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Gregg Araki) MYSTERIOUS SKIN, Joseph Gordon-Levt, Jefey Lin, Michelle Trachtenberg, 2004, (c) Tartan Releas Cred: Everett Collectn Joseph Gordon-Levt plays a gay htler who bonds wh a peculiar, UFO-obssed teen (Brady Corbet) over a grim secret: They were both abed by their baseball ach as adolcents. Aled Hchck) ROPE, John Dall, Farley Granger, 1948 Cred: Everett Collectn While there are no overt referenc to the lead characters' sexualy, many have dissected Aled Hchck's 1948 psychologil drama as a film wh queer subtext, wh scholars and crics speculatg that characters played by John Dall and Farley Granger were a gay relatnship when they strangled their former classmate to ath (and hosted a lavish dner party while his body hid a tnk that was later rated for the event). Mike Nichols) THE BIRDCAGE, Nathan Lane, Rob Williams, 1996, © Uned Artists / Courty Everett Collectn Cred: Everett Collectn Adapted om Édouard Molaro's 1978 film La Cage x Foll, Mike Nichols' 1996 dramedy tackled sual Amerin nservatism head-on as followed a gay baret owner (Rob Williams) and his performance artist partner (Nathan Lane) as they attempt to mask their real liv om their son's fiancée's right-wg parents.
The new film Fire Island, streamg June 3 on Hulu, is a great place to start: the rom- centers on two bt iends who head to New York’s famed gay vatn statn for a memorable weekend wh their group of iends. Paris Is Burng (directed by Jennie Livgston) documents New York Cy’s ballroom scene durg the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and the Black and Late gay and trans ball walkers, queens, and fed fai at s heart.
This subtly W Anrson-que romance is also a powerful story of faial and muny love—wh a big, gay weddg as the cherry on top. A major ntributor to Natasha Lyonne’s legacy as a “straight gay in, ” and an sential part of queer non, But I’m a Cheerlear (directed by Jamie Babb and wrten by Babb and Brian Peterson) is a slightly surreal story set a pastel-hued gay nversn mp.