This biopic based on the life of Alvin Ailey, famed dancer, choreographer, and activist is already gathering buzz from Sundance and is lead by Barry Jenkins ( Moonlight) and Emmy and Peabody Award winner Jamila Wignot ( The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross)ĭanish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s ambitious animated documentary revolves around an Afghan boy recalling his daring escape to Denmark. This film is all about “not needing permission to be you”.Īnother Cinderella movie? Well hold your horses, because this version of Cinderella not only has Camilla Cabello as Cinderella and Idina Menzel as the Wicked Step-Mother but icon Billy Porter stars as Fab G, the genderless fairy godparent. Supported by his loving mom and his amazing friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness into the spotlight. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Instead of pursuing a “real” career, he dreams of becoming a Drag Queen. She was a lesbian and had sexual relations with another nun.īased on the award-winning musical, Jamie New is a 16 year-old and doesn’t quite fit in. She was a Catholic nun in an Italian church in the 17 thcentury.
With several COVID-19 vaccines in production, might we actually see some sense of normal next year? If so, then that means weekend trips to the cinema, which require movies worth seeing, so here is our list of Queer movies to watch out for in 2021.īased on the book ‘Immodest Acts’ by Judith Brown, this film is based on the life of Benedetta Carlini. The story of Britain's Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group reminds us that Pride Month is not just a celebration, but a protest.We are so close people–we are just weeks away from the end of 2020. In a world where some are trying to split the "T" from the "LGB," and where homophobic legislation is back on the book across the U.S., Pride's messages of solidarity and the need to speak out are more poignant than ever in 2022. It may lack the explicit sexuality of some other films on this list, but it makes up for it in sheer homoerotic intensity. While it lost in the Best Picture category to Coda at the Oscars this year, The Power of the Dog will have the lasting cultural legacy.
Paris is Burning's influences are everywhere in culture, to the extent that many forget where we first learned about voguing and "throwing shade." Change that by watching the movie this Pride Month. It tells the story of underground ball culture in the late '80s, and how its (mostly) Black and Latinx gay and trans participants try to survive in a racist and homophobic society.
Not only a foundational LGBTQ+ film, but Paris is Burning is one of the best documentaries ever made. Without this story of two women falling in love in the rural Nevada of the 1950s, the history of lesbian cinema may have gone very differently. Desert Hearts (HBO Max)Ī genuine trailblazer, Desert Hearts was the first major film with a positive lesbian relationship at its core to get a wide release in America. Starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon as two women who become sexually tied together as they plot a theft, Bound is one of the most erotically-charged lesbian films of the 1990s. Bound (Paramount+)ĭirected by leading trans directors the Wachowskis, Bound was the first sign that these were auteurs to watch before they made The Matrix. With good queer relationship advice hard to find in this post-" Don't Say Gay" moment, there is a lot to empathize with in this story of a bisexual woman in Brooklyn left reeling after breaking up with her long-term girlfriend.
The bisexual canon is a fairly small one, but Desiree Akhavan's 2014 indie hit was an instant addition.