3 queer film recs
Nov. 24th, 2023 02:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sasha_featherWatched some queer movies!
Rustin, 2023, Netflix.
Bayard Rustin is one of my personal heroes so it was a joy to watch this bio-pic that focuses on his role organizing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The actor Colman Domingo (who is openly gay) was utterly amazing, and I was deeply impressed with some of the other cast members, most of whom are unknown to me. The only fly in the ointment for me is Chris Rock (as NAACP leader Roy Wilkins), I can't stand that guy. Recommended.
(Immediately after watching I put in content notes at Does the Dog die, but they did not save! it's been that kind of day.)
Nyad, 2023, Netflix.
A bio-pic about Diana Nyad, a long-distance swimmer, starring Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodi Foster as her best friend and coach. This focuses on her attempts in her early 60s to complete the Cuba-to-Florida swim. Why people do this kind of thing is beyond me, but it was refreshing to see a film about older lesbians, who dress and act like sports lesbians. Diana herself is kind of grumpy and single-minded and I got the impression the actresses were having a great time with these roles.
Pit Stop, 2013, Hulu.
A re-watch for me. A gem of a film about working-class gay men in a small town in Texas. Like a warm hug from a friend.
Rustin, 2023, Netflix.
Bayard Rustin is one of my personal heroes so it was a joy to watch this bio-pic that focuses on his role organizing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The actor Colman Domingo (who is openly gay) was utterly amazing, and I was deeply impressed with some of the other cast members, most of whom are unknown to me. The only fly in the ointment for me is Chris Rock (as NAACP leader Roy Wilkins), I can't stand that guy. Recommended.
(Immediately after watching I put in content notes at Does the Dog die, but they did not save! it's been that kind of day.)
Nyad, 2023, Netflix.
A bio-pic about Diana Nyad, a long-distance swimmer, starring Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodi Foster as her best friend and coach. This focuses on her attempts in her early 60s to complete the Cuba-to-Florida swim. Why people do this kind of thing is beyond me, but it was refreshing to see a film about older lesbians, who dress and act like sports lesbians. Diana herself is kind of grumpy and single-minded and I got the impression the actresses were having a great time with these roles.
Pit Stop, 2013, Hulu.
A re-watch for me. A gem of a film about working-class gay men in a small town in Texas. Like a warm hug from a friend.
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Date: 2023-11-24 05:08 pm (UTC)Roy Wilkins was a believer in change from within; he disagreed with the militants in SNCC.
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So maybe Chris Rock was an apt choice?
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Date: 2023-11-25 12:19 am (UTC)To be clear, I don't think Chris Rock is a good actor, and I think he's a jerk who provokes people and "punches down". I doubt Roy Wilkins was anything like that if he was a left-centrist "change from within" kind of guy.
Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking either
Date: 2023-11-25 05:00 pm (UTC)Maybe, Rock as Wilkins is a hat-tip to respectability politics?
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Date: 2023-11-24 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-24 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-24 08:54 pm (UTC)Thanks, as always, for sharing your media thoughts with us. I'd seen ads for Rustin, but didn't realize it was on Netflix! That means I can watch it now instead of...later.
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Date: 2023-11-24 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-24 11:18 pm (UTC)Netflix is the only premium streaming service I have, so if it's not there, I have to wait for the library to get it, and also remember to look for it at the library. :D
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Date: 2023-11-24 11:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-11-24 11:45 pm (UTC)Hah! No, I'm too worried about picking up a virus from sailing the seas, as it were.