#nqc

For Pride Month this year I’ve decided to put together a rec list of one of my favourite eras in LGBT cinema, New Queer Cinema (NQC). New Queer Cinema is a movement that emerged in the early 1990s in America, first described by critic B. Ruby Rich in Sight and Sound magazine in 1992.

GENERAL THEMES

LGBT characters living on the edges of society as outcasts and rebels

unapologetic depictions of gay sex

aggressive opposition to a hetero-normative society

a bitter sense of rage in the post aids crisis era

fluidity of sexuality and gender

a celebration of the gay past often including dance, art etc.

This movement is not cohesive or strictly adhered to by writers/directors but merely exists as a blanket term encompassing a series of observable trends in independent LGBT cinema of the 90s. Many of these directors also have a body of work outside of NQC both before and after the era, some even breaking into the mainstream.

NOTABLE DIRECTORS

Derek Jarman

Todd Haynes - director of Carol (2015)

Gus Van Sant - director of Good Will Hunting (1997), and Milk (2008)

Gregg Araki

Cheryl Dunye

Isaac Julien

John Greyson

Rose Troche

Bruce LaBruce (kinda more “queercore” but still pretty important)

Andrea Sperling and Christine Vachon also worked as producers across several of the movies listed

Keep in mind that many of these movies were made in the late 80s to 90s and are products of their time, for better or worse. These movies are predominantly focused upon men, something I put down to the fact that their were less barriers for men (especially white men) to create independently funded cinematic projects. This lack of non-white, female or trans directors makes portrayals of these groups sadly somewhat rarer (and lead in many cases to less than ideal depictions). These movies still however have great value as cinema and as images of LGBT people in cinema history.

Because there is a lot of argument about when NQC begins and ends, for this list I’m going to go from the late 1980s “precursors” to the early 2000s stragglers of the genre. With that out of the way here are my recommendations (personal faves/essentials are marked by **):

Buddies (1985) dir. Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

Desert Hearts (1985) dir. Donna Deitch

Mala Noche (1986) dir. Gus Van Sant

Parting Glances (1986)** dir. Bill Sherwood

Caravaggio (1986)** dir. Derek Jarman

Pissoir (1988) dir. John Greyson

War Requiem (1989) dir. Derek Jarman

Longtime Companion (1989) dir. Norman Rene

Looking for Langston (1989)** dir. Isaac Julien

The Garden (1990)** dir. Derek Jarman

Paris is Burning (1991)** dir. Jennie Livingston (I also highly suggest reading Bell Hooks’ criticism [x])

Poison (1991)** dir. Todd Haynes

My Own Private Idaho (1991)** dir. Gus Van Sant

No Skin Off My Ass (1991)** dir. Bruce LaBruce

The Hours and Times (1991) dir. Christopher Munch

Young Soul Rebels (1991)** dir. Isaac Julien

The Living End (1992)** dir. Gregg Araki

Swoon (1992) dir. Tom Kalin

Edward II (1992)** dir. Derek Jarman

The Wedding Banquet (1993) dir. Ang Lee

Blue (1993)** dir. Derek Jarman

Zero Patience (1993)** dir. John Greyson

The Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy** - Totally Fucked Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), Nowhere (1997) dir. Gregg Araki

Go Fish (1994)** dir. Rose Troche

Super 8½ (1994) dir. Bruce LaBruce

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) dir. Maria Maggenti

Parallel Sons (1995) dir. John G. Young

Frisk (1995) dir. Todd Verow

The Watermelon Woman (1996)** dir. Cheryl Cole

Skin & Bone (1996) dir. Everett Lewis

Lilies (1996) dir. John Greyson

Hustler White (1996)** dir. Bruce LaBruce

All Over Me (1997) dir. Alex Sichel

Velvet Goldmine (1998)** dir. Todd Haynes

Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) dir. Rose Troche

Boys Don’t Cry (1999) dir. Kimberly Peirce

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) dir. John Cameron Mitchell

Stranger Inside (2001) dir. Cheryl Cole

The Adventures of Iron Pussy (2004) dir. Michael Shaowanasai, Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Mysterious Skin (2004)** dir. Gregg Araki

Also note that if you choose to do any reading on this movement the word “queer” will be very present in all resources thanks to our good ol’ pal queer theory.

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