Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 458 Films to Buy & Rent
Dottie Gets Spanked (1993)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick
- Or Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fetishist. This smart Todd Haynes short bears witness to an artistically inclined young boy with three…
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Sean Young…
- A joyously ropey adaptation of Tom Robbins beloved 1970s novel in which a big–thumbed hitch–hiker (Uma Thurman) eventually hooks up at a…
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
- Lavish, episodic journey through 20th Century Chinese history, encompassing more revolutions than a 45. Joint winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes is…
For a Lost Soldier (1993)
- Dir. Roeland Kerbosch
Feat. Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbe, Andrew Kelley
- A dance teacher recalls his childhood love affair with a Canadian soldier at the end of WW2. Taboo subject is subtly drawn and fulfils the director's…
Homo Promo (1993)
- Dir. Jenni Olson
- A brief yet fulfilling history of gay cinema in theatrical trailers from 1953–1977. Marvel at the sometimes–hilarious depiction of gays,…
Lip Gloss (1993)
- Dir. Lois Siegel
- The lives of transvestites, drag queens and female impersonators are chronicled in this revealing portrait that takes you behind the scenes as they…
M Butterfly (1993)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, John Lone
- Bizarre true–story of a French diplomat's long–term sexual relationship with a Chinese opera singer who managed to conceal the fact that…
Philadelphia (1993)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
- First major Hollywood AIDS movie is more concerned with prejudice than the disease itself, and is effective in its aim to educate as much as…
Super 8 1/2 (1993)
- Dir. Bruce LaBruce
Feat. Bruce LaBruce
- No–budget sex spoof in which self–styled gay icon Bruce LaBruce plays a washed–up pornster who confesses all to a predatory lesbian…
Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. Alastair Reid, Pierre Gang
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney
- A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…