The Berlinale 2023

Queers do Cinema

We kick off with a chat about what we saw at the Berlinale Panorama, the unofficial kickoff of the Queer film festival season.  Why is Berlin so important to Queer Cinema?

And then we dive back into the discussion of Queer genres — and why are there so many the lesbian period drama? How do years of Queer cinema build us up to expect our gay characters to meet bad fates?

PLUS: Is the “coming out film” the only genre that belongs to Queer cinema?

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