Tag Archives: queer cinema

WEEKEND

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Andrew Haigh Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New. A gay Brief Encounter? Weekend is a simple yet honest depiction of two strangers making a connection physically, emotionally and intellectually. Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise is the template for this romantic drama about two people who meet and spend the weekend together discussing [...]

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KABOOM

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Gregg Araki Stars: Thomas Dekker, Hayley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida, James Duval, Kelly Lynch, Juno Temple, Brennan Mejia, Jason Olive. Gregg Araki was at the forefront of the emergence of a new gay cinema in the ‘90s, with films like the nihilistic, subversive The Doom Generation, etc, and their [...]

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HOWL

Reviewed by GREG KING Directors: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman Stars: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola, Bob Balaban, Jon Prescott. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” Allen Ginsberg was one of the most famous and revered poets of the 20th century, [...]

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