Sad Gay Quot, Quotatns & Saygs 2023

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• HEARTBREAKG GAY ROMANCE
• POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSORRY, THIS POST N ONLY BE VIEWED BY REGISTERED ERS: WASHG A SOLDIER'S SHEETS - INDIGO BOYMARIA MORISOT   FOLLOWON JUL 16 2023 07:59 PM PST  RAISG NOAH'S FLAG
• SAD GAY QUOT & SAYGS
• POEMS / GAY LOVE POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTKENRYU JOSHUA   FOLLOWON FEB 16 2023 05:38 PM PST  BEE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW
• GAY SAD LOVE QUOT & SAYGS
• SAD AND GAY BOOKS
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MAALSO: WHY MATT BOMER WANTS YOU TO SEE "THE BOYS THE BAND" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:648PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MONSTER/NEWMARKET FILMSBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: CHARLIZE THERON MONSTER (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME QUEER-THEMED MOVI ARE PRSG BEE THEY LIVER A POTENT MSAGE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF BIGOTRY (AND THE RULT IS PAFUL TO WATCH); OTHERS ARE EMOTNALLY DISTRSG BEE THEY’RE STEREOTYPIL AND BADLY DONE, OFTEN REFLECTG THE UNENLIGHTENED TIM THEY WERE MA . IN OTHER WORDS, THEY’RE EHER PRSG BEE THEY’RE SO GOOD OR BEE THEY’RE SO ROTTEN. EHER WAY, THE FILMS HAVE, AT VAR MOMENTS, MA ME WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER THEN CRY MYSELF TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SHARG MY LIST OF THE 11 MOST PRSG EVER, JT SO YOU’RE WARNED—AND A FEW S, ’S ACTUALLY A REMENDATN BEE THEIR POWER TO UPSET IS THEIR GREATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON AN OLD LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY, THIS SH-STIRRER HAS A BRATTY YOUNG GIRL STARTG A MOR THAT TWO TEACHERS (AUDREY HEPBURN AND SHIRLEY MACLAE) ARE LBIANS LOVE. THIS SNDALO B OF BUZZ LEADS TO SO MANY PLITNS THAT POOR SHIRLEY ENDS UP THKG MAYBE SHE IS A LBIAN AND KILLG HERSELF JT SE. SEEG THIS AS A KID, I ALMOST WANTED TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956)—YOU KNOW, “OH, DARLG, YOU’RE NOT REALLY A SISSY BOY. WHY DON’T YOU SCREW ME AND THAT’LL PROVE !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTIM (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME YEAR BROUGHT EVEN MORE GAY-RELATED SUICI. ENGLAND’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS AT THE TIME PROVI THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLISTERG DRAMA, WHICH CENTERS ON A BLACKMAILG RG THAT TARGETS VAR GAYS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM IS DRIVEN TO OFF HIMSELF. EVEN THE LAWYER FIGHTG ALL THIS (DIRK BOGAR) IS G TO TERMS WH HIS OWN SEXUAL FEELGS, WHICH IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE, AS THEY BOTH PREP FOR HIS EXPOSURE. (THE AD GUY WAS HIS LOVER.) THIS FILM WAS A NERVY PLEA FOR CHANGE AND WAY AHEAD OF S TIME NONTG IMPORTANT ISSU—BUT HONEY, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: DIRK BOGAR AGA, THIS TIME AS AN OLD QUEEN OBSSG ON A BOY DEATH VENICE (1971). YOU WANT TO FLAG DOWN A GONDOLA RIGHT OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTER (2003){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVIEMAKERS LOVE QUEER VICTIMS AS WELL AS QUEER PSYCHOS, AND MONSTER GIV YOU BOTH, ALL ONE PERSON. CHARLIZE THERON PLAYS AILEEN WUORNOS, THE REAL-LIFE DAYTONA BEACH PROSTUTE WHO CLICKED WH A YOUNGER GIRLIEND, BUT WAS ULTIMATELY WORN DOWN BY ALL KDS OF ABE, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, AND OTHER CHALLENG, AND END UP ON A KILLG SPREE OF MALE VICTIMS. THE MOVIE IS PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT SHE FACED—AND THERON IS DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT HER OSR-WNG TURN—BUT WATCHG THIS WOMAN DISTEGRATE AND ALSO TAKE AWAY OTHERS’ LIV IS A REAL DEBBIE DOWNER THAT I HIGHLY REMEND, BUT ONLY ON A STRONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAROL (2015), THOUGH ’S AN ABSOLUTE JOYRI PARED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KILLG OF SISTER GEE (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERYL REID PLAYS AN ACTRS WHOSE SISTER GEE CHARACTER ON A BBC SOAP OPERA IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED OFF BEE OF THE ACTRS’S VULGAR BEHAVR OFF-MERA. THAT MAK HER EVEN MORE VIC TO HER GIRLIEND, THE ARRTED CHILD KNOWN AS CHILDIE (SANNAH YORK), WHICH WHOM SHE SHAR A PARTICULARLY VIC, IF FADG, RELATNSHIP. ALONG AN EVEN MEANER DYKE, A TV PRODUCER PLAYED BY CORAL BROWNE, WHO SWOOPS AND THREATENS TO TAKE CHILDIE AWAY VIA ALL KDS OF PARAPHERNALIA. (THE MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY S&M ACTN, BY THE WAY, BUT ABOUT DOWNRIGHT SADISM.) DIRECTED WH A SLEDGEHAMMER BY ROBERT ALDRICH (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), THE VOYRISTIC MELODRAMA BASED ON A PLAY IS SORT OF ENJOYABLY MPY NOW, BUT WAS JT PLA DAMAGG BACK THEN. IT CREEPILY ENDS WH BERYL BELLOWG “MOO!”—LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERGEANT (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS POST-WWII DRAMA, ROD STEIGER IS THE ANGSTY TLE CHARACTER WHO’S GRAPPLG WH REPRSED URG AND GOG BATTY AS A RULT. HE’S PECIALLY HOT FOR A HANDSOME PRIVATE (BARBARELLA’S JOHN PHILLIP LAW), BUT THAT DRIV HIM EPER OVER THE EDGE, AS HE NSTANTLY PUNISH AND TNTS THE PRIVATE ORR TO WORK OUT HIS OWN PSYCHOSIS. I GET —THE CLOSET IS HAZARDO TO YOUR HEALTH, PECIALLY IF YOU’RE GAGA FOR AN UNATTAABLE TWK—BUT ALL THE MOVI WH PATHETILLY SELF-LOATHG QUEERS BEG MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE, PROVE TO BE A TAD MORALIZG TO EXPERIENCE. IN THIS SE, HAMMY ROD NOT ONLY DOWNGRAS THE HIGH-CHEEKBONED HOTTIE, HE FOLLOWS HIM AROUND AND EVEN FORC A KISS ON HIM A LEERG EXPLOSN OF UNWANTED LT. DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T WATCH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE (1967)—BASED ON BISEXUAL CARSON MCCULLERS’ NOVEL—WH MARLON BRANDO AS A VERY MOR MAJOR WHO FIXAT ON A HOT PRIVATE AND TRATN ENDS UP KILLG HIM. THE SCREECHY FILIPO HOEBOY ISN’T EXACTLY A ONE-MAN PRI PARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOX (1967){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON THE D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL, THIS FILM FEATUR ANNE HEYWOOD AND SANDY DENNIS AS TWO LONELY GALS SAPPHILLY CLGG TO EACH OTHER THE WILRNS, UNTIL A WANRG MALE (KEIR DULLEA) DROPS BY AND CHANG THE DYNAMIC. “ALL YOU NEED IS SOME DICK” SEEMS TO BE THE MSAGE. I KNOW, BUT E ON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUMMER LOVERS (1982){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S ANOTHER TRATG VARIATN ON A MéNAGE à TROIS. GAY WRER-DIRECTOR RANDAL KLEISER’S FOLLOW-UP TO GREASE AND THE BLUE LAGOON FDS GEO PETER GALLAGHER AND SCMPT DARYL HANNAH AS A UPLE VATNG ON THE EYE-POPPG GREEK ISLANDS, ONLY TO HAVE LECTABLE FRENCH GIRL VALERIE QUENNSEN ENTER THE SUATN AND ADD SOME HEAT. BUT THE STUD NERVOLY CUT THE SAME-SEX STUFF, SO BE A VERY LOPSID TRIANGLE, WH ONLY HTS OF WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN. I RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR A REVIVAL OF THIS FILM, LLG A GLOR O TO PANSEXUALISM. WELL, NOT REALLY. IN THIS SE, GREECE IS FELY NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAN’T STOP THE MIC (1980), 54 (1998).