7 classic queer films to watch in the month of love
14.02.2022 - 14:29
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Call Me by Your Name is one of our classic queer films
Known as the month of love, February is the perfect time to catch up on these classic queer films, especially if you’ve never seen them before.
The following seven love stories and rom-coms make for essential viewing. Some will have you splitting your sides with laughter, while most will rip your heart out and make you bawl. All are well worth experiencing.
Brokeback Mountain
Based on the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, this acclaimed heart-breaking film from the mid-2000s follows Jack and Ennis through a tumultuous, but spellbinding love affair that spans two decades. As it takes place in the 1960s, the relationship between the ranch hand and rodeo cowboy is forbidden, but this love story is achingly beautiful, as are the stunning vistas against which it is told. Brokeback Mountain was nominated for Best Picture and won three awards at the 2006 Oscars.
Call Me by Your Name
So, we’re going to put aside all the disturbing real-life behaviour by its star Armie Hammer, to remind ourselves what a powerful coming-of-age romantic drama Call Me by Your Name is. (The rest of the talent who created this amazing film shouldn’t have to suffer for his sins). The film harkens back to the intensity and heartbreak of your very first love; the one you will never forget. The film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release and was nominated for four Oscars, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay
Carol
Based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, Carol stars the superb Cate Blanchett as a wealthy older woman going through a difficult divorce from her husband. The film tells the story of her forbidden love affair with an
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