The urse of gay love rarely ns smooth on screen, but happy endgs are not as rare as they once were. Wh Merchant-Ivory’s Mrice currently back cemas, we celebrate gay films at their most romantic.
Contents:
- 10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
- BT GAY HISTORIL ROMANCE
- THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
10 GREAT GAY ROMANCE FILMS
* gay historical romance movies *
The urse of gay love rarely ns smooth on screen, but happy endgs are not as rare as they once were. Wh Merchant-Ivory’s Mrice currently back cemas, we celebrate gay films at their most romantic.
31 July 2018By Alex DavidsonMrice (1987)Cema history featur hundreds of exquise gay love stori, although disappotgly few end happily. Until the 1980s, most gay men on screen end up miserable or ad by the time the end creds rolled, such was society’s view of the poor, margalised creatur.
BT GAY HISTORIL ROMANCE
In the UK, male homosexualy was illegal until the 1960s, so ’s unsurprisg that gay characters ntemporary dramas found hard to reach a happy endg. In 2018, male homosexualy is crimalised more than 70 untri worldwi – gay liv are rarely picted at all films om the natns, and when they are, ’s seldom a posive light.
THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
Get the latt om the BFISign up for BFI news, featur, vios and the 1980s, filmmakers beme more nfint pictg gay men love. Stephen Frears’ My Betiful Lndrette (1985) and Jam Ivory’s Mrice (1987) showed that homosexualy and happs were not mutually exclive.