Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 461 Films to Buy & Rent
Blue (1993)
- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry…
- Against a simple, unchanging blue screen, Derek Jarman weaves intricate collages of sound, music and poetry. A moving self–portrait, as the…
Boy's Life, A (1993)
- Dir. Todd Haynes, Raoul O'Connell, Peggy Rajski
- Three short – and very different – short films about growing up gay, from the little boy who likes a soap star in Todd Haynes' remarkable…
Desperate Remedies (1993)
- Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith…
- An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
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…