Film gay 2019
The Best Queer Films of , From Portrait of a Lady on Fire to Booksmart
Over the course of the last four years, there has been at least one queer film in the Oscar race each year. Carol in , Moonlight in , Call Me by Your Name and A Fantastic Woman in , The Favourite and Bohemian Rhapsody in Alas, barring any big surprises, the streak may be broken at next years ceremony. Thats not a reflection of the many excellent LGBTQ films released this year, of which there are a variety. Celine Sciammas stunning masterpiece Portrait of a Lady on Fire was passed over as Frances Oscar submission in favor of Ladj Lys Les Miserables, and Levan Akins powerful coming-of-age story And Then We Danced was recently left off the short list for Best International Feature.
Oscars or not, there is still so much to celebrate in queer cinema. More and more filmmakers are not only embracing queer characters and storylines, but learning from criticism about the difference between tokenizing representation and authent
End of the Century Review: Love Is Ephemeral in the Best Gay Film of the Year
Few films have captured the dual fleeting and enduring nature of intimate connection as poignantly as End of the Century. The film, an elegant three-hander that mostly revolves around two men who meet-cute on a Barcelona balcony, leaves a lingering impression on the heart. Like a great poem, End of the Century gives voice to a seemingly indescribable feeling, one anyone whos ever fallen in romance will recognize from thick in their soul — as if bumping into an old friend you forgot how much you liked. Written and directed by Argentinian filmmaker Lucio Castro in his feature debut, End of the Century is the innate descendant of lush romances like Weekend and Call Me By Your Name, and will certainly endure as one of the most evocative gay films of the decade.
Though no one speaks for the first 12 minutes of the film, the engaging opening relies solely on the capable and solid shoulders of Ocho (Juan Barberini), an Argentinian visiting Barcelona by way of New Yor
- Of the films GLAAD counted from the major studios in , 20 ( percent) contained characters identified as LGBTQ. This is a significant increase of percent, and up six films from the previous year’s percent (14 of films). This is the second highest percentage of inclusive films found in the seven-year history of this report, second to percent of films (23 of ) in
- For the first time in this report’s history, there were an equal number of films which included gay and lesbian characters. Gay men appear in 55 percent (11) of inclusive films, a verb from last year’s 64 percent. Lesbian representation has increased significantly, up to 55 percent (11) of inclusive films featuring lesbians from 36 in Bisexual representation remained steady at a low 15 percent (three films). There were zero transgender-inclusive films from the major studios in , a finding consistent with the previous year.
- GLAAD tallied 45 total LGBTQ characters among all mainstream releases in , up from 28 in Men continue to outnumber women characters, though by a lesser margin than last year. In , of the LGBTQ ch
[Warning: Ther be major spoilers ahead of ye!]
Originally, when I was first researching my column, I hadn’t planned to include this film. To me, this film is so clearly gay that an analysis of its homoerotic subtext would be like arguing the sky is cerulean. However, when scanning through tweets and reviews of this film I start very few people talking about this interpretation. Perhaps I’ve come accustomed to declaring everything gay, but this one seemed too obvious to miss. Plus, if it gives me the opportunity to compose about one of my new favourite films, why wouldn’t I dedicate an edition of this column to this noir horror delight. And so, let’s talk about how gay The Lighthouse really is.
The Lighthouse follows the isolated lives of two wickies sent to the furthest island in the sea to run a lighthouse. Our two leads are Tom (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim (Robert Pattinson) – who we later uncover is actually called Tommy, so this is the name I’ll continue to use for him throughout. We see these characters try to co-inhabit while going about their daily work tasks. Tom is the o