Cinesexuals
Featured links and text curated by The Cinesexual, mostly about gay movies.
Collection by Rick Powell
letterboxd.com
Always the Bridesmaid: Is There a Future for Cinema’s Gay Best Friend? • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
~16 min read · Jun 28th · As My Best Friend’s Wedding turns 25, Emily Maskell looks at the problematic legacy, influential gear shifts and evolving future of rom-com cinema’s Gay Best Friend.
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letterboxd.com
All the Good Boys • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
8 min read · Jun 28th · Elizabeth Purchell explores the real roots of queer cinema, all-male movie pioneers, and the evolution of gay masculinity on screen.
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Vox
Our submissions to the queer canon
~15 min read · Jun 27th · The queer canon should point us toward the future. We made a list of new, vibrant queer stories helping us get there.
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Vox
Why we need a new queer canon
10 min read · Jun 27th
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The Guardian
Flee: inside the film about a Kabul boy who finds happiness, cats and a husband in Denmark
6 min read · Feb 1st · He escaped death, fled across the Baltic, and eventually found love and a new life. Jonas Poher Rasmussen describes how he turned Amin’s often harrowing story into an uplifting, award-winning…
Reader View · Shared by 11, including David Owen, Rick Powell
BFI
10 great films about queer history
8 min read · Apr 25th · To celebrate LGBT+ History Month, we look at the inventive ways in which filmmakers have tackled queer history.
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wikiwand.com
History of homosexuality in American film
1 min read · Jun 23rd · Since the transition into the modern-day gay rights movement, homosexuality has appeared more frequently in American film and cinema.
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shadowandact.com
How 'Green Book' And The Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley Whole
2 min read · From 2018 · In August 2018, Edwin Shirley III sat in...
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Entertainment Weekly
'Heartstopper' stars Kit Connor, Joe Locke talk chemistry reads and potential season 2
5 min read · Jun 23rd · The stars of 'Heartstopper' want a season 2, which means they need you to watch season 1.
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brightwalldarkroom.com
Almost a Love Affair
10 min read · Jun 23rd · While fictionalized accounts of rock stars' sex lives and personal relationships are often sensational, The Hours and Times distinguishes itself as a small-scale, conversational film, one that…
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NBC News
'Heartstopper' stars want to keep telling their characters' love story
7 min read · May 6th · Joe Locke and Kit Connor, who play two British teens at an all-boys school who discover their friendship might be something more, say they want to normalize queer joy on-screen.
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filmdaze.net
Mom, Can You See Me?: Queer Grief in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
~11 min read · Jun 23rd · ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ explores the grief of my lesbian identity remaining unrecognized by my mother.
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IndieWire
Amazon Doesn't Want You to See 'Shortbus,' Now Banned for 'Offensive Content' on Prime Video
2 min read · May 5th · John Cameron Mitchell’s 2006 queer erotic masterpiece is critically acclaimed. So why won’t Prime Video stream it?
Shared by 10, including Rick Powell, Anne Thompson
Harper's Bazaar
30 Best Gay Movies Ever Made - LGBT Film List for Pride Month
~14 min read · May 26th · These culturally significant films range from subtle and quiet to political and groundbreaking.
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filmdoo.com
THE 10 BIGGEST THAI GAY MOVIES
6 min read · Jun 23rd · By Sharon Calingasan Watch Thai Films on FilmDoo These past few years have seen a distinct rise in gay/LGBT genre movies in Thailand. A number of factors could be attributed to this growth, one being…
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curated.tncontentexchange.com
A history of LGBTQ+ representation in film
1 min read · Jun 2nd · Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago, but due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice
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