reviews, HBOMAX, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

A landmark in both New Queer Cinema and the New German Cinema, Fassbinder’s examination of the dynamics of a lesbian love triangle was shot in der wunderkind’s apartment.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know.. What Happens During Ejaculation *A-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A-, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Woody is one of the competing sperm determined to penetrate that egg. Our boys have been in training for weeks. But wait! What if it’s homosexual encounter? There’s also a Black sperm! How did he get in the mix?

Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972) Queer Film B-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, B-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, YouTube

And then there Tillie’s other best friend Jimmy, the film’s token gay guy, played by René Auberjonois, who had one of the most memorable names in cinema.

Play It As It Lays (1972) Queer Film C+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, C+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Unfortunately, despite a good performance by Weld, the film only comes alive when she is driving endlessly around LA’s spectacular freeways.

Scarecrow (1973) Queer Film (F)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Mar 18, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

The sexual assault is shocking. No movie has done more to conflate gay identity with pathology and violence than “Scarecrow”.

Save the Tiger (1973) Queer Film C-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, C, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

The writer Steve Shagen, an educated Jew, is in the Stone Age when it comes to a human being who has a different sexual preference than himself.

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973) Queer Film B-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, B-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

The character Rita Walden, beautifully portrayed by Joanne Woodward, in what might be her finest performance, faces a midlife crisis.

The Last of Sheila (1973) Queer Film (B)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, B, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Streaming, YouTube

The actors are in good form, with Raquel Welsh being particularly impressive in her one genuinely good film. Dyan Cannon is a thinly disguised Sue Mengers.

Freebie and the Bean (1974) Queer Film (F)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 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.

Female Trouble (1974) Queer Film C+ Solo The Sky’s the Limit at a Midnight Screening!

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, C+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Waters’ favorite of all of his movies, with the incomparable Divine embracing ugliness, violence and spectacle in a bravura performance.

A Very Natural Thing (1974) Queer Film D

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, D, Fandor, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

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.

Butley (1974) Queer Film B-

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, B-, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Adapted by Simon Gray from his stage play and directed by Harold Pinter, the movie is a testament to Alan Bates, who, having originated the role on stage, delivers a tour-de-force performance, simultaneously witty, pathetic, and tragic.

Going Places (Les Valseuses) (1974) Queer Film (A)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

The second scene is where the boys are horsing around and, wouldn’t you know it, they almost start pounding one another. Very sexy.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Queer Film B+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 5, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, B+, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Queer Film/TV, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Michael Cimino’s directorial debut – he also wrote the screenplay – was an enormous critical and commercial success and paved the way for his Oscar-winning triumph The Deer Hunter four years later. Blending humor, melancholy, and violence with a nod to the American road movie, the film boasts great buddy-film chemistry between Eastwood and Bridges.

The Eiger Sanction (1975) Cinema’s First Queer Canine (F)

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, Amazon, Apple TV+, F, Film Reviews, Queer Film, Streaming, YouTube

When we first meet FAGGOT, he is pleasuring himself on Eastwood’s shoe. Who was the dog who played him? Was it nature or nurture?

Chinatown (1974) Polanski’s Noir Masterpiece A+

Posted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | 70s, A+, Amazon, Apple TV+, Film Music, Film Music | LA Music Scene, Film Noir, Film Reviews, Ratings: Movies and Television, Streaming, YouTube

Polanski captured the FEEL of LA better than anyone before or sense. Jack Nicholson gives his greatest performance as private dick J. J. ” Jake” Gittes.

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