https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/movies/new-queer-cinema-anniversary.html
Thirty years after a panel at Sundance, some of the artists and journalists who helped ignite an L.G.B.T.Q. film movement take stock.

https://www.queerbeat.org/stories/onir-on-strengthening-queer-gaze-in-cinema
It won the National Award for Best Hindi film in 2012. Onir has never shied away from approaching queer stories that are messy and flawed. He champions the need for a queer gaze in mainstream cinema, and rejects the cisgender-heteronormative gaze, including in recent big-budget movies featuring queer lives and relationships, which sanitise

https://filmlifestyle.com/what-is-new-queer-cinema/
The Definitive Guide. New Queer Cinema burst onto the scene as a provocative and vibrant movement in early '90s filmmaking. It's a form of expression that challenges traditional narratives and gives voice to LGBTQ+ stories with unapologetic honesty and flair. In this article, we'll jump into the origins, key features, and groundbreaking

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Queer cinema names at least three things: an emergent visual culture that boldly identifies as queer; a body of narrative, documentary, and experimental work previously collated under the rubric of homosexual or lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) cinema; as well as a means of critically reading and evaluating films and other visual media through the lens of sexuality.

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The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2008. Save Citation » Export Citation » Share Citation » One of the most important filmmakers of New Queer Cinema, Jarman is also recognized for his bold and experimental work with film form. Richardson focuses on the way Jarman poses

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Closer to home is what happened in Southampton recently, when the cast of the award-winning play Rotterdam were the victims of a homophobic and transphobic attack. It forced them to cancel that

https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-legacy-of-new-queer-cinema
As told to A.frame, Hu reflects on the start of his company and the New Queer Cinema movement that it helped usher in. New Queer Cinema happened right when Jon Gerrans and I were starting our company, Strand Releasing. We were also producing movies, including Gregg Araki's The Living End, which was part of that movement of edgy LGBTQ films.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-new-queer-cinema
The real challenge with New Queer Cinema lies in working out where it begins and ends. The concept itself wasn't explicitly adopted by filmmakers, but was instead defined through the writing of critic B. Ruby Rich in the early 1990s. Rich acknowledges that the films and filmmakers she considers under the umbrella of New Queer Cinema

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/new-queer-films-1.6480529
The state of queer cinema: we asked 5 LGBTQ filmmakers to tell the stories of their latest work ... "So to have this variety out there, I think, is just really important," he said. "It makes me

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Abstract. Queer media is not one thing but an ensemble of at least four moving variables: history, gender and sexuality, geography, and medium. Although many scholars would pinpoint the early 1990s as marking the emergence of a cinematic movement in the United States (dubbed by B. Ruby Rich the "new queer cinema"), films and television programs that clearly spoke to LGBTQ themes and

https://epgn.com/2022/01/26/the-new-queer-cinema-movement-paved-the-way-for-todays-mainstream-lgbtq-films-but-at-what-cost/
In the case of New Queer Cinema (a term coined by the scholar and critic B. Ruby Rich in The Village Voice), this meant exposing them to a new, wider and not solely queer audience, a function different from that of explicitly queer film festivals. ... it was about making work that was important, or political or artistic, that didn't give a

https://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/20-essential-films-for-an-introduction-to-queer-cinema/
This list focuses on what was called "New Queer Cinema" in the early 90s, but also expands a bit on both sides, showing some key predecessors important to understand what came next, and more recent examples on the issue. One of the most interesting points about queer cinema is how critical reception is as important as the film.

https://slate.com/culture/2018/05/queer-cinema-whats-happening-to-it.html
If LGBT films today are framed by gay marriage, then the queer films of Haynes's day, in the late '80s and early '90s, were defined by the AIDS crisis. The worlds of activism, art

