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10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS

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La Cage x Foll (1978)Tradnally France has been seen as one of the most liberal untri the world, and boasts an enviable rerd on gay rights, spe the ocsnal rantgs om Brigte Bardot. But has this homoiendly attu translated to s cema?

We’ve kept the list to films that are easily available to watch the UK, but honourable mentn should go to The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957), a dated farce that at least has a sympathetic gay son, albe one who never appears on screen, and L Amiés particulièr (1964), set a boys’ boardg school. Un chant d’amour (1950)French wrer Jean Ge is one of the key figur of gay culture, whose novels (cludg Querelle of Brt), plays and says have been champned by gay and straight rears alike.

There’s nothg explicly gay here, but any film that shov Jacqu Perr  a sailor su, squeez Gee Chakiris to tight whe troers and rat self wh lavish, lurid sets fely has a queer eye.

TOP 10 LGBTQ FILMS YOU SHOULD WATCH ALICE WHE WALKER 03 NOVEMBER 2016 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT WH CAROL AND THE DANISH GIRL ALREADY RECEIVG 2016 OSR NODS, MORE AND MORE LGTBQ FILMS ARE MANDG HOLLYWOOD’S ATTENTN. ISSU AT THE HEART OF THE LGTBQ MUNY — CLUDG HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSGENR AND STIGMA AROUND AIDS — ARE BEG EXPRSED THROUGH FILMS DIRECTED AT A MORE DIVERSE DIENCE. HERE, CULTURE TRIP TAK A LOOK AT THE TOP 10 LGTBQ FILMS YOU SHOULD WATCH. VIEW ALL TRIPS MILK (2008) DIRECTED BY G VAN SANT WHO IS NO STRANGER TO UNRTAKG FILMS ABOUT THE MARGALIZED, MILK IS BASED ON THE TE STORY OF GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK. IN A BID TO FD SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE WH HIS BOYIEND 1970S SAN FRANCIS, MILK (SEAN PENN) MPAIGNS TO BE A CY SUPERVISOR. WNG A SEAT MA HIM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY NDIDATE CALIFORNIAN HISTORY. MILK WAS CRILLY PRAISED FOR PTURG THE SPIR OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND PENN’S THENTIC PORTRAYAL OF HARVEY MILK. THE FILM’S PRODUCTN TEAM HAD ACCS TO ARCHIV OM THE GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY, CLUDG PHOTOS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPGS, AS WELL AS MILK’S PERSONAL BELONGGS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP THAILAND MOROC INDIA MEXI SPA GREECE BALI ICELAND TURKEY JAPAN EGYPT ECUADOR CROATIA SOUTH AI PHILALPHIA (1993) VIEWED AS ONE OF THE FIRST MASTREAM FILMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOMOSEXUALY AND AIDS, PHILALPHIA IS A FAVORE AMONGST CEMA BUFFS. SUCCSFUL LAWYER ANDREW BECKETT, WHO KEEPS HIS HOMOSEXUALY UNR WRAPS, HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO HIS LAW FIRM’S BIGGT SE. UPON LEARNG THAT BECKETT HAS NTRACTED THE AIDS VIS, THE PANY FIR HIM UNR THE GUISE OF MISPLACG IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS — G HIM TO SUE FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL. THE FILM NCENTRAT ON BECKETT’S QUT FOR JTICE THE URTROOM. BY FEATURG TWO TERNATNALLY REGNIZED ACTORS LIKE TOM HANKS AND DENZEL WASHGTON, PHILALPHIA REACHED WIR DIENC AND HELPED BROAN PEOPLE’S UNRSTANDG OF THE AIDS DISEASE AND HOMOPHOBIA. FILM POSTER FOR PHILALPHIA AND TOM HANKS, 2014 | © TRISTAR PICTUR/WIKICOMMONS, © U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE/WIKICOMMONS A SGLE MAN (2009) A SGLE MAN TELLS THE STORY OF ENGLISH LLEGE PROFSOR GEE, PLAYED BY COL FIRTH, GRIEF-STRICKEN AFTER THE ATH OF HIS PARTNER JIM. WH ALL ACTN TAKG PLACE ON NOVEMBER 30TH 1962, GEE CIS HE WILL M SUICI THAT EVENG. THE FILM FOLLOWS HIS TERACTNS DURG THE DAY WH A YOUNG MALE STUNT, HIS CLOST IEND CHARLEY (JULIANNE MOORE) AND A SPANISH MALE PROSTUTE. THE FILM WAS LD FOR FIRTH’S ACTG, SET AND STUME SIGN, AND THE FILM’S EMOTNAL SUBSTANCE. FIRTH WON THE BT ACTOR A LEADG ROLE OM BAFTA AND RECEIVED NOMATNS OM THE GOLN GLOB, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AND THE AMY AWARDS. A SGLE MAN MARKED GAY FASHN SIGNER TOM FORD’S DIRECTORIAL BUT. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP A SGLE MAN | © THE WESTE COMPANY BLUE IS THE WARMT COLOR (2013) ADAPTED OM THE FRENCH GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, BLUE IS THE WARMT COLOR (LA VIE D’ADèLE) WAS AN PENNT-TURNED-MASTREAM SENSATN, WNG THE PALME D’OR AT CANN FILM FTIVAL 2013. THE FILM PICTS THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN FRENCH TEENAGER ADèLE (ADèLE EXARCHOPOULOS) WHO FALLS LOVE WH AN OLR GIRL EMMA (LéA SEYDOUX), AND THE TRIALS THAT E WH EXPLORG HER SEXUALY. WHILE WAS HAILED AS A TRIUMPH FOR S REPRENTATN OF SEXUAL AWAKENG AND THE TENRNS PORTRAYED BY BOTH FEMALE LEADS, SOME THOUGHT THE MALE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FILM’S DIRECTOR HEAVILY FLUENCED THE GRAPHIC SEX SCENE. CEMA FANS OF ALL AG WILL BE BOWLED OVER BY THE POWERFUL PERFORMANC THIS G-OF-AGE TALE. LéA SEYDOUX AND ADèLE EXARCHOPOULOS AT THE CéSARS 2014 | © GE BIARD/WIKICOMMONS FOUR WEDDGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) NOT OFTEN CLUD UNR THE LGTBQ CEMA UMBRELLA, FOUR WEDDGS AND A FUNERAL IS A RNERSTONE OF BRISH ROMANTIC EDY AND DIRECTOR RICHARD CURTIS’ CEMATIC REER. THE FILM FOLLOWS THE ROMANTIC TRIBULATNS OF A GROUP OF ENGLISH IENDS, WH HUGH GRANT PLAYG THE MALE LEAD. HOWEVER, WAS THE RELATNSHIP OF HOMOSEXUAL UPLE MATTHEW (JOHN HANNAH) AND GARETH (SIMON CALLOW) THAT WAS THE MOST FUNCTNAL AND NVENTNAL PARISON TO THEIR HETEROSEXUAL IENDS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. MATTHEW AND GARETH’S RELATNSHIP IS NSIRED AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR S SEAMLS TEGRATN TO THE FILM, RATHER THAN HIGHLIGHTG THROUGH A SEPARATIST PERSPECTIVE. REFG PEOPLE’S STEREOTYP OF A GAY UPLE, FOUR WEDDGS AND A FUNERAL AIMED TO ‘PICT GAYS AS PART OF THE GENERAL HUMAN SUATN,’ AS ENPSULATED BY THE ACTOR SIMON CALLOW. FOUR WEDDG AND A FUNERAL AND SIMON CALLOW | © POLYGRAM FILMED ENTERTAMENT/WIKICOMMONS, © ASH/WIKICOMMONS BOYS DON’T CRY (1999) A SMALL-BUDGET DIE FLICK THAT TOOK TERNATNAL DIENC BY STORM, BOYS DON’T CRY DOCUMENTS THE REAL LIFE STORY OF THE MURR OF TRANSGENR AMERIN ADOLCENT BRANDON TEENA. THE THEN UNKNOWN HILARY SWANK PLAYED TEENA, AND CHLOë SEVIGNY WAS ST AS HIS GIRLIEND LANA TISL. THE FILM WAS PARTICULARLY WELL REVIEWED FOR THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TEENA AND TISL, AND SWANK’S PORTRAYAL OF TEENA’S FIGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE AS A TRANSGENR MALE. NOTABLY, THE FILM LED TO CREASED AWARENS OF AMERI’S LEGISLATN AGAST HATE CRIM. SWANK WON A BT ACTRS AWARD AT THE OSRS FOR HER ROLE AS TEENA. BOYS DON’T CRY | © IFC FILMS AND FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTUR BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005) POSSIBLY THE MOST ACCLAIMED LGTBQ FILM RECENT YEARS, BROKEBACK MOUNTA IS THE POIGNANT STORY OF THE HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO SHEEP HERRS 1960S WYOMG. FOLLOWG THE IENDSHIP-TURNED-VERT ROMANCE BETWEEN JACK AND ENNIS, BROKEBACK MOUNTA IS NSIRED THE BREAKTHROUGH OF GAY CEMA TO THE MASTREAM. RECEPTN DIFFERED AS TO WHETHER THE FILM WAS PICTG A GAY RELATNSHIP, A BISEXUAL ONE (GIVEN THAT BOTH LEAD CHARACTERS WERE MARRIED TO WOMEN) OR A IENDSHIP TURNED LOVE AFFAIR. OVERALL, THE HUMANY PORTRAYED BY HEATH LEDGER AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL WAS CRILLY WELL RECEIVED. ADAPTED