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Lovelace
The lives of a porn superstar
In 1972 Deep Throat, the first X-rated pornographic theatrical film, became an international sensation, and made its star, Linda Lovelace, into a media darling. Years later “the poster girl for the sexual revolution” revealed a darker side of her story. See More >
Howl
A Beat Fantasia
Starring James Franco
A story about the obscenity of censorship.
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DOCUMENTARIES
The Battle of amfAR
A scientist, a movie star, and a killer virus
How two women, a scientist and a movie star, teamed up to take on globalization's first pandemic, AIDS. See More >
Paragraph 175
The Nazi persecution of homosexuals
Weimar Germany was a homosexual Eden in the 1920s: gay and lesbian nightclubs and magazines flourished, the first homosexual-rights movement was born... and then the Nazis came to power. See More >
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The Celluloid Closet
100 years of Hollywood myths, fantasies, and lies
The acclaimed documentary based on Vito Russo’s groundbreaking book, The Cellulioid Closet explores the hidden subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies—from The Maltese Falcon, Spartacus and Rebel Without A Cause to Thelma and Louise and Philadelphia. See More >
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Common Threads
Love, fear, and the politics of AIDS
Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US. See More >
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The Times of Harvey Milk
Rob Epstein's Oscar-winning classic
San Francisco in the 1970s became a battleground between an emerging, vibrant gay movement and the communities who felt threatened by this new gay political muscle.
Now available from the Criterion Collection.