That's (LGBTQ) Entertainment!

Recommended Features + Shorts

Sep 28, 2024

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I spent many a weekend watching movies. Sometimes in a clean, first-run movie theater. Sometimes in a dingy, second-run dollar theater. My first job was even in a movie theater.

Around the same time Video Killed The Radio Star came out, local cineplexes were being replaced by local video stores.

While the heydays of Blockbuster, VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray were relatively short-lived, film and film history keeps on keeping on.

While I love the latest and greatest as a kid, as a 50-something gay man, I prefer the hidden gems from years past. Especially films that Vito Russo wrote about in his 1981 classic Celluloid Closet. Or newer films that I think Mr. Russo would have loved.

On my YouTube channel, I started a playlist of these films…some just clips, but many complete movies. Just in case you’re looking for some classic films, below are a few of my personal favorites from the playlist.

Enjoy!
Clint