Happy Pride 2021: LGBTQ Directors
We celebrate Pride month with a Spotlight dedicated to LGBTQ directors. In their work, they have chronicled queer history, reflected the queer experience, explored queer identity, and developed a queer sensibility – as well as shaping the history of cinema itself.
Being 17
(Quand on a 17 Ans)
When his mother takes in a bully whose own mother is ill, Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.
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- France • 2016
- Director André Téchiné
- Cast Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey Mottet Klein, Corentin Fila, Mama Prassinos, Alexis Loret, Jean Fornerod
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Dekkoo, YouTube, Apple TV
Carol
Some people change your life forever.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV
Eastern Boys
A middle-aged businessman gets more than he bargained for when he picks up a young Ukrainian hustler.
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- France • 2013
- Director Robin Campillo
- Cast Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Edéa Darcque, Camila Chanirova, Bislan Yakhiaev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Dekkoo, Apple TV
Tomboy
When a young girl moves to a new neighborhood with her family, she assumes a new identity as a boy.
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- France • 2011
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Rayan Boubekri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Microsoft Store, Criterion Channel
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
(ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ)
Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave.
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- Thailand, United Kingdom, France • 2010
- Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cast Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk, Geerasak Kulhong, Wallapa Mongkolprasert, Kanokporn Tongaram
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
Derek
Dive into the seminal works of one of Britain's late and great filmmakers.
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- United Kingdom • 2008
- Director Isaac Julien
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Derek Jarman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Swimming Pool
On the surface, all is calm.
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- France, United Kingdom • 2003
- Director François Ozon
- Cast Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour, Marc Fayolle, Mireille Mossé
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
When Night Is Falling
A conservative college professor starts questioning her beliefs when she finds herself attracted to another woman.
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- Canada • 1995
- Director Patricia Rozema
- Cast Pascale Bussières, Rachael Crawford, Henry Czerny, Don McKellar, David Fox, Tracy Wright
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Law of Desire
(La ley del deseo)
A story of love, loss, obsession, and art.
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- Spain • 1987
- Director Pedro Almodóvar
- Cast Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Eusebio Poncela, Miguel Molina, Manuela Velasco, Bibiana Fernández
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI
The Meetings of Anna
(Les Rendez-vous d'Anna)
People insist on sharing their most intimate secrets and discontents with Anna, despite her obvious and profound disinterest in these revelations.
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- France, Belgium, West Germany • 1978
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lea Massari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Mamma Roma
A former sex worker attempts to make a new life for herself, despite the looming threats of her past.
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- Italy • 1962
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano, Paolo Volponi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Orpheus
(Orphée)
After a rival poet is killed in a fight, Orphée follows the body, and a beautiful woman, to the underworld.
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- France • 1950
- Director Jean Cocteau
- Cast Jean Marais, María Casares, François Périer, Marie Déa, Juliette Gréco, Henri Crémieux
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max