Rainbow Colored Glasses

Rainbow Colored Glasses

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A podcast that looks at LGBT+ cinema of the past and asks what it means today.

10/31/2025

Episode 46: Cthulhu (2007)

A gay professor learns there’s something fishy happening in his hometown. Cthulhu is a loose adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The film understands that being LGBT can make even the most mundane of places feel dangerous.

26 min
10/01/2025

Episode 45: Turn of the Screw (1985)

A tutor fears his students are being hunted by evil spirits. Eloy de la Iglesia's Turn of the Screw gender swaps the protagonist of Henry James’ ghost story. Then cranks up the queer subtext. This episode comes with a trigger warning for discussions of sexual abuse.

22 min
09/02/2025

Episode 44: That Certain Summer (1972)

Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen play a gay couple living in San Francisco. When Hal’s teen son comes for a visit, Hal debates whether to come out to him. That Certain Summer was made for the ABC movie of the week in 1972. It frightened the censors but proved a success for the network. My guests and I give it a fresh look.

25 min
08/04/2025

Episode 43: Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

In 1983 Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy won him Tony Awards for Best Actor and Best Play. In 1988 his performance was preserved on film. Fierstein plays Arnold, a New York drag queen who experiences love and loss as he builds himself a family. It was a pleasure to introduce this classic to my guest.

26 min
07/01/2025

Episode 42: To Wong Foo (1995)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar was a commercial hit in 1995. Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo play a trio of drag queens stranded in a small town. My guests and I ask: who is the protagonist and what is their journey? This episode contains profanity. Trigger warning for discussions of transphobia and sexual assault.

22 min
06/03/2025

Episode 41: The Boy and the Wind (1967)

The Boy in the Wind was called Brazil's first gay film. A teen vanishes. A witness has a supernatural explanation. Filmmaker Carlos Hugo Christensen managed to sneak a queer, political allegory past Brazil's strict censors. We unpack it here.

22 min
05/05/2025

Episode 40: Making Love (1982)

A closeted doctor has an affair with a man. Should he tell his wife? Critics dismissed Making Love as boring. My guests gave me a new appreciation for the film.

27 min
04/01/2025

Episode 39: Xenia (2014)

2014’s Xenia follows two Greek-Albanian brothers on a search of the father who abandoned them. Filmmaker Panos H. Koutras uses the story to examine the treatment of immigrants and minorities in contemporary Greece.

21 min

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Excellent Podcast - insightful look at a powerful drama from multiple perspectives. Keep up the good work Paul. Don

A podcast that looks at LGBT+ cinema of the past and asks what it means today.

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Rainbow Colored Glasses
Years Active

2020 - 2025
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47
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Explicit
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