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY JAM L. BROOKS, GREG KNEAR IS A GAY ARTIST WHO’S ASSLTED A ROBBERY AND LOS EVERYTHG. THIS SWEET, TALENTED, GOOD-LOOKG GAY SUDNLY HAS NOT A IEND THE WORLD—UNTIL FOLKS LIKE THE HOMOPHOBIC JACK NICHOLSON CHARACTER STEP TO HELP SAVE THE DAY. I FOUND THIS A PATRONIZG FANTASY, SET UP STRICTLY AS AN ICKY NARRATIVE VICE. AND SCE THE QUEER MUNY HAS ALWAYS RALLIED TO HELP SELF (OFTEN WH PAFULLY FEW OUTSIRS PCHG ), SEEMED PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: LONGTIME COMPANN (1989), PHILALPHIA (1993), A SGLE MAN (2009), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000), AND BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005), WHICH IS SO PRSG TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SHOULD PROBABLY BE S OWN LIST, BUT WHEN I SAW , I WAS SO OVER ALL THE QUEERS-AS-VICTIMS FILMS THAT I HAVE TO ADM I WAS MORE EXASPERATED THAN VASTATED; STILL, GET OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAIRSE (1969){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT STANLEY DONEN, KNOWN FOR AIRY NCTNS LIKE SG’ THE RA AND FUNNY FACE, DIRECTED THIS LEAN SLOG ABOUT TWO MIDDLE-AGED GAYS—ONE A BARBER, THE OTHER AN ACTOR—WHO BICKER EVEN MORE THAN SISTER GEE AND CHILDIE. BASED ON A STAGE PLAY, THIS DOWN STAIRSE HAD THE SHOCK VALUE OF BIG NAM RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON PLAYG THE FOPPISH LEADS, BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE REPELLENT AND ’S ALL TALK, TALK, TALK, AND ALL EPLY UNNVCG, TOO. AND I HATE BOTH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, THIS CHILEAN FILM DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LELLO WON THE BT FOREIGN FILM OSR FOR S GRTY LOOK AT A GRIEVG TRANSGENR SGER BEG TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AT EVERY TURN. THE STUNNG TRANS ACTOR DANIELA VEGA PLAYS MARA, THE SANTIAGO WARS/CHANTSE WHOSE BOYIEND DI OF AN ANRYSM, SO SHE TRI TO MOURN HIM PROPERLY, BUT IS DISREGARD, LLED NAM, AND BTALIZED EVERYWHERE SHE GO. IT’S VERY PAFUL TO WATCH MARA’S GRADATN, THOUGH SHE ALWAYS KEEPS STOILLY MOVG FORWARD, VALIANTLY TRYG TO SUMMON STRENGTH AND DIGNY ALL THROUGH HER PLIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW HALLUCATORY AND/OR FANTASY SEQUENC TO ELEVATE THE MOOD, BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS THE KD OF THG THAT HAS YOU GRTG YOUR TEETH AND FENDG OFF A NERVO BREAKDOWN WHILE ADMIRG THE CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: BOYS DON’T CRY (1999), WHICH IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYG BEE THE TRANS CHARACTER IS BTALLY MURRED, AND BIS, ’S A REAL STORY. WHAT’S MORE, A CIS FEMALE—HILARY SWANK—PLAYED THE TRANS MALE, AS IS MOVIELAND’S WAY. STILL, WAS RIVETGLY DONE AND DIENC DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETIM AUNT MARTHA DO DREADFUL THGS (1971){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LOW-BUDGET, PSYCHO-WANNABE SOUNDS LIKE MIGHT BE KSCHY FUN, BUT ONLY IS IF YOU WATCH WH A VERY GIDDY GROUP OVER SOME VERY SUGARY SNACKS. IT HAS THE DOMEERG PL AND THE MENTALLY FEEBLE STANLEY HIDG OUT OM THE LAW MIAMI, WHERE ONE PRETENDS TO BE THE OTHER’S NT, FULL, HIO DRAG. BUT WHEN PL BRGS HOME A FEMALE DATE, AUNT MARTHA GO MAD WH JEALOY AND BUTCHERS HER, NORMAN BAT-STYLE. (MARTHA NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED; PL ULDN’T GET UP ANYWAY.) THE ROOT OF NTIE’S RAGE—THAT PL IS POSSSIVELY LOVE WH STANLEY, WH WHOM HE SHAR A BED—IS HANDLED A VERY HALF-ASSED MANNER, AND THERE ARE NTUY