Happy #Pride Month! We’re celebrating the month with our new and ever-growing LGBTQ+ collection. https://www.criterionchannel.com/lgbtq
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COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT (1989) dirs. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman This film explores the human stories obscured by HIV/AIDS statistics, the cross section of identities affected by AIDS, and efforts to combat the stigma. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/common-threads-stories-from-the-quilt …pic.twitter.com/wKWFUo0w6N
#BLACKMENDREAM (2014) dir. Shikeith
This experimental documentary offers a candid glimpse into a subject that is virtually taboo in many Black communities and in society at large: the complex, often vulnerable emotional lives of Black men. http://criterionchannel.com/videos/blackmendream …pic.twitter.com/kyJT7udcNY
HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) dir. Wong Kar Wai This emotionally raw portrait of a relationship in breakdown follows a couple locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up, make up, and fall apart again and again. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/happy-together …pic.twitter.com/YjEIOPPj6P
SEÑORITA (2011) dir. Isabel Sandoval Sandoval’s feature debut is a pulp-noir political thriller set on the margins of the Philippines. Wishing to start a new life, Donna, a transgender sex worker in Manila, relocates to the small town where her son lives. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/senorita pic.twitter.com/VhIPVDvv8k
FREAK ORLANDO (1981) dir. Ulrike Ottinger Ottinger transforms Virginia Woolf’s queer feminist classic ORLANDO into an outrageous camp spectacle in which a gender-fluid time traveler (Magdalena Montezuma) zigzags across history. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/freak-orlando …pic.twitter.com/AVwONjQt6E
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue is a true Fassbinder affair. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-bitter-tears-of-petra-von-kant …pic.twitter.com/9tww49xVCe
JE TU IL ELLE (1975) dir. Chantal Akerman An aimless young woman leaves self-imposed isolation to embark on a road trip that leads to lonely love affairs. With its famous real-time carnal encounter, Je tu il elle is Akerman's most sexually audacious film. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/je-tu-il-elle …pic.twitter.com/4YBjxecwJW
PINK NARCISSUS (1971) dir. James Bidgood Working over the course of eight years in his downtown Manhattan loft, Bidgood crafted this luxuriant queer fantasia, a crimson-saturated idyll of camp excess and erotic spectacle. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/pink-narcissus …pic.twitter.com/c6cbtbxtri
THE LONG DAY CLOSES (1992) dir. Terence Davies This autobiographical film takes on the perspective of a quiet, lonely boy growing up in Liverpool in the 1950s as it jumps in and out of time, swoops into fantasies and fears, summons memories and dreams. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-long-day-closes …pic.twitter.com/EhWdnOloRU
DADDY AND THE MUSCLE ACADEMY (1992) dir. Ilppo Pohjola Artist Tom of Finland has exerted an enormous influence on gay identity, attitude, and self-understanding through his provocative, instantly recognizable drawings of muscle-bound, leather-clad men. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/daddy-and-the-muscle-academy …pic.twitter.com/xai1nHWla6
PARIS IS BURNING (1990) dir. Jennie Livingston This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s Black and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. https://www.criterionchannel.com/paris-is-burning …pic.twitter.com/d06hDAy1F2
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK (1984) dir. Robert Epstein Milk was an outspoken human rights activist & one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his 1978 assassination, he continues to inspire people around the world. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-times-of-harvey-milk/videos/the-times-of-harvey-milk …pic.twitter.com/okHQCUNt1G
DESERT HEARTS (1985) dir. Donna Deitch Taking on the roles of writer, producer, and director, Deitch crafted a refreshingly modern twist on the Hollywood love story, one that became a trailblazing work of queer filmmaking. https://www.criterionchannel.com/desert-hearts pic.twitter.com/vD29UUJgJg
SHAKEDOWN (2018) dir. Leilah Weinraub This documentary charts the eight-year run of Shakedown, an underground Black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles. https://www.criterionchannel.com/shakedown pic.twitter.com/uDmIUiohzb
MALA NOCHE (1985) dir. Gus Van Sant Set in Portland, Oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, dead-end day-shifters, and bars in a profound nighttime, as it follows a romantic deadbeat with a wayward crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. https://www.criterionchannel.com/mala-noche pic.twitter.com/Q7grhMopic
