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lgbtcinema:
LGBTCINEMA’S TOP FILMS OF 2016
I mean, first off,...
LGBTCINEMA’S TOP FILMS OF 2016I mean, first off, I’d like to thank everyone who follows this blog, from the bottom of my heart, for real. You’re all so genuinely nice and gay, and even though this blog was made in March 2016, I’ve accumulated so many followers, been tagged in so many posts, and learned all about your favourite LGBT movies originating in your home countries all around the world. It’s been cool, you guys.
Second, I’d like to talk about the diversity of these films. A good portion of my top ten are pretty diverse in terms of race, Religion, and gender. Q-Cinema has always been about as diverse as a ‘50s Hollywood musical well into the 2000s, even, but recently it’s been getting a hell of a lot more diverse - if this list had been made in, like, 2013, oh wow, it would have been bad - so that’s pretty cool. In terms of body diversity and skin darkness/lightness, we could do a lot better, but then again we could do better with a lot of things in this genre, and I believe we are beginning to do so.
Lopping off diversity here, all the characters in my top 20 are LGBPQ characters. I’m ashamed to say that unfortunately, there isn’t any film in this list starring/revolving around a trans character, but it’s not because I watched the PLENTY I had and thought, “oh these are all bad”. There literally were none. Whereas if I made this list in 2015, I’d have a good five films or so to put here (what a fucking year). What happened though, that we got none this year? All I know in terms of LGBT films actually starring a trans person this year was Real Boy, a documentary which I haven’t gotten the chance to see yet, in festivals or online. Other than that, there was the iffy Girls Lost. And trust me, it wasn’t good, in any way, representation-wise or story-wise or acting-wise or anything-wise. Also I think it was made in 2014 but re-released for 2016? I don’t know, it’s just bad. So next year, I’d like to see some more films centering around trans characters.
And now I’ll lop off of next year - 2017 seems fucking incredible for LGBT films (of ALL kinds). Like, typing this out right now, I’m breaking out into a grin. We have SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I can’t break it all down here, because it’s really too much, starring too many famous actors and being directed by too many famous directors, so you can check out this tag or this page, which I am constantly updating, if you wanna be in the know!
I won’t lie, I have a thousand more things to say, but I think it’s time to get to the point of this list. Without further ado, kids.
MOONLIGHT, dir Barry Jenkins
THE HANDMAIDEN, dir Park Chan-Wook
HEARTSTONE, dir Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
BEING 17, dir André Téchiné
AS YOU ARE, dir Miles-Joris Peyrafitte
BELOW HER MOUTH, dir April Mullen
FIRST GIRL I LOVED, dir Kerem Sanga
ALIGARH, dir Hansal Mehta
CLOSET MONSTER, dir Stephen Dunn
BLUSH, dir Michal Vinik
ONE KISS, dir Ivan Controneo
FRONT COVER, dir Ray Yeung
DEPARTURE, dir Andrew Steggall
LOVESONG, dir So Yong Kim
LOOPING, dir Leonie Krippendorff
CENTER OF MY WORLD, dir Jakob M. Erwa
FAIR HAVEN, dir Kerstin Karlhuber
BLUE GIRLS BURN FAST, dir Amandla Stenberg
CLASSMATES, dir Shouko Nakamura
PARIS 05:59, dir by
Olivier Ducastel, Jacques MartineauHonourable Mentions:
AMERICAN MALE
TO BE WITH HERAs always, if you’d like to watch a film but need to know any warnings, just send me a message here and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can! I’d also like to know which movie was your favourite this year, or any critiques you have of my list, even.
I hope you enjoy the list and I wish you all a fantastic New Year! :*
foxtrotsambablue:
queenhavilliards:
Books I read in...
∟ The queen of Attolia by Megan Waler Turner
“There are a lot of things a person with two hands couldn’t steal,“ Eddis said.
“So?”
“If it’s impossible to steal them with two hands, it’s no more impossible to steal them with one. Steal peace, Eugenides. Steal me some time.”
Hey have you read this, tumblr? Cause you should. Start with The Thiel by Megan Whalen Turner
dustyoldlibrary:
Character Promo: She was not a lynx or a...
Character Promo: She was not a lynx or a spider or even the wraith. She was Inej Ghafa, and her future was waiting above
This is really beautiful and heartbreaking. And the NINA PROMO HAS SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WAFFLES.
lucecarlyledraws:I know I doodled a lot today and I’ve been...
I know I doodled a lot today and I’ve been spamming the tag, but I REALLY needed to draw these boys
Ahhhhh and what a beautiful way to end the day—with Kaz and Jes. @lucecarlyledraws you are splendid.
alainamarieskeys:
For Christmas, I commissioned @aegisdea to...
mydarlinginej:
“no one else would have had the ability, let...
“no one else would have had the ability, let alone the nerve
— certainly not a younger son and rumored bastard. but nikolai had been training for this his entire life, and i knew he had a gift for the i m p o s s i b l e.”
siege and storm // ruin and rising by leigh bardugo
also fun fact, if you tell leigh your favorite character is nikolai, she’ll sign your book as “impossible improbable”
1. This is awesome.
2. Yes I will.
3. Unless I already signed your book that way in which case I’ll put a different Nikolai quote, cuz I like to mix it up.
Could you draw Matthias from "Six of Crows" in C4? Thank you!
a big brooding yellow tulip
lucecarlyledraws:bunch of Jesper requests and a Wylan, from this...
bunch of Jesper requests and a Wylan, from this art meme! this was so much fun to draw :)
it’s all so adorable!!