PROBLEMS, TOO. IT’S THE KD OF MOVIE WHERE THAT DATE ENTERS THE GUYS’ HOE ON A TREE-LED URBAN STREET, BUT WHEN SHE LEAV, ’S SUDNLY THE THICK OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SHAMEFUL, AS YOU SIMPLY WA FOR THE CUCKOO DRAG QUEEN (WHO LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER ACTRS HERMNE GGOLD CROSSED WH GENE HACKMAN AT THE END OF THE BIRDGE) TO GET UGHT ALREADY. BUT TURN PRSN TO JOY AND MAKE THIS OBSCURE FD TO A VERY SICK PARTY ATTRACTN FULL OF LGHS AND JAW DROPS. THAT WORKED FOR ME, AND WE HAD AN AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: TWO FILMS THAT HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE, THOUGH I FELT THE RPONSE WAS A TAD OVERWROUGHT: CISG (1980) AND BOAT TRIP (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRIKE UP THE BAND FOR MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CIDLY DID NOT CLU THE BOYS THE BAND THE ABOVE LIST BEE I’VE ALWAYS FOUND THE 1970 FILM—BASED ON MART CROWLEY’S RROSIVELY FUNNY AND SAD PLAY ABOUT A GAY BIRTHDAY PARTY GONE AWRY—TO BE MORE PROVOTIVE THAN PRSG. AND Y, THAT CLUS THE EMOTNAL RNAGE AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS YOU KNOW, NETFLIX IS PRODUCG A WHOLE NEW MOVIE OF THAT WORK, BASED ON THE ALL-STAR PRODUCTN THAT WON THE BT REVIVAL OF A PLAY TONY AWARD JUNE. I RAN TO MATT BOMER AT THE PREMIERE OF A MOVIE LLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ON THURSDAY, AUGT 22, WHICH I HEAR WAS THE SAME NIGHT THE NEW BOYS MOVIE SHOT A PRE-PARTY B AT JULI BAR, WHICH CLUD A MEO BY CROWLEY. (THE LONG-NNG JULI WAS ALSO REPRENTED CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? AND ON POSE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ASKED MATT IF HE’S FOUND NEW TEXTUR HIS CHARACTER, THE PASSNATE DONALD, FOR THE MERA. “I THK SO,” HE SAID. “IT’S HERENTLY A MORE TIMATE MEDIUM. FILMG WAS A CHANCE TO RENNECT AND TO TST THAT WE DID THE THEATER, BUT NOT TO RELY ON THAT.” “SO, THOSE WHO SAW THE BROADWAY PRODUCTN SHOULD MAKE SURE TO TCH THE MOVIE, SCE ’S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, RIGHT?” I ASKED, NCEALG THE FACT THAT I PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE AT LEAST FIVE TIM. “OH, Y,” HE SAID. “PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED. I HOPE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE PLAY WON’T FEEL THEY DON’T NEED TO SEE . THERE’S A LOT TO CHECK OUT.” HONEY, I’LL BE CHECKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HAS A SORT OF MOPEY LBIAN (HANNAH PEARL UTT, WHO DIRECTED AND -WROTE) AND HER MSY SISTER (JEN TULLOCK, WHO -WROTE) LEARNG THAT THEIR MOTHER ISN’T AD, SPE WHAT DADDY TOLD THEM; SHE’S A WACKY SOAP OPERA STAR (JUDH LIGHT) WHO DIDN’T WANT CHILDREN, BUT WEL THEIR NROTIC RETURN TO HER LIFE. BEFORE THE MOVIE UNSPOOLED, UTT TOLD THE CROWD, “IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEE LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY.” THAT WAS REHGLY HONT, THOUGH AS THEY SOTED OFF AND STARTED THE FILM, LIGHT JOKED TO HER, “COME ON. THERE’S A MENTAL HOSPAL CLOSE BY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM? I FOUND SOME OF AS EXASPERATG AS S CHARACTERS, BUT I LIKED S OBSERVANT TOUCH AND ENJOYED THE WAY A REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA IMPGED ON THE FAKE ONE. NOT PRSG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• POEMS / GAY LOVE POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTJOSHUA KENRYU   FOLLOWON FEB 16 2023 05:38 PM PST  BEE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW
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HEARTBREAKG GAY ROMANCE

