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The 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (ANOES2), includes themes of homosexuality and the queer to fully portray the role of Freddy Krueger. Before discussing the film and these themes it is important to summarize Harry M. Benshoff’s writings in ‘The Monster and the Homosexual’. Benshoff begins his writings by […]… Continue reading A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge; and the Monster/ Homosexual Relationship — Derek Stoberl CMS 353

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl) won the 2020 Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. It tells the story of a school for girls—nicknamed “Skateistan”—in Afghanistan. I saw the package of all five Academy Award-nominated short documentaries at the theater, and while there is something to be said for all of […]… Continue reading Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (if you’re a girl) [subtitled] — Philo on Movies

There were 109 LGBTQ regular characters counted in original scripted series on the streaming services Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix as well as 44 recurring characters, for a total of 153 LGBTQ characters. via Netflix: Every Gay Person Is Very Necessary — Society Reviews

David Melville Wingrove is back, with the perfect Forbidden Diva for this historical moment — FORBIDDEN DIVAS THE WHITE ORCHID TYPE “I can’t face an unknown future with an un-powdered nose.” – Barbara Stanwyck, The Other Love What do you write about at a time when life as we choose to call it has been […]… Continue reading Forbidden Divas: The White Orchid Type — shadowplay

What’s the similarity between Laura Mulvey, Emily Dickinson, and Camille Paglia? via “How dreary–to be–Somebody!” — Hayden Church

This article contains spoilers for all seven episodes of Hollywood. “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” That line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the last masterpiece from one of Golden Age Hollywood’s most revered directors, John Ford has become pretty legendary itself. Yet it seems Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan decided […]… Continue reading Netflix’s Hollywood: The History of the Real People in the Series — Den of Geek

New movies are coming to us in May on streaming platforms and by video on demand purchases, so there are plenty of them which we should not miss. Films that came in April were from a wide variety of genres, but this month mostly offers comedies for the audience to enjoy. Some of them include […]… Continue reading Movies You Don’t Want To Miss (From Home) In May 2020 — The Illuminerdi

Here’s a poignant romance about two Canadian women who passed themselves off as “cousins” for almost three quarters of a century because they grew up and fell in love at a time when that was called “the love that dare not speak its name.” “A Secret Love” is in intimate, chaste romance starring two discrete […]… Continue reading Documentary Review: “A Secret Love” that endured for decades and decades — Movie Nation

“We’ll guarantee them their rights of free speech, but we won’t guarantee they’ll be loved” – Emory Folmar(Sourced from the book) It’s not hard to imagine how the people with AIDS (PWA) must have been perceived by the rest of the world, especially the heterosexual community back in 1980s. The question of struggling for cure […]… Continue reading How did they survive a plague that killed millions? — IDLE MUSER (aka Aditi)

[ad_1] Where to Stream: Hollywood (2020) Powered by Reelgood It’s hard to think of a time period more glamorous than 1940s Tinseltown, and Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan do it justice with Netflix’s new series, Hollywood. The show tells the story of a group of aspiring actors, writers, directors, and producers all bound together by […]… Continue reading Is Ryan Murphy’s ‘Hollywood’ Based on a True Story? — brisbanesnews.com.au