Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 461 Films to Buy & Rent
Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)
- Dir. Andy Kimpton-Nye
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry
- Maddeningly conventional portrait of the iconoclastic director is lacking Jarman's own formal audaciousness, and is too often a clunky mix of talking…
Do I Love You? (2004)
- Dir. Lisa Gornick
Feat. Harri Alexander, Birghitta Bernhard, Darren Black
- Lesbian drama made on a shoestring budget exploring the life of a women in crisis.
In her 30's, she is questioning her relationship with her…
Eating Out (2004)
- Dir. Q. Allan Brocka
Feat. Scott Lunsford, Jim Verraros, Emily Stiles…
- Farcical comedy focusing on a straight guy convinced by his gay best friend that if he pretends to 'bat for the other team' he could score any chick…
Enter the Phoenix (2004)
- Dir. Stephen Fung
Feat. Daniel Wu, Karen Mok, Nicholas Tse…
- The disowned gay son of a dying triad leader must inherit control of an organised crime family in this typically scattershot Hong Kong comedy…
Funny Kinda Guy (2004)
- Dir. Travis Reeves
- Heartfelt documentary of trans–gendered singer–songwriter Simon de Voil, whose desire to become a man is complicated by various…
Hellbent (2004)
- Dir. Paul Etheredge-Ouzts
Feat. Dylan Fergus
- Curiously queer–themed slasher flick is surprisingly non–camp, and instead offers an intense throwback to old school…
Kinsey (2004)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell…
- Polished dramatization of the life and work of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who boldly pioneered research into human sexuality in an ultra–conservative…
L Word, The (TV Series) (2004-2009)
- Feat. Jennifer Beals, Mia Kirshner, Pam Grier…
- A fiercely determined "queer" series exploring Los Angeles' liberal gay scene, canvasing a tight–knit community of attractive lesbians and…
Mysterious Skin (2004)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg…
- An acclaimed realisation of 'New Queer Cinema' dir. Araki's early promise, with an uncompromising fable based around a teenage hustler who is…
Outing Riley (2004)
- Dir. Pete Jones
Feat. Pete Jones, Nathan Fillion, Michael McDonald…
- Good–natured comedy about a man summoning up the courage to tell his tough Irish family he's gay, when his sister decides to take matters into…