LGBTQA films through the ages
LGBTQA Film Festival
Sunday, Apr 5, 2015, 05:00 PM
Place des Arts, Saint Catherine Street West, Montreal, QC, Canada
Layout
-Some like it hot w/ pizza supper *5 pm - 7 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-Sunday bloody sunday *7:25 pm - 9:25 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-Victim *9:50 pm - 11 pm*
April 7th 2015:
-Longtime companion w/ hot-dog/hamburger supper *5 pm - 7 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-Mrs. Doubtfire *7:25 pm - 9: 35 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-Philadelphia *10 pm - 12:10 am*
April 8th 2015:
-Brokeback mountain w/ pizza supper *5 pm - 7:25 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-Black Swan *7:50 pm - 9:00 pm*
-Break *20 mins*
-The Laramie Project *9:25 pm - 11:25 pm*
April 9th 2015:
-MILK w/ popcorn *5 pm - 7:15 pm*
-Thank you speech and a reminder from the organiser(s)
Some like it hot
Date: March 29 1959
Length: 121 minutes
''Fifty-five years old and still a comedy masterpiece'' - 96% Rotten Tomatoes
''Wilder's 1959 comedy is one of the enduring treasures, a film inspiration and meticulous craft'' - Roger Egbert
Sunday bloody sunday
Date: July 1st 1971
Length: 110 minutes
''Years after being made, this emotionally mature drama is still poignant and touching. It holds an important place in film history offering what's the first positive image of a bi-sexual lead character" -92% Rotten Tomatoes, critic by Emanuel Levy
Victim
Date: August 31 1961 in the UK
February 5 1962 in the US
Length: 96 minutes
''Immensely significant in its plea for tolerance of gay men, Victim works hard arguing that gays are part of the typical, healthy fabric of society" -100% Rotten Tomatoes
Longtime companion
Date: October 11 1989
Length: 96 minutes
''Exceptional ensemble, heart-wrenching'' - 100% Rotten Tomatoes, critic by Sarah Chauncey Reel
Mrs. Doubtfire
Date: November 24 1993
Length: 125 minutes
''On paper, Mrs. Doubtfire might seem excessively broad or sentimental, but Robin Williams shines so brightly in the title role that the end result is difficult to resist" - 71% Rotten Tomatoes
Philadelphia
Date: December 22 1993
Length: 125 minutes
''An extremely well-made message picture about tolerance, justice and discrimination is pitched at mainstream audiences, befitting its position as the first major Hollywood film to directly tackle the disease'' - 77% Rotten Tomatoes, critic by Todd McCarthy Variety
Brokeback mountain
Date: September 2 2005 Venice International Film Festival
December 9 2005 U.S and December 23 2005 Canada
Length: 134 minutes
''A beautiful, epic Western, Brokeback mountain's love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality thanks to moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal" - 87% Rotten Tomatoes
Black Swan
Date: September 1st 2010 Venic
December 17 2010 US/Nationwide
Length: 108 minutes
''Bracingly intense, passionate, and wildly melodramatic. Black Swan glides on Darren Aronofsky's bold direction - and a bravura performance from Natalie Portman'' - 87% Rotten Tomatoes
The Laramie project
Date: March 9 2002
Length: 97 minutes
''It's a compelling and horrifying story, and the Laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does, in fact, still happen in America'' - 92% Rotten tomatoes, critic by Tim Merrill Film Threat
MILK
Date: November 26 2008
Length: 128 minutes
''Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhouse performance, Milk is a triumphant account of America's first openly gay man elected to public office'' - 94% Rotten Tomatoes