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Gay movies. Follow us: altfilmguide. From queer rom-coms to powerful gay romantic drama movies, these films represent the essence of love in its many forms. Making Love was a part of a, at least on paper, sympathetic cinematic package that also featured:. Making Love director Arthur Hiller, who would become president of the Directors Guild of America from to and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from tois best remembered for handling the romantic blockbuster Love Story — which also lacks a happy ending and which earned him an Oscar nomination.

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Yet an idyllic happy ending proves elusive. Classic movies. Recommended for You. "Get ready to dive into a captivating love story between two men, where passion meets tenderness under the stars. In more than a dozen U.

Upon its release, Making Love was mostly dismissed by critics — the time-capsule curiosity boost would kick in only a few decades later — some of whom found its drama much too bland and its romance much too timid. Films about gay love often navigate challenges like acceptance, identity, and societal pressures, making them not just entertaining but deeply impactful.

Accept Privacy Policy. Ultimately, the Fox release proved to be a box office disappointment as well, which meant no more big-studio gay-themed romances — or, almost invariably, no gay-themed stories or gay lead characters, period — until … who knows when.

In this 20th Century Fox release — Sherry Lansing was the studio head at the time — Michael Ontkean plays a doctor married to a television executive Kate Jackson with whom he shares a comfortable upper-middle-class life in Los Angeles. A must-see well-made, well-intentioned TV movie, that is, considering its time-capsule depiction of urban, white middle-class gay life in the U.

If they so wished, cops could — and often did — harass, entrap, and arrest usually gay men. Steel was the head of Columbia Pictures from — We do not sell your information to third parties. Classic Movies. You may also click on the Accept button on the right to make this notice disappear.

This emotionally charged narrative explores. Curiously, — two years after the release of the reviled William Friedkin-Al Pacino collaboration Cruising — turned out to be quite the year for gay-themed films. Alt Film Guide.

Movies for gay men and those who love them Featuring epic romances, steamy dalliances, touching dramas and tales of self discovery, these are just some of the many engrossing, unmissable films about gay men at Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival.

Alt Film Guide Published: 8 years ago. Gay Movies. International cinema. Lawwhich earned him three Golden Globe nominations, Both are better known for their television work: the former for Twin Peaksin which he played Sheriff Harry S.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. For more details about the Making Love screening, visit the Laemmle Theatres website.