Subgenre Sampler
LGBT: 458 Films to Buy & Rent
Before Stonewall (1984)
- Dir. Greta Schiller
- Anecdotes and archival footage reflect the difficulties and absurdities of gay life from the 1920s up until the landmark revolt in 1969 following a…
Robert Epstein Collection, The (The Times of Harvey Milk, Common Threads: Stories From The Quilt, The Celluloid Closet, Paragraph 175) (1984-2000)
- Dir. Robert Epstein
- Superb collection of four documentaries and special features from Academy–Award winning director Robert Epstein acclaimed for his confronting…
Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
- Dir. Robert Epstein
- A powerful and moving document of the life of the first openly homosexual political candidate who was tragically assasinated in San Fransisco after…
Divine: Live at the Hacienda (1983)
- Feat. Divine
- The unique Divine, John Waters 'associate' (PINK FLAMINGOS) and committer of many an outrageous (and unhygenic) act, is caught live at the Hacienda…
Dresser, The (1983)
- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay
- Classic backstage tale of the theatre, with an imperious actor–manager (Finney) being pampered and supported by his loyal dresser (Courtenay).…
Fourth Man, The (1983)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe
- Jeroen Krabbe is a gay alchoholic writer prone to hallucinations who suspects his hairdresser of triple murder. Weird and stylish…
Making Love (1982)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean
- A glossy but under–rated love triangle drama starring former "Charlie's Angel" Kate Jackson that was the first mainstream Hollywood film to…
Querelle (1982)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau
- Fassbinder's parting shot is a fittingly bleak, ultra–stylised adaptation of Jean Genet's writings about the (bi)sexual escapades of a…
Naked Civil Servant, The (1981)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. John Hurt, Patricia Hodge, Colin Higgins
- The life and times of homosexual Quentin Crisp, as drawn from his autobiography. John Hurt is a revelation as this courageous man who endured major…
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
- Dir. Nancy Walker
Feat. Steve Guttenberg
- Attempt to revive the musical in disco garb comes off somewhat flat, but worth seeing for some eccentric details – The Village People acting…