![]() ![]() "When you think about it, these movies made movie stars out of their actors. However, MacKenzie is wary of too many queer movies, or films exploring LGBTQ themes, becoming overly tragic. "Brokeback Mountain featured two of our leading men of the time in Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and they both really went there emotionally. "Brokeback Mountain was outstanding," MacKenzie said. His career is so impressive to me - from 'Sense and Sensibility' to 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'" "I'm a huge fan of Ang Lee, literally everything he does. "Brokeback Mountain" was directed by Ang Lee.įiona MacKenzie, director of "Tell Me I Love You" - a joyous, recently-released indie comedy featuring leading queer characters, told Insider she is a fan of any and every film Oscar-winner Ang Lee does. I'm so glad it's such a cultural icon now, but I don't want that status to diminish how good of a movie it is." "The sensuality of everything from yes Timothée and Armie together, but also the sun-dappled Italian countryside and the swims in the lakes and the music. Luca Guadagnino is probably the most sensual filmmaker working today. "The impact of the movie, the beauty of it, the truthfulness, the relatability of a crush and the first sexual smouldering. The 2017 movie Johnson loves is "Call Me By Your Name," which he says is almost a cliché to say at this point because it's so revered. Steve Buscemi steals your gay little heart. I couldn't tell you how many interactions in one party scene felt like me and my friends. ![]() It was such an authentic depiction of a group of gay friends. I was blown away by how much it felt like me and my friends in Los Angeles. "It's about a group of gay friends in New York. The '86 movie is "Parting Glances," the only film of director Bruce Sherwood who died in the early 1990s from AIDS. Johnson also has two specific queer movies that he cherishes - one from 1986 and one from 2017. "Even his Bob Dylan movie, 'I'm Not There,' still has little touches that make it queer, like casting Cate Blanchett, and kind of f-ing with the definition of queer movies." Specifically, my favourites are 'Safe' and 'Carol.' 'Carol' tells a more overt lesbian story, but 'Safe,' which is the story of a California housewife getting sick for no reason, has this subversion of queer sensibility and question of identity that I find really fascinating. "Each one of his movies feels like chapters in a queer or queer adjacent story. Pictures/Memento Films InternationalĬraig Johnson told Insider that the queer director Todd Haynes and his collective filmography constantly makes him "push the envelope" as a filmmaker himself. "Call Me By Your Name" was directed by Luca Guadagnino. A queer film is a film that is going to question and talk about those subjects."Ĭraig Johnson, the director of Netflix's "Alex Strangelove," told Insider he "would love to be confused as to the definition of a queer movie" rather than locking queer cinema into its own separate category. But they are always challenging society's norms, whether talking about gender or sexuality. Being queer in the 90s is one thing and being queer today is another. Being queer changes so much through the years, that's why its hard to define it. Meanwhile, "The Way He Looks" director Daniel Ribeiro said: "Queer films are being different from what is supposed to be normal. It doesn't necessarily have to be queer in subject matter, but there's a common denominator that queers have in their appreciation for cinema, and it's rare that we're not in sync about what sparkles on-screen." "A queer movie is a film that has queer sensibilities and that can reach queers. "Empire" creator and the Oscar-nominated director behind "Precious," Lee Daniels, told Insider: Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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