As we bid farewell to a terrible year, at least we n remember some excellent films tellg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stori, says Alex Davidson.
Contents:
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
- BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
- INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
* british gay films 2016 *
Nasty Baby starts as an timate study of the relatnship between a gay uple and a woman who offers to act as a surrogate mother for them, and fish a mad 15-mute metaphor for the llons of gentrifitn. Julianne Moore and, pecially, Ellen Page were good Freeheld as lovers who are faced wh homophobic legislatn when one of them falls termally ill and is unable to transfer her pensn benefs to her partner. Director Pl Feig nfirmed that Kate McKnon’s zany character the Ghostbters reboot was gay, but Sony ntered the script until only the most vout queer theorist uld read her as lbian.
BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
From Victim to Weekend, we remember some of the bt Brish gay films. * british gay films 2016 *
We’ve narrowed down the list to films easily available on DVD, although honourable mentn mt go to the über-rare Two Gentlemen Sharg (1969), a swgg slice of the 60s that hted at terracial homosexualy. Sign up to BFI Flare emailsGet the latt #BFIFlare news and ticket release list should really be a Top 11 – the omissn of Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), the first Brish film to feature a gay kiss, is borrle excable.
INTERNATNAL GAY CEMA: 33 LGBTQ MOVI TO SEE OM AROUND THE WORLD
Celebrate the bt gay movi wh our list of the 50 most sential LGBTQ+ films ever ma * british gay films 2016 *
Tom Shkolnik’s betifully observed The Comedian (2012), which a possibly gay, possibly bi thirtysomethg (Edward Hogg) tri to make as a standup the pal, also narrowly missed cln.
Decrimalisatn changed the way homosexualy and gay culture were portrayed on screen. * british gay films 2016 *
A few d homosexuals n be found Aled Hchck’s early work (check out the swishy drsmaker 1925’s The Pleasure Garn), while Ivor Novello’s films play up the flamboyant star’s androgyny, playg very odd, allegedly heterosexual men The Lodger (1926) and The Man whout Dire (1923). Victim (1961)Dirk Bogar, an actor who never acknowledged the mours of his homosexualy durg his lifetime, took a real reer risk playg a lawyer who, followg a strg of blackmail attempts agast gay men, begs to realise his own sexualy.
A look at the stand out gay films, masterpiec, and near-masterpiec of the year. * british gay films 2016 *
It took another 10 years before partial crimalisatn took effect wh the Sexual Offenc act 1967, which allowed homosexual acts, private, between two men over the age of 21 – many feel Basil Dearn’s film helped liberalise attus and pave the way towards tolerance towards gay people. The Leather Boys (1964)The Brish ‘kchen sk’ dramas, foced around workg-class liv, that prevailed the late 50s and early 60s ocsnally ntaed sympathetic gay characters, such as Murray Melv’s stunt A Taste of Honey (1961) and Cicely Courtneidge’s ageg actor The L-shaped Room (1962).
Betiful Thg (1996)This favoure remas one of the sweett of all gay films, tellg the story of two troubled boys – one bullied at school, the other at home – who fd love each other’s arms.