This gentle, restrained drama is based on the true story of artist Einar Wegener, who, in 1920s Copenhagen, became one of the first people in the world to undergo gender reassignment surgery, becoming Lili Elbe.Įddie Redmayne dazzles in the lead role, and is surely is a contender for Best Actor things are also looking good for actress Alicia Vikander, who plays Gerda, Einar’s wife and Lili’s loving confidant. So, it turns out two of the best films of the year explore trans issues – and it’s interesting to note how different they are in tone and style. One of the best dramas of the year.ģ The Danish Girl Eddie Redmayne is astonishing in The Danish Girl While a lot of the other characters feel like rough caricatures of what you would expect – the white dudes in charge have little else to do – it feels necessary for the simple story to take center stage. Filmed when Page was about to come out, you can tell there was a real effort to ‘get it right’. Both actresses deliver effortless performances, echoing the real life women behind the political drama. Credit: Phil Carusoīased on a rousing true story, Julianne Moore and Ellen Page star in the drama about a dying woman’s last wish for equality.
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Naturally, black humor abounds.Ĥ Freeheld Ellen Paige and Julianne Moore star in Freeheld. But not before our handsome antihero tricks and cheats his way into a post as – of all things – a high school guidance counselor. The central character, David, is as cruel and unsympathetic and he is excruciatingly recognizable we all know an unbearably selfish gay man-child with a big ego and an even bigger chip on his shoulder, right? Sadly, in former child actor David’s case, we aren’t talking mere character flaws alcoholism and pathological lying pave way to a complete mental breakdown. Warning: this tragicomedy personality study doesn’t make for easy viewing.
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Also known as party and play, or PNP, the film gets under the skin of the phenomena by interviewing some of the often engaging and eloquent men caught in its midst.Ħ Guidance Pat Mills (center) is the director, writer and star of Guidance Where, as discussed in the below trailer, five gay men discover they have HIV every day. All this is alleviated by James Franco (Michael) being easy on the eye – for a straight man, that boy sure does love playing gay.ħ Chemsex Documentaries don’t come grittier than ChemsexĪ brave, powerful documentary from Vice – who else? – charting the rise of ‘chemsex’, or, the mixing of drugs, alcohol, and high risk gay group sex, a scene especially thriving in London.
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For its detractors, it was a dry made-for-TV-style movie where the main character’s motivation was so poorly developed as to be incomprehensible. For its fans, I Am Michael was controversial, nuanced and fascinating. The true story of how gay activist Michael Glatze rejected his homosexuality and became a Christian pastor à-la-redneck.
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Look out for Orange Is The New Black’s Laverne Cox in a supporting role as a tattoo artist called Deathy…Ĩ I Am Michael James Franco and Zachary Quinto make a cute couple in I Am Michael Here, veteran actress Lily Tomlin, 76, steals the show in the titular role, with a dazzling Julia Garner playing Sage, a precocious teenager who turns to Elle when she falls pregnant. Grandma enjoyed an early December UK release date (September in the US), and who doesn’t love a feel-good family movie in the run up to Christmas? Not that Grandma – in this case an uproarious lesbian poet in her 70s called Elle – exactly fits the mould.
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Grandma stars Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner – and also Laverne Cox! In compiling this list of the year’s best ‘gay’ films (and once again, we’re using the term loosely), what goes without saying is, wherever you fall on the sexuality spectrum – gay, lesbian, trans, and we’re including straight people here – these films are absolutely essential viewing for all.
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‘You don’t want to put a label on things and a tag on things and restrain them to a certain visibility and exposure.’ ‘Not that, arrogantly, you are taking for granted that the gay community and the queer community will see the film, but you sort of are, and you’re wishing that the movie will break out of those labels,’ he told HuffPost Live. One year on, it remains a troublesome concept, as epitomized this year by director Xavier Dolan, known for films featuring strong queer characters such as Laurence Anyways and Tom At the Farm, as well as Adele’s recent Hello video. When we counted down the best gay films of 2014, we questioned what constitutes a ‘gay’ film.