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Tim Streeter and Doug Cooeyate star in the directorial debut of Gus Van Sant

Gus Van Sant’s ‘Mala Noche’ on Criterion Channel

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The feature debut of Gus Van Sant is an intimate black and white tale of l’amour fou steeped in the culture of Portland, Oregon’s (now long gone) skid row.

Margit Carstensen stars in the film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

RW Fassbinder’s ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’ on Max and Criterion Channel

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder adapted his own stage play for this modern twist on the all-woman classic ‘The Women.’ Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla star.

‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ – Daniel Day-Lewis begins on HBO Max

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Daniel Day-Lewis became an international star in this groundbreaking British film that also was the breakthrough for director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi.

Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra

‘Behind the Candelabra’ – Michael Douglas is Liberace on HBO Max

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Steven Soderbergh’s film of the tell-all memoir by Liberace’s young lover (played by Matt Damon) won 11 Emmy Awards.

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux star in 'Blue is the Warmest Color,' directed by Abdellatif Kechiche

‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, high school, International Cinema, LGBTQ, Romance, socially aware cinema, SVOD 08/15/2020 Sean Axmaker

Filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche explores the lives of outsiders looking for their place in Blue is the Warmest Color (France, 2013) an intimate love story based on a graphic novel. Thanks to Academy rules for foreign films, it wasn’t eligible for an Oscar nomination due to the timing of its French theatrical release. But it took home […]

Nick Robinson in the gay coming-of-age romantic comedy from director Greg Berlanti

What to stream: ‘Set it Up’ and the end of ‘Portlandia’ on Netflix, ‘King of California’ on Prime Video, ‘Love, Simon’ on VOD

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Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Love, Simon (2018, PG-13) uses the familiar conventions of the coming-of-age teenage romantic comedy for the story of a gay high school boy (Nick Robinson) coming out to his friends and […]