Heartbreakg Gay Romance (238 books),. Heartbreakg Gay Romance.

A Gay Happy Endg for All. That's right -- not every gay movie has to end wh heartbreak. He fears what will mean to be gay a small town, but the people of Big En might jt surprise him.

POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTSORRY, THIS POST N ONLY BE VIEWED BY REGISTERED ERS: WASHG A SOLDIER'S SHEETS - INDIGO BOYMARIA MORISOT   FOLLOWON JUL 16 2023 07:59 PM PST  RAISG NOAH'S FLAG

Alim, a closeted gay man livg Canada, has his life turned upsi down when his nservative mother pops to town for a vis.

This Belgian film follows Pim, a young, sensive gay boy who n't help but fall for Go, the handsome kid next door. He jt has one secret: He's gay and is unwillg to e out for fear will upset his world.

SAD GAY QUOT & SAYGS

This is poetry over cricism © on Sep 18 2019 09:43 AM PST, Jurell Whe love • gay • gay-love • lgbt-love • god.

(shelved 2 tim as sad-and-gay). (shelved 1 time as sad-and-gay). Yet, the hetero-heavy world of romantic mic, great gay love songs and fantastic lbian love songs n be hard to fd.

POEMS / GAY LOVE POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTKENRYU JOSHUA   FOLLOWON FEB 16 2023 05:38 PM PST  BEE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW

Want pronoun-appropriate gay love songs? Boy Meets Boy: 7 Gay Love Songs.

GAY SAD LOVE QUOT & SAYGS

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Forrt Gump is that rare gay love song that don’t shy away om male pronouns – this se the teenaged dream who a younger Ocean once loved om afar. He’s also rponsible for Jt Some Guy: possibly the world’s sweett gay love song. Then, 2016, he ma the cisn to e out publilly, quickly beg an advote for gay Christians who crave a more acceptg kd of fah.

A gay love song sure to strike a chord wh marriage-md sgl, Brett Every’s tale of two men gettg hched is simple and betiful (and hard to listen to whout a few happy tears! Lang me out as gay), and yet is still h and fantastic. So much so that they changed the meang – the le ‘what do they know about this love anyway’ origally referred to gossipy iends, but Etheridge says the gay muny has helped mean much, much more.

SAD AND GAY BOOKS

Sce then, the former Disney star has been experimentg wh different tak on the lbian love song – here, she swch out the tough gay anthem for pure, bubblg joy.

Recent years have seen the release of more and more gay love songs and lbian love songs. Meet LGBTQ sgl the efficient way wh our gay datg app and lbian datg app. Tws Tegan and Sara are famoly known for their LGBTQ+ activism (they even helped create an ice-cream that supports gay marriage!

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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema. And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv.

