Category: Gay Interest

Gay Interest, Movie Reviews, Television

TELEFILM TIME MACHINE: THAT CERTAIN SUMMER (1972)

Just three short years after the Stonewall riots took place in New York ABC made television history when they aired THAT CERTAIN SUMMER (1972), the first gay-themed made-for-TV movie. This landmark telefilm is often left out of discussions about gay cinema but its significance shouldn’t be underestimated. This surprisingly smart and sensitive drama is well worth revisiting for the stand out performances, progressive script and Lamont Johnson’s … Continue reading TELEFILM TIME MACHINE: THAT CERTAIN SUMMER (1972)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Frankenstein, Gay Interest, Horror, Movie Reviews, TCM, Television

FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY (1973)

Film buffs tend to have obsessions. We fuss and fawn over particular actors and directors while attempting to see everything they ever appeared in or produced. One of my own personal obsessions isn’t an actor or a director but it’s a tale I enjoy seeing reimagined over and over again in different languages and in various settings. That tale is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern … Continue reading FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY (1973)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Australian Cinema, Folk Horror, Gay Interest, Horror, Movie Reviews

VENOMOUS SNAKES & POISON ANTS: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)

“What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream.” – Miranda in Picnic at Hanging Rock (a variation of A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe) In Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), viewers are reminded again and again of the “venomous snakes and poison ants” that populate the Australian outback. Despite these repeated warnings the reptiles and insects we see … Continue reading VENOMOUS SNAKES & POISON ANTS: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (1975)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Directors, Drama, FilmStruck, French Cinema, Gay Interest, Louis Garrel, Movie Reviews

MY MELANCHOLY VALENTINE: DANS PARIS (2006)

Love is complicated. Some see it as a priceless gift or blessing while others describe it as an unshakeable disease. It can be comforting, enriching, elevating, thrilling and divine. It can also be messy, unruly, feral, ferocious and cruel, particularly if you are suffering from acute depression. In Dans Paris aka In Paris (2006), French filmmaker Christophe Honoré (Ma mère aka My Mother [2004], Les chansons d’amour aka Love Songs [2006], Les Bien-Aimés aka Beloved [2011]) introduces us to … Continue reading MY MELANCHOLY VALENTINE: DANS PARIS (2006)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Actors, American Cinema, Anthony Perkins, Documentaries, Gay Interest, Movie Reviews, Tab Hunter, TCM, War, Westerns

OUT OF THE CLOSET: TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL (2015)

On September 19 TCM is airing a Tab Hunter double feature. More info about programming can be found at the end of my post. Everyone loves a Hollywood tragedy. The violent murders of Sharon Tate and Sal Mineo generate more press and web articles than the body of work they left behind while the estates of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean continue to benefit from … Continue reading OUT OF THE CLOSET: TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL (2015)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Actors, Actresses, Directors, Gay Interest, Movie Reviews, Politics, Rants & Raves, Raves

Celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month with Cinema

This an update to my original LGBT+ Pride Month post first published in 2015 that you can find here. As a film journalist, I have often tried to focus my attention on underappreciated films, unsung actors and lesser-known directors. Unsurprisingly, this has led me to write about a number of LGBT+ films and television programs as well as LGBT+ filmmakers and actors. So in celebration … Continue reading Celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month with Cinema

Kimberly Lindbergs
Gay Interest, Horror, Movie Reviews, Val Lewton

ANIMAL PASSIONS: CAT PEOPLE (1942)

But black sin hath betrayed to endless night My worlds both parts, and both parts must die. – John Donne, Holy Sonnet V (as quoted in Cat People) This year marks the 75th anniversary of Cat People (1942). It is hailed as one of the most influential horror movies made during the 1940s and thanks to its vaunted reputation among film historians it has been studied and written about extensively with … Continue reading ANIMAL PASSIONS: CAT PEOPLE (1942)

Kimberly Lindbergs
Actors, Dirk Bogarde, Gay Interest, Movie Reviews

Celebrating Dirk Bogarde on His Birthday

Regular readers know that I’m a loud and proud Dirk Bogarde fan and for the last 12-years or so I’ve written about a number of his films and shared plenty of Bogarde related links and photos here. To celebrate what would have been Bogarde’s 97th birthday I decided to compile some links to the things I’ve written about the actor and his films along with … Continue reading Celebrating Dirk Bogarde on His Birthday

Kimberly Lindbergs
Actors, Actresses, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Steele, Books, Boris Karloff, Christopher Jones, Gay Interest, Horror, Movie Reviews, Politics, Roger Corman, TCM

Six Months of Movie Morlocks: May – Oct. 2016

It’s been an interesting, busy and to be honest, an extremely stressful year due to some ongoing medical issues I’m dealing with that you can read more about here: Vertigo: Hitchcock was wrong. In turn, I’ve been terribly lax about updating the blog but due to looming work related developments that I’ll be sharing soon, I thought it was time to finally play catch up … Continue reading Six Months of Movie Morlocks: May – Oct. 2016

Kimberly Lindbergs