To celebrate Pride Month, our editors have hand picked 25 examples of unsung queer cinema that don’t often crop up on June listicles. Discover the films:https://seventh-row.com/2021/06/25/25-unsung-queer-cinema-treasures/ …
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SUMMERTIME (Catherine Corsini, 2015) "In Catherine Corsini’s 1970s-set Summertime, Delphine falls for the cosmopolitan Carole when she accidentally finds herself in the middle of a women’s rights protest in France."
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CATFIGHT (Onur Tukel, 2016) "Sandra Oh and Anne Heche are at the top of their game in Catfight, an absurdist comedy that pushes its premise to the extremes."
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A DATE FOR MAD MARY (Darren Thornton, 2016) "A Date for Mad Mary is part lesbian romance, part coming-of-ager about coming out and growing out of your friends."
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IN BETWEEN (Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016) "Set in Jerusalem, the film follows three Palestinian women flatmates who don’t quite fit into society."
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PARIS 05:59: THÉO AND HUGO (Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, 2016) "Paris 5:59: Théo and Hugo opens with a 20-minute group sex scene at a sex club in Paris, and it’s utterly thrilling."
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GOOD MANNERS (Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas, 2017) "This is how you do a creature feature right."
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PRINCESS CYD (Stephen Cone, 2017) "Stephen Cone’s Princess Cyd is the story of a queer teenage girl, Cyd, and her aunt, Miranda navigating their sexual and religious identities during a summer spent together in Chicago."
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GENÈSE (Philippe Lesage, 2018) "Genèse exists in a transient emotional landscape, examining the parallel fates of a brother and sister, Guillaume (Théodore Pellerin) and Charlotte (Noée Abita), who are navigating love and identity in their late adolescence."
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GIANT LITTLE ONES (Keith Behrman, 2018) "One of the great teen movies of the decade — vibrant, fun, and moving."
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HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (Kim Bora, 2018) "A sprawling coming-of-age tale about fourteen-year-old Eun-hee, a lost and lonely young girl looking for connection in 1994 Seoul."
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RAFIKI (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018) "A low-key delight: Kahiu has crafted a sweet and winning romance with charm to spare."
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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY (Madeleine Olnek, 2018) "This Dickinson is full of life: she’s prickly, but also funny and, of course, gloriously intelligent — all is true of Olnek’s film, too."
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END OF THE CENTURY (Lucio Castro, 2019) "Lucio Castro’s directorial debut starts out like an Iberian sequel to Weekend, only to become a kind of post-modern exploration of love, sex, intimacy, and possible lives."
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LINGUA FRANCA (Isabel Sandoval, 2019) "Actor-director Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca provides a quietly subversive reframing of a trans woman’s experience." Milly Gribbenpic.twitter.com/XsmJbPpbc5
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NO ORDINARY MAN (Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt, 2020) "How do you shoulder the responsibility of creating the first moving image representations of a person who is no longer with us?"
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SUMMERLAND (Jessica Swale, 2020) "Jessica Swale’s directorial debut, Summerland, is a tear-jerker British period piece that yanks your heart."
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