With the AIDS crisis forcing the LGBT communities to demand to be seen and heard back in the early 1990's, this was also reflected in the creative arts. Hollywood had shown very little interest in telling accurate stories or creating believable depictions of gays and lesbians, so they were going to take the matter in to their own hands. And from this emerged "queer cinema" which offered experimental and challenging indie works that revealed thoughtful narratives and authentic characters never seen before on the screen. In honor of Pride month, Vulture has created a useful guide to bring attention back to these early important films. While this list of fifteen movies doesn't cover the entire output, it is a very good start to begin a historical journey from that brief groundbreaking era.
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A Beginner's Guide To Queer Cinema
And here is a Vulture list of must-see, romantic films involving lesbian love. They have selected forty movies from across the globe beginning with the German all-girls boarding school drama, "Mädchen in Uniform" from 1931 to last year's "Thelma", a sci-fi based, coming-of-age romance from Norway.
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40 Essential Lesbian Romance Films
Finally, we have an interesting examination of the current state of queer cinema by E. Alex Jung who looks at several recent features with LGBT themes and tries to figure out what exactly makes a film, "queer".
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What is Happening With Queer Cinema?
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