Movement
New Queer Cinema
Early-nineties films made in the middle of the AIDS crisis that refused respectability politics — formally aggressive, morally unapologetic.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Paris Is Burning
Jennie Livingston · 1991
Poison
Todd Haynes · 1991
My Own Private Idaho
Gus Van Sant · 1991
The Living End
Gregg Araki · 1992
More in Movement
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Set the clock, pick the awards, and let your guild nominate. Six films over three months is the recommended shape.
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