From Victim to Weekend, we remember some of the bt Brish gay films.
Contents:
- TOP 10 GAY FILMS ON THE BFI PLAYER
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
- 10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
- 10 GREAT ATRALIAN GAY FILMS
TOP 10 GAY FILMS ON THE BFI PLAYER
* bfi top gay films *
It was groundbreakg to see a mastream film wh big name stars approach a gay romance such an thentic, sensive manner, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are both exceptnal.
10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
We look back at the bt French gay cema. * bfi top gay films *
Jean Ge’s unbelievably sexy film, set a prison, has one of the all-time top homoerotic moments cema when the two mat share a cigarette through a small hole by blowg the smoke to the mouth of the other.
Keanu Reev and River Phoenix give bravura performanc as two gay street htlers Van Sant’s blisterg early 90s exploratn of the unfivg Amerin gay scene.
As wh many of my favoure gay films, the specifics of sexualy are never an issue Petra von Kant, leavg room for a universal exploratn of how pric love n be. Although problematic s apparent male gaze and unrealistic gay lovemakg, this featur performanc by Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos that are charged wh snap-cracklg chemistry.
10 GREAT FRENCH GAY FILMS
From Dog Day Afternoon to The Handmain, the are 10 of the bt thrillers wh lbian, gay or transgenr them. * bfi top gay films *
Dirk Bogar’s extremely brave performance as a closeted barrister drawn to a gay blackmail se directly fluenced public opn, and played a part changg the law Bra when the Sexual Offenc Act was fally passed 1967.
Although problematic s apparent male gaze and unrealistic gay lovemakg, the performanc of Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos are charged wh snap-cracklg chemistry.
10 GREAT ATRALIAN GAY FILMS
Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri. * bfi top gay films *
Endurgly sad, this betiful portra of a plex love affair between two young men om Hong Kong sets the standard that most romanc, gay or straight, n only hope to match. It was groundbreakg to see a mastream film wh big name stars approach a gay romance such an thentic, sensive manner, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are both exceptnal. One of the most signifint queer films of the silent age, Dreyer’s then darg pictn of unrequed gay love may be (unsurprisgly) subtle, but ’s heartbreakg nohels.
When Victim was released 1961 had an enormo impact on the liv of gay men who, for the first time, saw credible reprentatns of themselv mastream, mercial cema. BFI Flare should also acknowledge some of the the most fluential and ground-breakg BRITISH film books about lbian and gay cema that have been published sce the 1970s cludg Gays and Film (eded by Richard Dyer) and Vampir and Vlets: Lbians the Cema (Andrea Weiss).