The Queer Film Guide: 100 great movies that tell LGBTQIA+ stories

by Kyle Turner

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smith Street Books; 1st edition (11 May 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1922754293
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1922754295

75% of these films are in the English language.

62% are American produced!

At least 33% should not have been included.

All films made before the 60s are fairly predictable due to the simple fact that [LGBT-themed] production was very low...but, if you seek hard enough there are quite a few gems to be found!

The years: 1960, 62, 63, 73, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 87, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2021 - have been ignored - one staggering omission is Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho [1960]. There are many other bamboozling omissions.

Rather than it being just a subjective list [which it is], it panders to that pseudo-intellectual establishment of Queer cinematic thought - a collective who have lauded mighty praise on many a terrible film. This book/list had the opportunity to update that dated and tired narrative - but, by being a book, its own narrative becomes instantly out-dated on publication.

And...why is Cronenberg's The Fly [1986] included? Inventive subtext?!? Or, creative misjudgment!