Ahoy sexies! Self-described “writer person” Kyle Turner joins Mitchell and Mia to discuss his new book, The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories, available now online and in bookstores. We take a deep dive into Kyle’s chronicling of over a century in queer film, while also exploring his four favorites: Cruising, Clue, Frances Ha and Spa Night. Topics include: Gregg Araki’s unique autograph style, sleeveless shirts are gay rights, Al Pacino dancing in an S&M bar, loving our problematic faves, Clue’s alternate ending gamble, be gay do communism, “MY WIFE”, the delightful messiness, fluidity and evolution of queer representation, Greta Gerwig is White Mother, the beauty in naïveté and the miracle that is The Christmas List.
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Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Los Angeles CA and Brooklyn NY. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.
Lists & Links:
List of movies mentioned
The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories
The Queer Film Guide Letterboxd list
The Queer Film Guide: Director’s Cut by Kyle Turner
An actor gets the chance to say “MY WIFE” and really makes a meal of it by Angela Ferraguto
Reviews mentioned:
feat. dante from the dmc series & Persia’s Clue reviews
nabeel’s Frances Ha review
Darryl James’s Spa Night review
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