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- THE SURFACE
- SURFACE (THE)
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
THE SURFACE
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(Getty Imag)Meet the cutt gay dads movie history director Mike Nichols’ The Birdge. Armand and Albert are unrervedly happy for the bri and groom, but ’s Barbara’s homophobic parents, Senator Kev Keeley (Gene Hackman) and wife Louise (Dianne Wit), who risk spoilg the fun should they fd out about Val’s fathers and his tranged mother Kathare (Christe Baranski). Spellg plays the ultimate theater gay BFF while Co Pe livers one of the most memorable monologu all of queer cema.
SURFACE (THE)
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[Manuel Betanurt]Another Gay MovieImage: Courty TLA ReleasgThe perfect enpsulatn of LGBTQ+ cema the early 2000s, Another Gay Movie serv as a time psule for a moment when queer ntent was unabashedly c, lewd, straight-to-vio shlock. Followg the genre’s well-worn trop, four gay iends make a pact to lose their virgy before they go off to llege. While the setup provis plenty of fodr for foul-mouthed toilet-humor, sex jok, and sight gags, the movie also manag to touch on some still-prsg issu of gay life, such as self-nial, subvertg stereotyp, embracg one’s own bety, and fdg chosen fay.
But this retellg of Bra’s ’80s mers’ strike and a surprisg llaboratn wh gay and lbian activists may actually be this particular list’s qutsential pick. Gay screenwrer Stephen Berford’s tale is one of triumph over adversy, of how activism creat chosen fay, tied together by s roots real-life history.
[Jack Smart]Alex StrangeloveImage: Walter ThomsonAs far as both stand-up-and-cheer moments and kiss between gay characters go, Alex Strangelove n’t be beat. The place was once n by Karen and Barry Mason, a straight uple who savvily beme gay porn entreprenrs that tered to the male clientele the neighborhood at a time when such ntent was not a mere click away. And, pch-perfect stg, Dan Levy (Scht’s Creek) plays Abby’s hard-lovg gay BFF that we all wish for.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
[Brandon Kirby]Paris Is BurngScreenshot: YouTubeSce 22 of the gayt gay movi only scratch the surface, The A. Gay. Set post World-War II Germany, this Atrian drama follows Hans Hoffmann (Franz Rogowski) who's imprisoned several tim for beg gay and durg his time prison shar an timate relatnship wh his cellmate, Hans Hoffmann (Franz Rogowski), who is servg a life sentence for murr.
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