Queer Cinema
If it's queer, it's here! Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Alternative... However you want to label it, this is the place for some of the most compassionate, honest, witty and memorable films at Alice in Videoland. The list below contains works that feature important gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters and issues; many using same-sex romance or relationships as an integral plot device.
"Queer Documentaries" may be accessed within the "Documentary" feature, left.
Right: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Querelle".
Worried About the Boy (2010)
7.1/10
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: Freddie Fox, Mark Gatiss, Marc Warren, Douglas Booth, Mathew Horne
Inspired by the 1986 newspaper headline, which broke during boy george's heavily reported drug problem, worried about the boy is a compassionate biogr... Read more
Heartbeats (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Monica Chokri, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan
Francis (Xavier Dolan) and Marie (Monia Chokri) are best friends and seemingly have it all youth, good looks and style in abundance. One night they... Read more
Howl (2010)
6.8/10
Director: Jeffrey Friedman
Starring: Bob Balaban, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, James Franco,...
James Franco stars as famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this moving drama, centered on his iconic poem "Howl" and the 1957 obscenity trial that follow... Read more
L'amour Fou (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Pierre Thoretton
After his departure from the House of Dior in 1960, designer Yves Saint Laurent founded his own incredibly successful company with partner Pierre Berg... Read more
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
7/10
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson
A lesbian couple (Annette Bening, Julianne Moore) must cope with having their already nontraditional family life rocked to the core when their two chi... Read more
Room in Rome (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Julio Medem
Starring: Enrico Lo Verso, Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko
A sensual two-handed drama from Spanish writer-director Julio Medem ('Sex and Lucia'), 'Room in Rome' charts a one night stand that develops into some... Read more
Nights in the Gardens of Spain (2010)
6.2/10
Director: Katie Wolfe
Starring: Dean O'Gorman, Vicky Haughton, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare, Calvin Tuteao
"One's real life is often the life one does not lead". Adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel of the same name and starring a bevy of great Kiwi talent (C... Read more
The Wolf's Mouth (2009)
Director: Pietro Marcello
" La Bocco del lupa". A touching tale of an enduring love found in the most improbable of places, Pietro Marcello's award winning docufiction hybrid c... Read more
The Sea Purple (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Donatella Maiorca
Starring: Ennio Fantastichini, Isabella Ragonese, Valeria Solarino
A remarkable true story of forbidden love, "The Sea Purple" is the delicate, intensely moving tale of two spirited women who face the disapproving eye... Read more
I Killed My Mother (2009)
7.5/10
Director: Xavier Dolan
Starring: Suzanne Clement, Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan
Sixteen year-old Hubert Minel doesn't love his mother. He haughtily regards her with contempt, and only sees her tacky sweaters, kitsch decorations an... Read more