Gay Cinema's Guide: Quei Bravi Ragazzi
All the movies contained (or simply named) in Nocturno Magazine's dossier "Quei Bravi Ragazzi", about gay cinema. I rate the ones I've seen.
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- DirectorFrank OzStarsKevin KlineJoan CusackTom SelleckA midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsJérémie ElkaïmStéphane RideauMarie MatheronMathieu, 18, spends the summer at his mother's summer house, in Brittany. On the beach, he meets Cédric, a boy his age. A love-story begins between the two boys.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsRobert De NiroPhilip Seymour HoffmanBarry MillerAn ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.
- DirectorCesc GayStarsFernando RamalloJordi VilchesMarieta OrozcoA Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
- DirectorAgustí VillarongaStarsGünter MeisnerDavid SustMarisa ParedesA former Nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsGermán JaramilloAnderson BallesterosJuan David RestrepoThe writer F. Vallejo returns to Medellin after an absence of over 30 years. He meets 16-year-old Alexis. Alexis is the kind of killer who knocks people off on command. The two are immediately attracted to each other.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsMadonnaRupert EverettBenjamin BrattAbbie, tired of failed relationships, has a one-night-stand with her gay friend; they agree to raise the resulting baby together.4/10
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsAl PacinoPaul SorvinoKaren AllenA police officer goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsMargherita BuyStefano AccorsiSerra YilmazAfter a deathly car accident, Antonia starts dating her husband's friends and finds the truth about his life.
- DirectorBrian SloanStarsAlexis ArquetteChristian MaelenLuna Lauren VelezA screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.
- DirectorPaul OremlandStarsSteve BellDani BehrIan RoseA tough young boxer struggles to come out in England. Having travelled to London, from his smaller town, he meets and falls for a twenty-something music producer. But love doesn't come easy.
- DirectorDon RoosStarsChristina RicciMartin DonovanLisa KudrowA 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsJennifer AnistonPaul RuddKali RochaA pregnant New York City social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
- DirectorFhiona-LouiseStarsBob FlagMartin Byrne-QuinnGeoffrey GreenhillFictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.
- DirectorAnthony AikmanStarsVincent ChildGreg HillPeter GlawsonA group of teen boys go to Rome in this controversial art film.
- DirectorMichele Massimo TarantiniStarsVinicio DiamantiPasquale ZaccoPaolo BassiIn Rome's notorious gay club, the Alibi, men date, love and quarrel. Meanwhile, on stage, the classic drama of Salomé is played but with surprising variations, In the end, a clown goes out through the city's streets saying a monologue that explains it all, while satirizing the bourgeoisie.
- DirectorAndrew HerbertScott HansonStarsJohn IversonMorgan RoyceLancer WardThe journey of 19th-century frontiersman Ephraim MacIver and the adventures, stories, and homosexual relationships he had with other men in the American wilderness.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsBrad DavisFranco NeroJeanne MoreauA handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
- DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.7/10
- DirectorStanley KwanStarsYe LiuJun HuHe DuA young, gay student has a relationship with an older, successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet closeted straight life, or an honest, yet subversive life with the student.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsWinston ChaoMay ChinAh-Lei GuaTo satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.
- DirectorRoger AvaryStarsJames Van Der BeekIan SomerhalderShannyn SossamonThe incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
- DirectorSébastien LifshitzStarsYasmine BelmadiBernard VerleyValérie DonzelliDjamel is a 20 something French youth man of arab heritage looking for his father. When he finds him and comes forward as his son the man rebuffs him and to get his revenge Djamel involves his half brother. The man's closeted gay son.
- DirectorJacques NolotStarsVittoria ScognamiglioJacques NolotSébastien VialaIn a Parisian porn theater, a cashier, a 50-year-old man and a young projectionist are drawn into a complex love affair.