All articles tagged with #queer cinema
Margaret Qualley stars in 'Honey Don’t!', a neo-noir detective film directed by Ethan Coen, where she plays Honey O’Donoghue, a private investigator navigating a complex case with queer themes, dark humor, and vintage pulp influences. The film is praised for Qualley's compelling performance and its blend of crime, satire, and LGBTQ+ representation, making it a standout in contemporary genre cinema.
Celebrating 20 years, 'Brokeback Mountain' is recognized for transforming American cinema with its poignant portrayal of a gay love story, overcoming initial controversy to become a cultural landmark that challenged stereotypes and expanded the scope of LGBTQ+ narratives in film.
Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of "Dune: Part Two" rewrites the homophobic source material of Frank Herbert's novels into a queer cinema, shedding the harmful stereotypes and allowing queerness to flow beneath the surface of the adaptation. The film transforms characters like Baron Valdimir Harkonnen and Feyd-Rautha, and introduces queer subtext in the relationships between the characters, creating a sci-fi world where queerness is palpable and opening the series up to a queer reading devoid of the original homophobia that plagued Herbert’s work.
Kristen Stewart discusses her role in the lesbian crime-thriller Love Lies Bleeding at a Berlin press conference, expressing her excitement to work with filmmaker Rose Glass and her views on queer cinema. She criticizes the traditional portrayal of queer stories and addresses the recent Rolling Stone cover story featuring her, expressing a desire for more uncensored depictions of queer sexuality. Stewart also reflects on her past interactions with Donald Trump and her decision to come out publicly.
Kristen Stewart's recent comments about "Twilight" being a "gay movie" have confirmed what many fans have long believed, with TikTok users expressing excitement over her acknowledgment of the franchise's queer coding. Stewart, who came out as queer in 2017, has embraced being a queer role model and has starred in LGBTQ+ inclusive films like "Happiest Season." Her upcoming projects include a queer romance thriller and a biopic about feminist writer Susan Sontag.
Kristen Stewart acknowledges the queer undertones in the Twilight saga, describing it as "such a gay movie" and tapping into the Mormon Gothic of Stephenie Meyer’s work. She reflects on her own queer identity and the hidden, not okay aspects of the film, emphasizing its appeal as part of the queer canon in cinema.
The 1985 film "Vision Quest" is a coming-of-age sports drama that explores the line between queerness and homoeroticism. While lacking overt queer characters or storylines, the movie appeals to the gay male gaze through its imagery of sweaty naked athletes and a Madonna cameo. The film centers around the protagonist's obsession with his body image and weight loss, highlighting the emotional weight placed on young male athletes. Although not explicitly queer, "Vision Quest" borrows from queer-pleasing imagery and archetypes, potentially contributing to a gay awakening for some viewers in the 80s.
"The Delta," the first full-length feature from acclaimed queer filmmaker Ira Sachs, explores cruising and roleplay in the context of the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s. The film follows two young men, Lincoln and Minh, as they meet, have a brief encounter, and eventually go their separate ways. Lincoln, new to his queer desires, cautiously explores his sexuality, while Minh, a Vietnamese immigrant, freely embraces his true self. However, the film takes a problematic twist when Minh is revealed to be a potential serial killer. Despite this misstep, "The Delta" is a representation of the state of queer film at the time and showcases the growth of queer storytelling in cinema.
Kenneth Anger, a pioneer of experimental queer cinema and Hollywood chronicler, has died at the age of 96. Anger was known for films that explored open-ended questions about dreams and unconscious desire. He made two dozen surrealist psychological pictures over the course of his artistic life, encountering the major creative and cultish forces of the era. Anger's work inspired the likes of Martin Scorsese, John Waters, and David Lynch.
Kenneth Anger, a pioneer of avant-garde and queer cinema, has died at the age of 96. Anger's experimental films, including "Fireworks" and "Scorpio Rising," explored themes of homoeroticism, Tinseltown glamour, and the occult. He also wrote the scandalous "Hollywood Babylon" books, which chronicled the dark side of the film industry. Despite never achieving mainstream success, Anger's films influenced modern music videos and directors such as Martin Scorsese and John Waters.
Kenneth Anger, the avant-garde filmmaker known for his surrealistic queer compositions, has died at the age of 96. His work spanned from 1941 to 2013 and totaled just eight hours, consisting of 36 dialogue-free short films. Anger's work was a pioneering oeuvre, pre-dating music videos and influential musical cues and montages found in Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, and John Waters films. His collage Scorpio Rising (1963) and Eaux d’Artifice (1953) were selected for preservation by the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.