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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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Godland (2023) Hlynur Pálmason’s Masterpiece A+
Pálmason, his cinematographer (Maria von Hausswolff), and his composer (Alex Zhang Hungtai) evoke colonial memories reminiscent of films like "Black Robe”.
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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.
86 Queer Films Made Under the Hays Code (1934-1968)
“86 Queer Films Made Under the Hays Code (1934 to 1968):” From “The Bride of Frankenstein” to “All About Eve” to “Reflections in a Golden Eye”
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106 Queer Films from the New Hollywood (1968-1980).
The death of the Hays Code and the rise of the New Hollywood saw an explosion of Queer Cinema from “No Way to Treat a Lady” to “Taxi zum Klo.”
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My 90 All-Time Favorite Original Movie Scores.
From Korngold and Steiner to Herrmann to Greenwood, Levi, and Britell, here are my 90 all-time favorite original movie scores.
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My 101 All-Time Favorite Horror Movies. Rated.
My 101 favorite horror movies rated. They cover the gamut from slasher to psychological to supernatural to existential to body horror to gothic and Grand Guignol melodrama. And horror-comedy of the Peter Jackson-Edgar Wright variety.
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The Great Tunesmiths of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Irving Berlin tops the list with twenty-one songs, followed by Harry Warren with twenty and Harold Arlen and Jimmy Van Heusen with eighteen apiece.
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The Great Lyricists of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Irving Berlin tops the list with 21 songs, followed by Johnny Mercer with 19, Sammy Cahn with 16, Ira Gershwin with 14, and Johnny Burke with 10.
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