Programmed June 2021

Queersighted: Breaking Taboos

In this fourth edition of our ongoing series Queersighted, which takes a look at film history through a distinctly queer lens, programmer Michael Koresky invites special guest K. Austin Collins (film critic at Rolling Stone) to help select and discuss taboo-breaking queer-themed films that cut across various eras of cinematic history. Spanning more than six decades, from Hollywood’s golden age to midcentury European art-house productions to transgressive modern queer filmmaking, these game-changing and often wildly controversial films managed to break taboos in theme, style, story, or aesthetic practice. Previous editions of Queersighted featured special guest programmers and discussion partners Melissa Anderson, Mayukh Sen, and Farihah Zaman.