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THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MAALSO: WHY MATT BOMER WANTS YOU TO SEE "THE BOYS THE BAND" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:648PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MONSTER/NEWMARKET FILMSBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: CHARLIZE THERON MONSTER (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME QUEER-THEMED MOVI ARE PRSG BEE THEY LIVER A POTENT MSAGE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF BIGOTRY (AND THE RULT IS PAFUL TO WATCH); OTHERS ARE EMOTNALLY DISTRSG BEE THEY’RE STEREOTYPIL AND BADLY DONE, OFTEN REFLECTG THE UNENLIGHTENED TIM THEY WERE MA . IN OTHER WORDS, THEY’RE EHER PRSG BEE THEY’RE SO GOOD OR BEE THEY’RE SO ROTTEN. EHER WAY, THE FILMS HAVE, AT VAR MOMENTS, MA ME WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER THEN CRY MYSELF TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SHARG MY LIST OF THE 11 MOST PRSG EVER, JT SO YOU’RE WARNED—AND A FEW S, ’S ACTUALLY A REMENDATN BEE THEIR POWER TO UPSET IS THEIR GREATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON AN OLD LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY, THIS SH-STIRRER HAS A BRATTY YOUNG GIRL STARTG A MOR THAT TWO TEACHERS (AUDREY HEPBURN AND SHIRLEY MACLAE) ARE LBIANS LOVE. THIS SNDALO B OF BUZZ LEADS TO SO MANY PLITNS THAT POOR SHIRLEY ENDS UP THKG MAYBE SHE IS A LBIAN AND KILLG HERSELF JT SE. SEEG THIS AS A KID, I ALMOST WANTED TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956)—YOU KNOW, “OH, DARLG, YOU’RE NOT REALLY A SISSY BOY. WHY DON’T YOU SCREW ME AND THAT’LL PROVE !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTIM (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME YEAR BROUGHT EVEN MORE GAY-RELATED SUICI. ENGLAND’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS AT THE TIME PROVI THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLISTERG DRAMA, WHICH CENTERS ON A BLACKMAILG RG THAT TARGETS VAR GAYS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM IS DRIVEN TO OFF HIMSELF. EVEN THE LAWYER FIGHTG ALL THIS (DIRK BOGAR) IS G TO TERMS WH HIS OWN SEXUAL FEELGS, WHICH IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE, AS THEY BOTH PREP FOR HIS EXPOSURE. (THE AD GUY WAS HIS LOVER.) THIS FILM WAS A NERVY PLEA FOR CHANGE AND WAY AHEAD OF S TIME NONTG IMPORTANT ISSU—BUT HONEY, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: DIRK BOGAR AGA, THIS TIME AS AN OLD QUEEN OBSSG ON A BOY DEATH VENICE (1971). YOU WANT TO FLAG DOWN A GONDOLA RIGHT OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTER (2003){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVIEMAKERS LOVE QUEER VICTIMS AS WELL AS QUEER PSYCHOS, AND MONSTER GIV YOU BOTH, ALL ONE PERSON. CHARLIZE THERON PLAYS AILEEN WUORNOS, THE REAL-LIFE DAYTONA BEACH PROSTUTE WHO CLICKED WH A YOUNGER GIRLIEND, BUT WAS ULTIMATELY WORN DOWN BY ALL KDS OF ABE, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, AND OTHER CHALLENG, AND END UP ON A KILLG SPREE OF MALE VICTIMS. THE MOVIE IS PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT SHE FACED—AND THERON IS DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT HER OSR-WNG TURN—BUT WATCHG THIS WOMAN DISTEGRATE AND ALSO TAKE AWAY OTHERS’ LIV IS A REAL DEBBIE DOWNER THAT I HIGHLY REMEND, BUT ONLY ON A STRONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAROL (2015), THOUGH ’S AN ABSOLUTE JOYRI PARED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KILLG OF SISTER GEE (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERYL REID PLAYS AN ACTRS WHOSE SISTER GEE CHARACTER ON A BBC SOAP OPERA IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED OFF BEE OF THE ACTRS’S VULGAR BEHAVR OFF-MERA. THAT MAK HER EVEN MORE VIC TO HER GIRLIEND, THE ARRTED CHILD KNOWN AS CHILDIE (SANNAH YORK), WHICH WHOM SHE SHAR A PARTICULARLY VIC, IF FADG, RELATNSHIP. ALONG AN EVEN MEANER DYKE, A TV PRODUCER PLAYED BY CORAL BROWNE, WHO SWOOPS AND THREATENS TO TAKE CHILDIE AWAY VIA ALL KDS OF PARAPHERNALIA. (THE MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY S&M ACTN, BY THE WAY, BUT ABOUT DOWNRIGHT SADISM.) DIRECTED WH A SLEDGEHAMMER BY ROBERT ALDRICH (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), THE VOYRISTIC MELODRAMA BASED ON A PLAY IS SORT OF ENJOYABLY MPY NOW, BUT WAS JT PLA DAMAGG BACK THEN. IT CREEPILY ENDS WH BERYL BELLOWG “MOO!”—LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERGEANT (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS POST-WWII DRAMA, ROD STEIGER IS THE ANGSTY TLE CHARACTER WHO’S GRAPPLG WH REPRSED URG AND GOG BATTY AS A RULT. HE’S PECIALLY HOT FOR A HANDSOME PRIVATE (BARBARELLA’S JOHN PHILLIP LAW), BUT THAT DRIV HIM EPER OVER THE EDGE, AS HE NSTANTLY PUNISH AND TNTS THE PRIVATE ORR TO WORK OUT HIS OWN PSYCHOSIS. I GET —THE CLOSET IS HAZARDO TO YOUR HEALTH, PECIALLY IF YOU’RE GAGA FOR AN UNATTAABLE TWK—BUT ALL THE MOVI WH PATHETILLY SELF-LOATHG QUEERS BEG MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE, PROVE TO BE A TAD MORALIZG TO EXPERIENCE. IN THIS SE, HAMMY ROD NOT ONLY DOWNGRAS THE HIGH-CHEEKBONED HOTTIE, HE FOLLOWS HIM AROUND AND EVEN FORC A KISS ON HIM A LEERG EXPLOSN OF UNWANTED LT. DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T WATCH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE (1967)—BASED ON BISEXUAL CARSON MCCULLERS’ NOVEL—WH MARLON BRANDO AS A VERY MOR MAJOR WHO FIXAT ON A HOT PRIVATE AND TRATN ENDS UP KILLG HIM. THE SCREECHY FILIPO HOEBOY ISN’T EXACTLY A ONE-MAN PRI PARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOX (1967){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON THE D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL, THIS FILM FEATUR ANNE HEYWOOD AND SANDY DENNIS AS TWO LONELY GALS SAPPHILLY CLGG TO EACH OTHER THE WILRNS, UNTIL A WANRG MALE (KEIR DULLEA) DROPS BY AND CHANG THE DYNAMIC. “ALL YOU NEED IS SOME DICK” SEEMS TO BE THE MSAGE. I KNOW, BUT E ON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUMMER LOVERS (1982){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S ANOTHER TRATG VARIATN ON A MéNAGE à TROIS. GAY WRER-DIRECTOR RANDAL KLEISER’S FOLLOW-UP TO GREASE AND THE BLUE LAGOON FDS GEO PETER GALLAGHER AND SCMPT DARYL HANNAH AS A UPLE VATNG ON THE EYE-POPPG GREEK ISLANDS, ONLY TO HAVE LECTABLE FRENCH GIRL VALERIE QUENNSEN ENTER THE SUATN AND ADD SOME HEAT. BUT THE STUD NERVOLY CUT THE SAME-SEX STUFF, SO BE A VERY LOPSID TRIANGLE, WH ONLY HTS OF WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN. I RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR A REVIVAL OF THIS FILM, LLG A GLOR O TO PANSEXUALISM. WELL, NOT REALLY. IN THIS SE, GREECE IS FELY NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAN’T STOP THE MIC (1980), 54 (1998).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY JAM L. BROOKS, GREG KNEAR IS A GAY ARTIST WHO’S ASSLTED A ROBBERY AND LOS EVERYTHG. THIS SWEET, TALENTED, GOOD-LOOKG GAY SUDNLY HAS NOT A IEND THE WORLD—UNTIL FOLKS LIKE THE HOMOPHOBIC JACK NICHOLSON CHARACTER STEP TO HELP SAVE THE DAY. I FOUND THIS A PATRONIZG FANTASY, SET UP STRICTLY AS AN ICKY NARRATIVE VICE. AND SCE THE QUEER MUNY HAS ALWAYS RALLIED TO HELP SELF (OFTEN WH PAFULLY FEW OUTSIRS PCHG ), SEEMED PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: LONGTIME COMPANN (1989), PHILALPHIA (1993), A SGLE MAN (2009), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000), AND BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005), WHICH IS SO PRSG TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SHOULD PROBABLY BE S OWN LIST, BUT WHEN I SAW , I WAS SO OVER ALL THE QUEERS-AS-VICTIMS FILMS THAT I HAVE TO ADM I WAS MORE EXASPERATED THAN VASTATED; STILL, GET OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAIRSE (1969){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT STANLEY DONEN, KNOWN FOR AIRY NCTNS LIKE SG’ THE RA AND FUNNY FACE, DIRECTED THIS LEAN SLOG ABOUT TWO MIDDLE-AGED GAYS—ONE A BARBER, THE OTHER AN ACTOR—WHO BICKER EVEN MORE THAN SISTER GEE AND CHILDIE. BASED ON A STAGE PLAY, THIS DOWN STAIRSE HAD THE SHOCK VALUE OF BIG NAM RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON PLAYG THE FOPPISH LEADS, BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE REPELLENT AND ’S ALL TALK, TALK, TALK, AND ALL EPLY UNNVCG, TOO. AND I HATE BOTH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, THIS CHILEAN FILM DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LELLO WON THE BT FOREIGN FILM OSR FOR S GRTY LOOK AT A GRIEVG TRANSGENR SGER BEG TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AT EVERY TURN. THE STUNNG TRANS ACTOR DANIELA VEGA PLAYS MARA, THE SANTIAGO WARS/CHANTSE WHOSE BOYIEND DI OF AN ANRYSM, SO SHE TRI TO MOURN HIM PROPERLY, BUT IS DISREGARD, LLED NAM, AND BTALIZED EVERYWHERE SHE GO. IT’S VERY PAFUL TO WATCH MARA’S GRADATN, THOUGH SHE ALWAYS KEEPS STOILLY MOVG FORWARD, VALIANTLY TRYG TO SUMMON STRENGTH AND DIGNY ALL THROUGH HER PLIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW HALLUCATORY AND/OR FANTASY SEQUENC TO ELEVATE THE MOOD, BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS THE KD OF