Dyer, Julia

1995

Late Bloomers is a romantic comedy about what happens when two middle-aged women accidentally fall in love...with each other. At Eleanor B. Roosevelt High School, nothing is out of the ordinary – the teachers are nerdy, the students are horny, and the principal has a proverb for every occasion. But this average suburban community is about to be set on its collective ear, because Dinah Groshardt, the lonely, laughable geometry teacher, and Carly Lumpkin, frumpy school secretary and housewife, fall in love. The uproar reverberates from classroom to cafeteria, from bedroom to locker room, from principal’s office to the PTA, as parents, teachers and students of Roosevelt High confront their prejudices, and Carly and Dinah discover a midlife passion that puts the adolescents to shame. Writer Gretchen and director Julia Dyer have created a touching love story that has charmed audiences worldwide.

Wadley, Louise

1995

Valerie begins to daydream a bit too much.

Ganatra, Nisha

1995

A parent in Junky Punky Girlz tells her daughter how to get her nose pierced, and eventually the daughter has to figure out a way to integrate her South East Asian heritage and her punk dyke lifestyle.

Roy, Duncan

1995

Jackson's father died when Jackson was very young, and Jackson's mother, who looks like Ethel Mermen playing Joan Crawford, performs bizarre rituals with her son so that neither of them will forget their perfect man. When Jackson starts dating Hardy, a hunky cop who loves his new boyfriend so much that he beats up anyone who stands in the couple's way, Jackson is forced to choose between staying a child and becoming a man.

Lebow, Alisa
Madansky, Cynthia

1995

Parry, William

1995

Marking the 100th anniversary of the trial and imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for committing acts of “gross indecency,” Indecent Acts demonstrates how the same law is still used today in Great Britain to prosecute men for having consensual sex. Through reading Wilde’s texts, the incident of a century ago is compared to similar cases today. Two silhouetted men convicted of the crime in question, one a clergyman, the other a former member of the military, tell their stories.

1995

Maggenti, Maria

1995

Reiter, Jill

1995

A Nu-Wave/Punque Rock kitchy queer girl love story.

Wolens, Doug

1995

In one continuous shot, two women seen only in shadow deal with sexual identity, individuality and appearances while the dog listens.