FOR CEMA OM THE SHORT STORY BY ANNE PROULX, BROKEBACK MOUNTA RECEIVED NUMERO AWARDS CLUDG OSRS (BT DIRECTOR FOR ANG LEE, BT ADAPTED SCREENPLAY AND BT ORIGAL SRE), BAFTAS AND GOLN GLOB. BROKEBACK MOUNTA | © FOC FEATUR/WIKICOMMONS DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (2013) A BGRAPHIL FILM, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB TELLS THE TE STORY OF RONALD DICKSON ‘RON’ WOODROOF. AFTER LEARNG HE HAS NTRACTED THE AIDS VIS, WOODROOF (MATTHEW MCCONGHEY) CREAT A DG SMUGGLG RG TO TRAFFIC FDA-UNAPPROVED DGS TO TREAT HIMSELF AND FELLOW AIDS SUFFERS. JARED LETO PLAYS FICTNAL CHARACTER, RAYON, A TRANSGENR WOMAN WHO WOODROOF BEIENDS AS PART OF THE DALLAS BUYERS CLUB. SET 1980S TEXAS, WHERE AIDS AND HIV WERE WISPREAD BUT MISUNRSTOOD, THE FILM TACKL THE VAR STIGMA AND PERSECUTN THAT ME WH THE DISEASE. BOTH MCCONGHEY AND LETO WERE CRILLY PRAISED; THE ROL EARNED THEM BT ACTOR AND BT SUPPORTG ACTOR AMY AWARDS, RPECTIVELY. DPE THE THENTICY OF LETO’S CHARACTER, SOME LGTBQ CRICS SAID THE STG WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNY FOR A ACTUAL TRANSGENR ACTOR. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB AND MATTHEW MCCONGHEY | © FOC FEATUR/WIKICOMMONS, © GE BIARD/WIKICOMMONS LA CAGE X FOLL (1978) — THE BIRDGE (1996) ADAPTED OM THE 1973 PLAY LA CAGE X FOLL BY JEAN POIRET, THE FRENCH-ITALIAN FILM OF THE SAME NAME CENTERS ON GAY UPLE RENATO BALDI, THE MANAGER OF A SAT-TROPEZ NIGHTCLUB, AND ALB MOUGEOTTE, HIS STAR ATTRACTN DRAG. WHEN BALDI’S SON ANNOUNC HIS ENGAGEMENT, THE UPLE MT PREPARE FOR MEETG HIS FIANCé’S VERY NSERVATIVE PARENTS. THE FILM WAS REMA BY AMERIN DIRECTOR MIKE NICHOLS (THE GRADUATE, WHO’S AAID OF VIRGIA WOOLF) 1996, STARRG ROB WILLIAMS AND GENE HACKMAN AS THE LEAD UPLE. CRICS NOTED THAT THE STRONG EDIC PERFORMANC BOTH FILMS HELPED TO PERATE THE MSAGE TO A WIR DIENCE. LA CAGE X FOLL AND THE BIRDGE HAVE BEE CULT HS THEIR OWN RIGHT, ENGAGG TERNATNAL DIENC. BIRDGE | © UNED ARTISTS/WIKICOMMONS TRANSAMERI (2005) TELLG THE STORY OF A TRANSGENR WOMAN WHO EMBARKS ON A ROAD TRIP WH HER WAYWARD SON OM KENTUCKY TO LOS ANGEL, TRANSAMERI GAED STANT NOTORIETY FOR FELICY HUFFMAN’S PORTRAYAL OF BREE OSBOURNE. WANTG TO BREAK UP WH HER SON AND MOVE ON WH HER NEW LIFE, TRANSAMERI IS A WTY AND MEMORABLE TALE OF INTY AND THE STGGL OF ACCEPTANCE. SIARLY WH JARED LETO’S TRANSGENR ROLE DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, CRICS AGREED THAT HOLLYWOOD SHOULDN’T SISTEP STG TRANSGENR ACTORS FAVOR OF A CISGENR ONE. WH THIS MD, NETFLIX ORIGAL SERI ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK HAS BEEN HERALD FOR G TRANSGENR ACTOR LAVERNE COX A TRANSGENR ROLE. TRANSAMERI | © THE WESTE COMPANY/IFC FILMS VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

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La Cage x Foll (1978)“Une édie très gay” smirked the tagle for this box-office smash. Blier’s films often foc on two aquate men ung agast women (L Valss, the Osr-wng Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), and unrton of homosexualy have always lgered the air. Here ’s ma explic, albe an ocsnally homophobic ntext – the scen where the hband is forced to don women’s clothg are particularly unfortable.

The arrival of the betiful and charismatic Gill threatens both his thory and his mand on his sexualy, as an unrequed homoerotic attractn tak hold. Anatomy of Hell (2004)Gay men hate and fear women, even more than straight men.

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When a woman (Amira Casar) slash her wrists a gay bar, she challeng her homosexual rcuer (Italian porn star Roc Sifedi) to spend four nights wh her to “watch me where I’m unwatchable”.

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