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Autostraddle’s 2023 Pride theme was Rage Party. That’s also how I would depict the best queer cinema of 2024.
While I affectionate an easy-to-digest comedy or an unapologetically heavy drama, something is lost when our cinema treats joy and importance as diametrically opposed. Queer cinema can be about the challenges we face, the oppression we experience, the microaggressions and aggression aggressions and all the rest, and still be fun and sexy. In fact, entertainment and sexy are two of our greatest tools.
Even though Hollywood has pulled back from “diversity” this was still an terrific year for queer cinema. Below, I’ve written in-depth about my ten favorites, and also felt the need to shout out 20 more queer titles. (Plus 10 non-queer movies I loved too.) But as long as we’re living in complexity, I think it’s important we reflect on which lgbtq+ people are able to create in the absence of more mainstream encourage. The vast majority of directors who released lgbtq+ films this year are white — even more than most years. There’s plenty to complain about in the mainstream as Emilia Pérez will likely be the only homosexual film in the Finest Picture Oscar race, but I think it’s also important to l
Ten Revelatory LGBTQ+ Films From BFI Flare Festival 2024
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From a new drama starring Elliot Page to buzzy lgbtq+ romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding; here are ten of the best films to look out for at BFI Flare 2024
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Now in its 38th year, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is a highlight of the queer cultural calendar. This year’s programme includes 57 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries, reminding us that the Queer community is a non-geographical group bound together by the commonalities in our unique experiences. Screenings, panel discussions and DJ events take place at BFI Southbank from March 13 to 24, but a selection of titles will also be available to stream on BFI Player, so you can procure involved online or IRL.
Here’s our guide to ten standout features that capture something raw, revelatory or affirming about being gender non-conforming in 2024.
Elliot Page stars in this semi-improvised drama from director Dominic Savage, who has previously made acclaimed TV movies with Kate Winslet and Gemma Chan. Page plays Sam, a man living in Toronto who returns residence for the first period since his transition to celebrate – or
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Parents need to realize that IF is a live-action/animated fantasy starring Ryan Reynolds that explores the idea of what happens to our forgotten imaginary friends (IFs). That might sound a tiny sad, and it is: After losing their connection to children as they grow, the IFs end up living in a retirement home, listless and abandoned. Also sad—but handled gently through a montage (not unlike the one in Up)—is the fact that 12-year-old main character Bea's (Cailey Fleming) loving mother has died, and now her good-natured dad (John Krasinski, who also writes and directs) is in the hospital. But Bea is distracted from her worry by busying herself with purposeful work (helping the IFs) and learns that accessing familiar music, smells, sights, and tastes can bring her back to a happy memory or feeling and aide calm anxious or overwhelming emotions. Only very young or sensitive kids are likely to be distressed by the mild scares, enjoy a character appearing out of nowhere or a creepyish neighbor who steps into the hallway at night. And while another key character, Blue (voiced by Steve Carell) is a enormous purple monster, viewers will quickly grasp that he's as huggable and nont
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Many possess been anticipating the debut of IF, a film written and directed by John Krasinski. He demonstrated his expertise with “A Peaceful Place” and “A Quiet Place II,” leaving people to wonder how his moviemaking would translate to a PG-rated film that is clearly geared toward children. Indeed, Krasinski said that he wanted to construct a movie that his own daughters could watch.
I applaud him for not only including tough positive themes of love, parenting and family in the films he has directed, but for also showing how great loss can affect those left behind. His endeavor to make an uplifting and stunning film in a time that is otherwise filled with unwholesome content is commendable.
The very talented Cailey Fleming is “Bea,” an adolescent girl whose complex past leads her to push the whimsy of childhood behind her and press forward to adulthood. Her loving Dad (John Krasinski) wishes that Bea could reclaim some of that childlike joy before she grows up. When she encounters fantastical creatures and a mysterious stranger (Ryan Reynolds), Bea is faced with hard choices. Will she believe? Can she help these fictional friends before they are forgotten forever?
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