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Subgenre Sampler
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
- Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon - A naive and self–conscious woman lands a job in an art gallery and grows to idolise the chic and sophisticated female curator. Quirky parable…
Maurice (1987)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Hugh Grant, James Wilby, Rupert Graves… - In the face of Edwardian attitudes and noble breeding, two young Englishmen comes to terms with their homosexuality. From E.M. Forster's novel.
Month in the Country, A (1987)- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson - Colin Firth plays a shellshocked WW1 vet keen to recoup a medieval painting in a remote Yorkshire town. Kenneth Branagh and Natasha Richardson prove…
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Gary Oldman - Gary Oldman portrays Joe Orton, the infamous gay playwright whose scandalous personal life ended at the bloodied hand of his jealous lover. The title…
Caravaggio (1986)- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sean Bean - A stylised, impressionistic biopic of the controversial bisexual artist from the Italian renaissance. The film is similarly cryptic, bold and…
Law of Desire (1986)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura - Sexual acrobatics and absurd humour abound as it explores the increasingly complex sex–life of a gay film director. Fun screwball romp.
Parting Glances (1986)- Dir. Bill Sherwood
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Richard Ganoung - A gay classic and pioneering film of the independent movement, this is widely enjoyed as a truthful picture of gay life and relationships and also as…
Second Serve (1986)- Dir. Anthony Page
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Fletcher, Martin Balsam - Vanessa Redgrave gives a remarkable performance in this TV–movie true–story as a transexual…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt - Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Mala Noche (1985)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
- Low–budget granular drama and the first film made by the eclectic Mr Van Sant near the start of his influential career.It tells the tale of a…
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