Queerly Ever After

Queerly Ever After #32: MAURICE (1987)
Queerly Ever After #32: MAURICE (1987)

With a stellar cast and the beautiful cinematography, a benchmark of the Merchant Ivory productions, on full display, Maurice is well worth the watch.

Queerly Ever After #31: ARIZONA SKY (2008)
Queerly Ever After #31: ARIZONA SKY (2008)

From Jeff London comes Arizona Sky, which feels like it would be a perfect entry for Mystery Science Theater: Gay Edition.

Queerly Ever After #30: THE WAY HE LOOKS (2014)
Queerly Ever After #30: THE WAY HE LOOKS (2014)

The Way He Looks is a poignant coming-of-age movie with an incredibly sweet romance between Leo and Gabriel at its core.

Queerly Ever After #29: GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND (2011)
Queerly Ever After #29: GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND (2011)

From the premise, it seemed like it could be a sort of lascivious movie, but Going Down in La-La Land was a surprisingly entertaining film.

Queerly Ever After #28: GO FISH (1994)
Queerly Ever After #28: GO FISH (1994)

With its diverse cast, well fleshed-out characters, and stylistic choices, Go Fish is a must-watch.

Queerly Ever After #27: THE ACCOMPANIST (2019)
Queerly Ever After #27: THE ACCOMPANIST (2019)

There is so much going on in The Accompanist that none of the elements ever really come together to form a cohesive story.

Queerly Ever After #26: GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (2017)
Queerly Ever After #26: GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (2017)

Our latest in the Queerly After Series is about 2017’s God’s Own Country.

Queerly Ever After #25: KEPT BOY (2017)
Queerly Ever After #25: KEPT BOY (2017)

Kept Boy is neither so bad it’s good, nor is it endearing. It’s just a dull movie populated by unlikable characters.

Queerly Ever After #24: STEAM ROOM STORIES: THE MOVIE! (2019)
Queerly Ever After #24: STEAM ROOM STORIES: THE MOVIE! (2019)

Steam Room Stories: The Movie! is good, dumb, fun. Sometimes, that’s just what you need.

Queerly Ever After #23: ESTEROS (2016)
Queerly Ever After #23: ESTEROS (2016)

Esteros is a sweet, simple love story about two former lovers who reconnect as adults and discover that the feelings they had for each other never went away.

Queerly Ever After #22: OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY!! (2009)
Queerly Ever After #22: OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY!! (2009)

Despite Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! having a happy ending, it still serves up highly offensive and harmful gay stereotypes.

Queerly Ever After #21: ROMEOS (2011)
Queerly Ever After #21: ROMEOS (2011)

Romeos gets points for being one of the few films out there about a trans-man who gets a happy ending, but it is mired in unlikable characters who run the gamut of stereotypes.

Queerly Ever After #20: SHELTER (2007)
Queerly Ever After #20: SHELTER (2007)

Shelter is the kind of film you watch when you want something that is wholesome, but not chaste, that will end happy.

Queerly Ever After #19: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985)

Not only is My Beautiful Laundrette a brilliant take on star-crossed lovers, it doesn’t take the twists and turns you’d expect a story like this to take.

Queerly Ever After #18: HAPPY ENDINGS SLEEPOVER (2019) Part 2
Queerly Ever After #18: HAPPY ENDINGS SLEEPOVER (2019) Part 2

Amanda Jane Stern investigates whether there is actually truth behind the “based on a true story” gay spy film, Happy Endings Sleepover.