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journeyb's review
5.0
can this be mandatory reading for like some class?? im kinda upset i didnt have to read like any of this for my queer and trans film theory class i took last year or that we didnt even watch the doc version of this
jvan's review
4.0
Sadly just as informative as it must have been 30 years ago. I said sadly because it means that in three decades, there's been not much additional information compiled, no particularly notable works, nothing. Partly it's because this book is so well respected, but partly it's because the history of homosexuality is still less studied than it should be. A great (if peculiarly dated) work.
jeangenetramsay's review
4.0
Lacks nuance at times, definitely absent any queer/critical theory perspective (unsurprising, given the year it was written), but a comprehensive & fascinating exploration of gayness in cinema over the first three-quarters of the twentieth century.
colej67's review
4.0
Really interesting. Sometimes it was tough to figure out if the author was using the name of a character or the actor. And sometimes it was hard to tell the different movies apart.
I had to stop the book at multiple times to shake my head at how long the fight for LGBT representation had gone on, and knowing that it's far from over.
I had to stop the book at multiple times to shake my head at how long the fight for LGBT representation had gone on, and knowing that it's far from over.