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    1. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    2. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    3. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    4. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    5. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    6. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    7. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    8. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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

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    9. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      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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    10. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      BLOOD BELOW THE SKIN (2015) dir. Jennifer Reeder Countdown to prom night is actually countdown to irreversible change for 3 girls. While 2 of them fall in love with each other, the 3rd is forced to mother her own mother after her father’s disappearance. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/blood-below-the-skin …pic.twitter.com/AZeU3NxTyb

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      Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

      THE TRANSFORMATION (1995) dirs. Carlos Aparicio and Susana Aikin THE TRANSFORMATION, finds a subject of THE SALT MINES (1990), living as a man in Texas, forced to transition back by an evangelical missionary that offered much-needed shelter and safety. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-transformation …pic.twitter.com/4QRJAw3VIN

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        2. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          PORTRAIT OF JASON (1967) dir. Shirley Clarke This mesmerizing portrait of Jason Holliday demands your attention as he weaves you through his spun tales, songs, costumes, and his remarkable world. https://www.criterionchannel.com/portrait-of-jason …pic.twitter.com/yUf6e69rtZ

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        3. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          THE WORLD OF GILBERT AND GEORGE (1981) dirs. Gilbert Prousch & George Passmore See the world through the lens of Gilbert & George, a couple in life & art whose defiantly anti-elitist works gave expression to the desires & tensions of 80s London youth. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-world-of-gilbert-george …pic.twitter.com/DxuofaqrXC

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        4. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          DIRTY (2020) dir. Matthew Puccini High school boyfriends Marco & Graham cut class for a romantic rendezvous in bed—but things don’t go quite as planned in this tender, emotionally raw snapshot of teenagers navigating intimacy together for the first time. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/dirty pic.twitter.com/rrurqGuHKm

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        5. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          AUDIENCE (1982) dir. Barbara Hammer Hammer’s AUDIENCE—an incredible document of the LGBT film scene in the early 80s —captures interviews of largely lesbian audiences before and after screenings of her work, capturing their reactions to her films. https://www.criterionchannel.com/audience pic.twitter.com/0bWSPhogJn

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        6. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          JUBILEE (1978) dir. Derek Jarman When Queen Elizabeth I asks her court alchemist to show her England's future, she’s transported 400 years to a post-apocalyptic wasteland of roving girl gangs, an all-powerful media mogul, scattered filth, & twisted sex. https://www.criterionchannel.com/jubilee pic.twitter.com/VeqlbSwFLN

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        7. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          THE GARDEN (1990) dir. Derek Jarman This film was born of Jarman’s rage over continued antigay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis. Vividly alive to the loveliness of being, THE GARDEN is a epistle from the brink of beyond. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-garden …pic.twitter.com/R7s9Xv4xgh

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        8. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          WREN BOYS (2017) dir. Harry Lighton This short spins off in increasingly surprising directions as it unravels the relationships between an incarcerated man, his boyfriend on the outside, and an Irish Catholic priest. https://www.criterionchannel.com/wren-boys pic.twitter.com/qK44UvNTZ6

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        9. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE (1983) dir. Nagisa Oshima Japanese electronic-pop icon Ryuichi Sakamoto only has eyes for David Bowie in Oshima’s offbeat POW drama, a heartrending holiday movie unlike any other. https://www.criterionchannel.com/merry-christmas-mr-lawrence …pic.twitter.com/rjYbpVk7IU

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        10. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          TONGUES UNTIED (1989) dir. Marlon Riggs A visionary documentary that sings the style, culture, and oppression unique to gay Black men. TONGUES UNTIED remains as urgent and vital as ever. https://criterionchannel.com/tongues-untied pic.twitter.com/9CnsmlHbcs

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        11. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          AFFIRMATIONS (1990) dir. Marlon Riggs This exploration of Black gay male desires and dreams starts with an affectionate, humorous confessional and moves on to a wish for empowerment and incorporation. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/affirmations …pic.twitter.com/Fyu1u5JKXc

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        12. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          ANTHEM (1991) dir. Marlon Riggs This experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of Black men. With images—sensual, sexual, and defiant—and words intended to provoke, ANTHEM reasserts Black gay men’s “self-evident right” to life and liberty. https://criterionchannel.com/anthem pic.twitter.com/m1x9AcP2pQ

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        13. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          NON JE NE REGRETTE RIEN (NO REGRET) dir. Marlon Riggs Through music, poetry and quiet, at times chilling, self-disclosure, five HIV-positive Black gay men illuminate their journey in coping with the personal and social devastation of the epidemic. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/non-je-ne-regrette-rien-no-regret …pic.twitter.com/FvxtwGNYZG

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        14. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          BLACK IS. . . BLACK AIN’T (1994) dir. Marlon Riggs Riggs’s final film jumps in the middle of explosive debates over Black identity by bringing varied perspectives together to grapple with the rich diversity in Blackness. https://www.criterionchannel.com/black-is-black-ain-t …pic.twitter.com/49wM0tWD48

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        15. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          THE JOY OF LIFE (2005) dir. Jenni Olson This lyrical essay film evolves from queer lust story to inventive documentary—encompassing everything from explicit descriptions of lesbian sexuality to a history of the Golden Gate Bridge as a suicide landmark. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-joy-of-life pic.twitter.com/pHN52dnmfI

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        16. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          THE ROYAL ROAD (2015) dir. Jenni Olson This film offers a primer on the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War alongside intimate reflections on nostalgia, the pursuit of unavailable women, butch identity, and Hitchcock’s VERTIGO. https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-royal-road pic.twitter.com/fNELLebcY3

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        17. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          BLUE DIARY (1998) dir. Jenni Olson Through voiceover and static San Francisco landscapes, Olson’s experimental queer classic tells the melancholy story of a dyke pining over a one-night stand with a straight girl. https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/blue-diary …pic.twitter.com/kjQfJYhl3s

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        18. Criterion Channel‏Verified account @criterionchannl Jun 30

          575 CASTRO ST. (2009) dir. Jenni Olson Olson resurrects the spirit of gay political icon Harvey Milk in this poignant short, which sets an original audiotape he recorded—to be played in the event of his assassination. https://www.criterionchannel.com/575-castro-st pic.twitter.com/a3rQKjOsk4

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