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191218-the-decade-that-saw-queerness-go-mainstream
While LGBTQ-centred shows are important, there's also been a rise of queer representation in 'regular' shows. ... Queer cinema also seems to have a disproportionate focus on suffering and

https://www.parents.com/parenting/dynamics/lgbtq/why-lgbtqia-representation-tv-shows-and-movies-is-so-important/
Why LGBTQIA+ Representation in TV Shows and Movies Is So Important—Here Are 10 to Watch as a Family. Seeing characters like themselves in mainstream media helps queer kids feel less alone, but

https://www.filminquiry.com/important-make-diverse-lgbt-films/
There is a vital conversation being created thanks to queer filmmakers, but there is still a long way to go (particularly when it comes to representation in mainstream films). Some movies, such as Circumstance (2011), do get it right, though. A film which depicts a relationship between two young women isn't necessarily anything new, but it

https://mediapres.commons.msu.edu/2021/02/26/topics-in-media-studies-new-queer-cinema/
Books for Further Reading. New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut (B. Ruby Rich) New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader (ed. Michele Aaron) Coming Out to the Mainstream: New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century (eds. JoAnne C. Juett and David M. Jones) Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America (Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin)

https://screenrant.com/lgbtq-representation-media-important-why-queer-families/
These legislative efforts seek to erase the experiences of LGBTQ+ people, making queer representation all the more important. Media can help draw attention to the ways in which such measures affect an already marginalized group, facilitating discussions on a legislative level as well as a more personal one. Seeing queer characters and conflicts

http://www.forbes5.pitt.edu/article/we-re-here-we-re-not-queer-lack-modern-queer-cinema-and-why-it-needs-be-remedied
Queer Creators. Another important component of queer cinema is the involvement of queer creators, Janet Staiger (29) argues that postulations of the death of the author (and auteur) came strategically just as marginalized groups were becoming more visible; '[d]epriving us of our voices just as we are speaking more loudly seems like a plot'.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/10-essential-films-from-the-new-queer-cinema-movement/
The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye - 1996) Regarded as the first feature-length film which depicts the condition of black lesbians that is written and directed by a member of the community, The Watermelon Woman is one of the most influential films from the New Queer Cinema movement. It won the Teddy Award at the Berlin Film Festival and is

https://medium.com/@trevor.tidwell/why-disney-pixars-luca-is-queer-3750711de4a1
Massimo is the strong, masculine, seafaring father of Giulia. One of his dreams in life is to capture and kill a sea monster. He finds Giulia's new friends weird and strange, but he takes the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5KY8MXRCks
Today, we're doing something a little different, but very close to my heart. We're having a look at Queer Cinema, and why it's so important, yet largely over

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/28/style/but-im-a-cheerleader-movie-visuals/index.html
Originally an outlier of '90s teen movies, the sapphic romcom — set in a hyper-artificial gay-conversion camp — has since become one of the era's most beloved titles.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/06/27/film-changed-the-way-people-saw-sexuality-now-social-media-does/
Damon Young: Part of the argument of the book is that cinema was the most influential medium on our ideas, fantasies and fears about gender in the 20 th century. Susan Sontag, a critical essayist and novelist, called the 20 th century the "century of cinema," whereas in the 19 th century, the novel was arguably the dominant medium of

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Scorsese has praised Scorpio Rising. Happy Together (1997) Great film above toxic, yet addictive love. Todd Haynes is a director who has made a number of great queer films. Far From Heaven is my favorite. Fire Island (2022) has a fun Jane Austen vibe.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/trans-memoria-victoria-verseau-interview-kviff-trans-women-1235926792/#!
The Swedish artist also discusses trans stories "made by people without that experience," the importance of identity, and why the movie at times feels like a ghost story. By Georg Szalai Global

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/movies/outstanding-netflix-paul-lynde-charles-nelson-reilly-rip-taylor.html
Fortney said that when people assumed Taylor was gay, he bristled at the perception, even as he emceed AIDS benefits and, in 2005, served as the grand marshal of the Pride parade in Washington, D

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/why-django-unchained-is-one-of-the-most-satisfying-movies-ive-ever-seen-as-a-black-man
Harriet, Emancipation (pre-Bad Boys: Ride or Die Will Smith), Beloved, and of course, the Academy Award-winning 12 Years a Slave are all movies that I've sat through, and, if I'm being

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/25/entertainment/eddie-murphy-beverly-hills-cop-4/index.html
Murphy went on to say that "even still to this day, when Black folks, we make movies, most of the time they work in the States and outside of the country, they don't work."

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