WEEKEND (2011) dir. Andrew Haigh This sensual, remarkably observed wonder spotlights rare honesty about sexuality—in both depiction and discussion—as this tale of a one-night stand that develops into a weekend-long idyll for two very different young men. https://www.criterionchannel.com/weekend-1 pic.twitter.com/MkL2cy2DC6
THE SHOWER (2011) dir. Pepa San Martín Elisa is taking a job outside the country and Manuela, who lived with her for five years, has decided not to accompany her. Unable to say goodbye, they spend the last morning together under the shower water. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-shower pic.twitter.com/roYGu5xWeP
RELUCTANTLY QUEER (2016) dir. Akosua Adoma Owusu This short invites us into the life of a young Ghanaian man struggling to reconcile his love for his mother with his queer identity amid the increased tensions incited by Ghana’s anti-LGBT politics. https://www.criterionchannel.com/reluctantly-queer …pic.twitter.com/JBAQf2u8pg
BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (1983) dir. Howard Brookner Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of 5 years, Brookner’s 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs is a one-of-a-kind nonfiction portrait. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/burroughs-the-movie …pic.twitter.com/ewSQAgDR9d
THE LIVING END (1992) dir. Gregg Araki This couple-on-the-run romance follows two HIV-positive lovers—hustler Luke & film critic Jon—who, with nothing left to lose, embark on a violent cross-country crime spree, with homophobes as their primary target. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-living-end pic.twitter.com/dJgKwoPac7
POISON (1991) dir. Todd Haynes One of the most controversial and celebrated films of the 90s, Todd Haynes’s debut feature deftly interweaves a trio of transgressive tales—“Hero,” “Horror,” and “Homo”—that build towards a devastating climax. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/poison pic.twitter.com/BmfccbLrXK
CRUISING (1980) dir. William Friedkin One of the most notorious films of the 1980s, this controversial thriller stars Al Pacino as an NYPD officer who goes undercover in NYC’s kinky leather-bar underground to track down a serial killer targeting gay men. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/cruising pic.twitter.com/NQzQXhm4YR
PERSONAL BEST (1982) dir. Robert Towne This tale of a promising hurdler who finds much-needed emotional support with a caring mentor. After the two women fall in love, their relationship is threatened as both vie for a spot on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/personal-best …pic.twitter.com/wOpFwalbnJ
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985) dir. Paul Schrader This collagelike portrait of the acclaimed author Yukio Mishima investigates the inner contradictions of a man who attempted the impossible task of finding harmony among self, art, & society. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters …pic.twitter.com/cJlXLtQkSR
QUERELLE (1982) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fassbinder’s final film, adapted from the novel by Jean Genet, stars Brad Davis as a handsome Belgian sailor dealing with sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality. https://www.criterionchannel.com/querelle pic.twitter.com/OzyvnIRgZn
TEOREMA (1968) dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini A mysterious stranger—perhaps an angel, perhaps a devil—who, one by one, seduces the members of a wealthy Milanese family precipitating an existential crisis in each of their lives. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/teorema pic.twitter.com/4u3aX53Apm
VICTIM (1961) dir. Basil Dearden This unmistakably political taboo buster, grounded by an extraordinary performance by Dirk Bogarde, was one of the first films to address homophobia head-on, a cry of protest against British laws. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/victim pic.twitter.com/HJFIRtErmY
SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) dir. George Cukor When Sylvia Scarlett (Katharine Hepburn) and her father flee France one step ahead of the authorities, she cuts her hair, dons men’s clothes, and passes herself as Sylvester Scarlet to protect her father. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/sylvia-scarlett …pic.twitter.com/7nUiHYhHAI
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (1975) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder This wildly cynical classic about love and exploitation, is unsparing social commentary, an amusingly pitiless and groundbreaking if controversial depiction of a gay community in 1970s West Germany. https://www.criterion.com/films/27957-fox-and-his-friends …pic.twitter.com/lO5KWE7Mbk
GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI (2017) dir. Sophie Fiennes This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of the legendary Grace Jones blends musical performances with intimate personal footage, all brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. https://www.criterionchannel.com/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami …pic.twitter.com/ppfNThVoOO
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