i made my mind up recently to read then see Myra, but it's surprisingly difficult to get hold of the book -- it doesn't circulate in the NYC library (Brooklyn either).
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
Well worth the read.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 January 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
If first heard of Parker Tyler from reading Myra Breckenridge.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 7 January 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
highly related:
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-now-then-1970/
Baby Doll is my kinda Tennessee Williams (as straight as possible).
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 January 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
Michael Koresky looks back at Marlon Riggs' Tongues Untied and the political furor around it.
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-now-then-1991/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
I'd fallen out of the habit of checking these ... I sincerely hope this becomes a book someday:
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-now-then-1997/
― forrest drumpf (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
starting at NYC MoMA next week:
MoMA’s film collection includes significant holdings by lesbian and gay filmmakers, especially in the period ranging from avant-garde celebrations of queer culture on film to the tragic resolve of the AIDS crisis on home video. Featuring a selection of classic, forgotten, and newly preserved landmark films of the movement, “Now We Think as We Fuck”: Queer Liberation to Activism explores the ways that queer moving-image artists defined and inspired their marginalized community. Works in the series demonstrate how those in the movement rose to heroism in a time of crisis, acting to change the course of history.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/5186
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 January 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
a rare opportunity to say "one for Sextool" at MoMA
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
Surprised @ no mention of Barbara Rubin's 'Christmas on Earth'
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
Koresky on Flaming Creatures (last column if FC doesn't return)
https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/queer-now-then-1964-jack-smith-flaming-creatures-jonas-mekas/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 April 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASN_qGMUREY
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
(Just kidding.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Stucker#/media/File:Stephen_Stucker.jpg
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
That being said, Benediction looks promising.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 13:56 (two years ago) link
Fire Island doesn't look good, obviously, but I don't see why contempo gays don't deserve a Spring Break or a Where the Boys Are '84 of their very own.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:00 (two years ago) link
Spring Break was already plenty queer.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
(Spring Breakers)
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link
https://worldfilmgeek.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/springbreak-still.jpg?w=816
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 April 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
OK, that looks gayer.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
A gay Netflix series of non-artful qualities, Heartstopper, is the best gay thing I've seen in a while.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:12 (two years ago) link
I was curious if that was worth a watch ... I prefer the Hulu show Love Victor (more or less) to its major motion picture antecedent Love Simon.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:19 (two years ago) link
I just read the first volume of the Hearstopper graphic novel, and have the other three on hold at the library. I'm not sure how much the first season of the series (or is it a "limited series?") covers, but I'm thinking I should hold off on starting the series until I finish up the books.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
It covers the first two volumes. A friend praised the fidelity to the source.
What'd you think? As I wrote on Facebook, I grinned from ear to ear by the time I reached the last episode's revelations. Nice to see bisexuality given a boost too: no equivocations, no this-is-just-a-way-station bullshit.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
I also appreciated how Nick Nelson might be one of the few recent genuinely nice characters successfully presented.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
The first volume was really sweet. It may border on slight--although I am told the series eventually moves beyond just two boys making goo-goo eyes at each other--but I nevertheless appreciate its (relatively) angst-free presentation of queer joy.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
Except for Nick's mom (nicely played by Olivia Colman) the parents are non-entities; however, Charlie's friends are fully fleshed out.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 April 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
hoooooly shit I just watched ZERO PATIENCE (1993), a very wacky and surreal musical in which noted explorer Sir Richard Burton drank from the fountain of youth and lives forever and is making a documentary about AIDS' Patient Zero? Please watch this. It's on Criterion Channel at the moment.
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 13 June 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
That's been a blind spot of mine for years and years. Will happily check out soon.
― Eggs Benedick (Eric H.), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
Daniel Craig plays an outcast American expat who lives in Mexico, and Drew Starkey stars as a younger man with whom he becomes madly infatuated, in Luca Guadagnino’s next film ‘QUEER.’Filming begins this month in Italy. pic.twitter.com/jfUiDC2QAG— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) April 21, 2023
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Sunday, 23 April 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link
I detest cheap sentiment.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 April 2023 12:25 (one year ago) link
Or a book full of clippings?
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Sunday, 23 April 2023 15:20 (one year ago) link
Or a salted peanut.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 April 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
Daniel Craig leaning into gay roles now makes good on how hot he was in Enduring Love and Munich
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Sunday, 23 April 2023 15:29 (one year ago) link
and Infamous, the first movie where I went hubba-hubab.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 April 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
this would make for a fun movie tie-in version of the book, if that's still a thing
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Sunday, 23 April 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
Passages proving surprisingly divisive amongst my Letterboxd gays
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:42 (ten months ago) link
Your response?
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:52 (ten months ago) link
(I watch it on Saturday)
Still on my to-watch list, sadly, but I expect it opens here before too long. Meanwhile, I'll be reviewing Rotting in the Sun soon enough.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:54 (ten months ago) link
(Oh crap, Passages has opened here. Will try to see it this weekend.)
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:58 (ten months ago) link
i enjoyed it!
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:04 (ten months ago) link
Another gay arty short I've seen tons of enthusiasm over: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-taking-of-jordan-all-american-boy/
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 21:05 (ten months ago) link
I really liked Passages too. Must've been the Ira Sachs thread that I posted on.
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:13 (ten months ago) link
Ira Sachs has quietly created an intelligent little gay oeuvre
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:16 (ten months ago) link
he really has
― Dan S, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:21 (ten months ago) link
He’s one of the under-the-radar directors whose films I’ve recently enjoyed getting to know, like Celine Sciamma (who was not talked about much until the last few years), Eliza Hittman, and Jessica Hausner. I don’t think any of those directors have taken a wrong step yet. All of their films have been very understated but also interesting
― Dan S, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 22:42 (ten months ago) link
I would put Ulrich Seidl in that category as well, and maybe some others. His films aren't gay as such but have a very queer sensibility
― Dan S, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 23:53 (ten months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/t-magazine/gay-villains-white-lotus-ripley.html
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 August 2023 20:15 (ten months ago) link
I watched Weekend (2011) tonight. Pretty good!
― jaymc, Friday, 18 August 2023 03:45 (ten months ago) link
Well, except that Weekend is still within the last 10 years and I know it's too normcore and hetero for the room but fuck off and enjoy it.― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Wednesday, March 28, 2018 11:32 PM (five years ago)
ibid
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 18 August 2023 11:28 (ten months ago) link