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ANIMATION to AVANT-GARDE to FILMS WITH a QUEER BENT
Directed by Derek Jarman - Blue His most radical film - a daring masterpiece. (VHS) Caravaggio A most unusual life of an unusual artist, starring Nigel Terry & Tilda Swinton. Edward II Modern dress adaptation of Marlowe. (VHS) Jubilee Celebrations of a queen's jubilee. Rated R (VHS) Projections/ Pet Shop Boys Films from the Pet Shop Boys' first tour. (VHS) Sebastiane Tackles the complex relationships between sex and power & the destructive force of unrequited passion. Rated R. Time Zones Compilation of three short films: "Sloan Square: A Room of One's Own", "Pirate Tape", "TG Psychic Rally in Heaven". Rated R (VHS) Wittgenstein Unusual study of the eccentric philosopher, features Tilda Swinton.
Directed by Nick Park – Chicken Run Feature length animated poultry mayhem Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave The third animated instalment (VHS) Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (VHS) Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 feature Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (VHS)
Directed by Jan Svankmajer - Alice The famous Czech animator's interpretation of Lewis Carol just has to be seen. Conspirators of Pleasure 1996. Animated film about the bizarre fetishes of six people. Faust 1994. A freeform animated adapatation of Dr Faustus. Little Otik 2000. A mix of live action and animation about a childless couple who fashion a baby out of a piece of wood. Svankmajer Vol 2 Some of his best animated films - 'The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia', 'Leonardo's Diary', 'The Ossuary', 'Jabberwocky', 'Punch and Judy', 'Johann Sebastian Bach'. (VHS)
Andy Warhol Classics: Lonesome Cowboys Dir. Paul Morrissey. Rated R (VHS) Avant-Garde Cinema Vol.1 - classic shorts - "Un Chien Andalou" Bunuel and Dali, 1929; "Entr'acte" Rene Clair,1924; "A Propos de Nice" Jean Vigo,1929. (VHS) Beautiful Thing Dir. Hettie McDonald. Delightful gay urban fairytale. Great soundtrack. Before Night Falls Dir. Julian Schnabel. Compelling biopic of the persecuted homosexual Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Dir. Russ Meyer, 1970 cult classic. (VHS) The Bruce Petty Collection A unique collection of films by Academy Award winning Oz cartoonist Bruce Petty. (VHS) Cremaster 3: The Order Dir. Mathew Barney. Fusion of art, performance art and film. Fritz the Cat Dir. Ralph Bashki. Cult classic animation, rated R. (VHS) Gay Classics: Un Chant D'Amour, Looking for Langston, Flames of Passion Dirs. Jean Genet, Isaac Julien, Richard Kwietniowski. Rated R. (VHS) Get Real Dir. Simon Shore. Endearing British teenage “coming out” drama. (VHS) Harvie Krumpet Dir. Adam Elliot’s 2004 Academy Award winning animation. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Dir. John Cameron Mitchell. Hedwig used to be Hansel before a botched backstreet sex changed not quite everything. The Angry Inch is the band named after her lesser member. The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love Dir. Maria Maggenti. An adolescent lesbian romance. Latin Boys Go to Hell Dir. Ela Troyano. Steamy gay sex comedy, rated R. (VHS) Lesbian Leather Shorts More short films by women. (VHS) Lesbian Lykra Shorts Dirs. Chamberlain, Dunn, Dunye, Van Gool. Diverse selection of short films by women. (VHS) Like It Is Dir. Paul Ormeland. Gritty gay drama set in London. (VHS) The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Dir. Anthony Lucas. Highly inventive Aust. Award winning Animation. Mysterious Skin Dir. Gregg Araki. Powerful film about two boys, one who can’t remember the events that have shaped his life and the other cannot forget. Rated R. Nighthawks / What Can I Do With a Male Nude? Dir. Ron Peck, 1978/ 1985. Nighthawks was one of the first gay feature films to come out of England. (VHS) 9 (Nine) Dir. Shane Acker, 2009. Animatied feature about a rag doll that awakens in a post-apocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation Pink Narcissus Dir. Anonymous. Gay cult film, Rated R (VHS) Poison Dir. Todd Haynes. Disturbing film about what it means to be different and to be alienated from the mainstream. Rated R. Preaching to the Perverted Dir. Stuart Urban. Suprising first feature from a BBC man! Rated R Queer as Folk series one & two Cult UK Channel 4 gay television drama. (rents in 2 parts) The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb Dir. Dave Borthwick. A filmic netherworld where Eraserhead and Pinocchio meet. (VHS) Shortbus Dir. John Cameron Mitchell, 2006. Explores the lives of several emotionally challenged individuals as the navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex. Rated R Swoon Dir. Tom Kalin. Infamous gay murder case. Rated R Thee Films 1950's-1960's Dir. W.S.Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Ian Somerville. Rarely seen films from the Beat Generation. (VHS) Torch Song Trilogy Dir. Paul Bogart 1988. Harvey Fierstein adapted his own popular Broadway play about a drag queen and his mother. Transamerica Dir. Duncan Tucker. Felicity Huffman gives a great performance as a transsexual. Wayward Girls & Wicked Women (Vols 2& 3 only) Compilations which highlight the outstanding work of women animators from around the world. (VHS) When Night is Falling Dir. Patricia Rozema,Canada, 1995. Cult Lesbian romance that is also an entertaining retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche.
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