Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 458 Films to Buy & Rent
More Tales of the City (TV Series) (1996)
- Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Colin Ferguson…
- The second series of the much–loved TV show set among the varied folk of San Francisco.
Stonewall (1996)
- Dir. Nigel Finch
Feat. Guillermo Diaz, Fred Weller, Brendan Corbalis…
- Mismarketed as a comedy to cash in on the post–Priscilla 'drag' craze, this has serious things to say about what it was like to be 'gay' well…
Campfire (Short Films by Bavo Defurne) (1995-2000)
- Dir. Bavo Defurne
- Four short films by the renowned gay Belgian filmmaker Bavo Defurne, whose work is distinguished by an aesthetic that combines an astute sense of…
Gaea Girls / Shinjuku Boys (1995-2000)
- Dir. Kim Longinotto, Jano Williams
- Two documentaries, one on the fascinating and hitherto unexplored world of Japanese women wrestlers (GAEA) and a second on Japanese transmen 'Onnabe'…
Jeffrey (1995)
- Dir. Christopher Ashley
Feat. Steven Weber, Sigourney Weaver, Patrick Stewart…
- Spunky and broadly–appealing comedy that tries just about anything outrageous to address some home truths about gay men in the nineties. The…
Like Grains of Sand (1995)
- Dir. Hashiguchi Ryosuke
Feat. Yoshinori Okada, Kouta Kusano
- Remarkable, intense Japanese high school romance is centrally about a gay relationship, though it essentially captures the universal,…
Madagascar Skin (1995)
- Dir. Chris Newby
Feat. Bernard Hill, John Hannah
- Intimate drama that portrays the unlikely relationship between two outsiders in a remote seaside cottage in South Wales.
Hannah plays a disfigured…
My Brother's Keeper (1995)
- Dir. Glenn Jordan
Feat. John Lithgow
- Courageous true story of twin–brother teachers, one of whom required a precarious bone marrow transplant from the other to keep his HIV from…
Pink Video, The (1995)
- Record of 1995's 'Out–rageously Pink' variety show at London's Playhouse Theatre. Includes such gay luminaries as Scott Capurro, Steve Best,…
Red Ribbon Blues (1995)
- Dir. Charles Winkler
Feat. Paul Mercurio, RuPaul , Debi Mazar
- Seeking to liberate an AIDS wonder–drug from commercial interests, Paul Mercurio, RuPaul and Debi Mazar, embark on a Robin Hood–style…