Michele Aaron (ed.): New Queer Cinema

USA 2004, 204 pp., brochure, € 27.49
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Coined in the early 1990s to describe a burgeoning film movement, this book has turned the attention of film theorists, students, and audiences, to the proliferation of intellligent and stylish work by gay and lesbian filmmakers within the independent cinema and the proliferation of »queer« images and themes within the mainstream. Why did this transition take place? Was it political ... Weiterlesen

Jason Bergund, Beverly West: Gay Cinematherapy

USA 2004, 223 pp., brochure, € 13.99
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Finally, a video and DVD guide that understands, what gay men and their best friends have known for years - movies are more than entertainment, they're therapy that can cure anything from a coming-out crisis to the home-alone-homo blues. A real-life »Will & Grace«, Beverly West, and her best friend and roommate Jason Bergund team up to help gay men ... Weiterlesen

Harry Benshoff, Sean Griffin (eds.): Queer Cinema - The Film Reader

USA/CAN/UK 2004, 242 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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»Queer Cinema« brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. »Auteurs« examines the ways in which sexuality figures in the work of queer filmmakers. »Forms« explores how the horror film, the musical, film noir, and the animated film construct ... Weiterlesen

Christian B. Thomsen: Fassbinder

USA 2004, 358 pp., brochure, € 30.79
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Rainer W. Fassbinder was the most innovative practioner of New German Cinema. He worked at breakneck speed and in 14 years made 44 films. Fassbinder ruthlessly attacked both German bourgeois society and the larger limitations of humanity, and his films detail the desperate yearning for love and freedom and the many ways in which society defeats that desire. In »Fassbinder«, ... Weiterlesen

Emily W. Leider: Dark Lover

The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino. USA 2004, 514 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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In the 5 years between his meteoric rise to fame in the silent epic »The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse« and his untimely death at age 31, Rudolph Valentino managed to leave an indelible imprint on our ideas of romance and sexuality that resonates to this day. In this thoughtful retelling of Valentino's short and tragic life the author looks ... Weiterlesen

James Curtis: James Whale

A New World of Gods and Monsters. USA 2003, 457 pp., brochure, € 24.59
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James Whale directed some of the most stylish movies of the 1930s, but he was most successful in a genre he virtually invented. Most famously in »Frankenstein«, Whale created a new type of horror film - sophisticated, tragic, and morbidly humorous. Whale made grim war dramas, light comedy, adventures, mysteries, and even a movie version of the musical »Show Boat«. ... Weiterlesen

Lisa Daniel, Claire Jackson: The Bent Lens

USA 2003, 576 pp., brochure, € 21.99
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The 1st edition of »The Bent Lens« made its way to become the definitive international guide to gay, lesbian, and queer film. This will also be the case for the 2nd edition - available now. With film descriptions and production details, it provides all the information you need to decide what film or video to watch next. Feature films, documentaries, ... Weiterlesen

Robrt L. Pela: Filthy - The Weird World of John Waters

USA 2002, 209 pp., brochure, € 17.39
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John Waters was kicked out of film school - and pop culture has never recovered. Only a few years later, Waters unleashed his unique talents on an unsuspecting public with 1972's »Pink Flamingos«, a film about the filthiest people alive that broke every rule of good taste and cinematic lighting. Waters didn't stop there. The man who fantasized about car ... Weiterlesen

James R. Parish: Gus Van Sant

USA 2001, 335 pp., cloth, € 25.89
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Few directors in today's moviemaking world have the clout of iconoclastic Gus Van Sant. At the start, the struggling Van Sant used his life's savings to make his debut feature, »Mala Noche« (1985). This highly regarded picture was the springboard to making »Drugstore Cowboy« (1989) and »My Own Private Idaho« (1991). Although he long refused to be part of the ... Weiterlesen

Derek Jarman: Derek Jarman's Garden

With photographs by Howard Sooley. UK 1995, 144 pp., hardcover, € 29.95
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Thames and Hudson
»Derek Jarman's Garden« is the last book Jarman ever wrote. It is a fitting memorial to a brilliant and greatly loved artist and film maker who, against all odds, made a breathtakingly beautiful garden in the most inhospitable of places - the flat, bleak, often desolate expanse of shingle overlooked by the Dungeness nuclear power station. Here is Jarman's own ... Weiterlesen

Rob Epstein (R): The Celluloid Closet

USA 1995, engl.OF, dt.SF, dt.UT, 102 min., € 14.99
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Pro-fun
Was haben »Ben Hur« und »Laurel & Hardy« gemeinsam? Warum ist die Prügelei zwischen Montgomery Clift und John Wayne in »Red River« eine der erotischsten Szenen der Filmgeschichte? Die Antworten auf solche Fragen an die schwule Filmgeschichte gibt der Dokumentarfilm »The Celluloid Closet«. Die mehrfachen Oscar-Preisträger Epstein und Friedmann zeigen ihre Wahrnehmung von Lesben und Schwulen auf der Leinwand, durch ... Weiterlesen

Kenneth Anger: Hollywood Babylon

USA 1981, 448 pp., pb., € 12.95
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A collection of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets from the pen of Kenneth Anger, a former child movie actor who grew up to become one of America's leading underground film-makers. A gay classic!

Derek Jarman (R): The Garden

UK 1990, OF, 86 Min., € 29.99
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Derek Jarman's »The Garden« is a collection of images dealing with homosexuality and Christianity in experimental fashion, with Jarman's own presence integral to the film. At its heart is a passion play. Themes such as AIDS, repression, police brutality and the end of the world are also explored.

Judy Garland: Over the Rainbow

The Very Best of Judy Garland. CD mit 27 Tracks, € 13.95
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Natürlich darf die Best-of-CD der Schwulen-Übermutti des vergangenen Jahrhunderts (Barbra verzeih!) in den Regalen keiner schwullesbischen Buchhandlung fehlen. Nicht nur dürfte sie mit der Verzweiflung über ihren überraschenden Tod (so will es die Legende) die Stonewall Riots ausgelöst haben, Judy Garlands Konto kann wohl auch die unstrittig maßgebliche Interpretation der queeren Überhymne »Over the Rainbow« (Israel verzeih!) zugebucht werden. Aber ... Weiterlesen

Various Artists: Brokeback Mountain OST

CD mit 17 Tracks, € 14.99
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Der Soundtrack zum Film »Brokeback Mountain«, mit wunderschönen, manchmal auch ziemlich traurigen Countrynummern, gewann einen Oscar. Neben den Countrysongs wird das Ganze von etwas flotteren Nummern wie etwa »It's So Easy« von Linda Ronstadt abgerundet. Weitere Top-Interpreten auf dieser CD: Willie Nelson, Teddy Thompson und Rufus Wainwright.