THG THAT HAS YOU GRTG YOUR TEETH AND FENDG OFF A NERVO BREAKDOWN WHILE ADMIRG THE CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: BOYS DON’T CRY (1999), WHICH IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYG BEE THE TRANS CHARACTER IS BTALLY MURRED, AND BIS, ’S A REAL STORY. WHAT’S MORE, A CIS FEMALE—HILARY SWANK—PLAYED THE TRANS MALE, AS IS MOVIELAND’S WAY. STILL, WAS RIVETGLY DONE AND DIENC DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETIM AUNT MARTHA DO DREADFUL THGS (1971){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LOW-BUDGET, PSYCHO-WANNABE SOUNDS LIKE MIGHT BE KSCHY FUN, BUT ONLY IS IF YOU WATCH WH A VERY GIDDY GROUP OVER SOME VERY SUGARY SNACKS. IT HAS THE DOMEERG PL AND THE MENTALLY FEEBLE STANLEY HIDG OUT OM THE LAW MIAMI, WHERE ONE PRETENDS TO BE THE OTHER’S NT, FULL, HIO DRAG. BUT WHEN PL BRGS HOME A FEMALE DATE, AUNT MARTHA GO MAD WH JEALOY AND BUTCHERS HER, NORMAN BAT-STYLE. (MARTHA NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED; PL ULDN’T GET UP ANYWAY.) THE ROOT OF NTIE’S RAGE—THAT PL IS POSSSIVELY LOVE WH STANLEY, WH WHOM HE SHAR A BED—IS HANDLED A VERY HALF-ASSED MANNER, AND THERE ARE NTUY PROBLEMS, TOO. IT’S THE KD OF MOVIE WHERE THAT DATE ENTERS THE GUYS’ HOE ON A TREE-LED URBAN STREET, BUT WHEN SHE LEAV, ’S SUDNLY THE THICK OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SHAMEFUL, AS YOU SIMPLY WA FOR THE CUCKOO DRAG QUEEN (WHO LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER ACTRS HERMNE GGOLD CROSSED WH GENE HACKMAN AT THE END OF THE BIRDGE) TO GET UGHT ALREADY. BUT TURN PRSN TO JOY AND MAKE THIS OBSCURE FD TO A VERY SICK PARTY ATTRACTN FULL OF LGHS AND JAW DROPS. THAT WORKED FOR ME, AND WE HAD AN AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: TWO FILMS THAT HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE, THOUGH I FELT THE RPONSE WAS A TAD OVERWROUGHT: CISG (1980) AND BOAT TRIP (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRIKE UP THE BAND FOR MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CIDLY DID NOT CLU THE BOYS THE BAND THE ABOVE LIST BEE I’VE ALWAYS FOUND THE 1970 FILM—BASED ON MART CROWLEY’S RROSIVELY FUNNY AND SAD PLAY ABOUT A GAY BIRTHDAY PARTY GONE AWRY—TO BE MORE PROVOTIVE THAN PRSG. AND Y, THAT CLUS THE EMOTNAL RNAGE AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS YOU KNOW, NETFLIX IS PRODUCG A WHOLE NEW MOVIE OF THAT WORK, BASED ON THE ALL-STAR PRODUCTN THAT WON THE BT REVIVAL OF A PLAY TONY AWARD JUNE. I RAN TO MATT BOMER AT THE PREMIERE OF A MOVIE LLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ON THURSDAY, AUGT 22, WHICH I HEAR WAS THE SAME NIGHT THE NEW BOYS MOVIE SHOT A PRE-PARTY B AT JULI BAR, WHICH CLUD A MEO BY CROWLEY. (THE LONG-NNG JULI WAS ALSO REPRENTED CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? AND ON POSE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ASKED MATT IF HE’S FOUND NEW TEXTUR HIS CHARACTER, THE PASSNATE DONALD, FOR THE MERA. “I THK SO,” HE SAID. “IT’S HERENTLY A MORE TIMATE MEDIUM. FILMG WAS A CHANCE TO RENNECT AND TO TST THAT WE DID THE THEATER, BUT NOT TO RELY ON THAT.” “SO, THOSE WHO SAW THE BROADWAY PRODUCTN SHOULD MAKE SURE TO TCH THE MOVIE, SCE ’S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, RIGHT?” I ASKED, NCEALG THE FACT THAT I PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE AT LEAST FIVE TIM. “OH, Y,” HE SAID. “PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED. I HOPE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE PLAY WON’T FEEL THEY DON’T NEED TO SEE . THERE’S A LOT TO CHECK OUT.” HONEY, I’LL BE CHECKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HAS A SORT OF MOPEY LBIAN (HANNAH PEARL UTT, WHO DIRECTED AND -WROTE) AND HER MSY SISTER (JEN TULLOCK, WHO -WROTE) LEARNG THAT THEIR MOTHER ISN’T AD, SPE WHAT DADDY TOLD THEM; SHE’S A WACKY SOAP OPERA STAR (JUDH LIGHT) WHO DIDN’T WANT CHILDREN, BUT WEL THEIR NROTIC RETURN TO HER LIFE. BEFORE THE MOVIE UNSPOOLED, UTT TOLD THE CROWD, “IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEE LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY.” THAT WAS REHGLY HONT, THOUGH AS THEY SOTED OFF AND STARTED THE FILM, LIGHT JOKED TO HER, “COME ON. THERE’S A MENTAL HOSPAL CLOSE BY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM? I FOUND SOME OF AS EXASPERATG AS S CHARACTERS, BUT I LIKED S OBSERVANT TOUCH AND ENJOYED THE WAY A REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA IMPGED ON THE FAKE ONE. NOT PRSG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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