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Saving Face (2004)

Lynn Chen, Michelle Krusiec & Joan Chen star in queer filmmaker Alice Wu’s pioneering 2004 lesbian rom-com SAVING FACE.

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BURNT MONEY (2000)

Learn what author/critic Gary Kramer has to say about director Marcelo Piñeyro’s 2000 true crime film BURNT MONEY (Plata quemada).

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The Razor’s Edge (1946)

Clifton Webb is the queer-coded wealthy “bachelor” Elliott Templeton in Edmund Goulding’s 1946 adaptation of queer author W. Somerset Maugham’s 1944 novel “The Razor’s Edge.”

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I THINK I DO (1997)

Alexis Arquette and Tuc Watkins star in queer writer/director Brian Sloan’s 1997 romantic comedy I THINK I DO. The film has recently received a 4k restoration from Strand Releasing and is currently available streaming through AppleTV and Amazon.

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WILDHOOD (2021)

Phillip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick star in Two-Spirit writer/director Bretten Hannam’s 2021 Canadian romantic drama WILDHOOD.

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POLYESTER (1981)

The 1981 film POLYESTER brought queer icons John Waters and Divine together again for a comedic homage to Douglas Sirk’s classic Hollywood melodramas. Gay actor Tab Hunter, who was a major Hollywood heartthrob in the 1950s/60s, plays Divine’s romantic interest.

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CINDERELLA (1937)

The French film CINDERELLA, directed by Pierre Caron in 1937, features a scene ambiguously showing the homosexuality of the character of Mr. Jolibois, a choreographer of music hall dancers - played by the actor Jacques Josselin.

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