Carlomusto, Jean

1988

"For the first quarter (of 1988), the number of cases reported among intraveneous drug users is greater than the number of cases reported among gay men . . . it is a snapshot of two, three, five years ago . . . we know what's coming." —Dr. Stephen Joseph, New York City Health Commissioner.Up In Arms Over Needle Exchange examines the controversy that surrounds the implementation of a needle exchange program to stem the spread of AIDS in New York City.

Rubnitz, Tom

1988

Rubnitz, Tom

1988

Devakul, M-L.Bhandevanop

1988

This Thai adaptation of Mart Crowley's play The Boys in the Band has a sort of psychotronic low-tech look that's a cross between a 1968 episode of “Hawaii Five-O” and a Herschell Gordon Lewis epic. Other than that, it's pretty faithful to the original in plot and action. The queens of Crowley's play are expressionistically interpreted here as drag queens (the birthday girl even sports a tiara!) and the cowboy as a young macho dancer. The best scene is still the same: as the Michael character decorates the birthday cake and the others dance to Charlie Parker, the straight friend (and a hunky young country boy ) suddenly walk in.With Likit Ekmongkol, Dr. Seri Vongsemontha, Chalit Fiengarom, Sinjai Hongthal

Langlois, Michel

1988

The theme of Sortie 234 is passion, the rabid passion of Renaud for Frank. A passion which shoots like a star and explodes. In between these two poles there is Lucille, Frank's love. Lucille whom Renaud tries to tame, Lucille who becomes the go-between in this pulsating relationship.

Summerville, Mark

1988

Singing Seas is a campy, operatic reverie of gay tribal life on a South Pacific island, somewhere on the map between Bruce Weber and Lindsay Kemp.

1988

Silvera, Charlotte

1988

Seven women, chained together at a Paris station, find their lives entwined just as firmly when they arrive at Rennes women's prison. Prisonnieres propels its inmates through a series of sometimes somber, soap opera–style set pieces. In the atmosphere of barely suppressed violence, some cope by compliant submission, others by outright rebellion. But unanticipated loyalties and friendships also emerge; young, armed robber Sabine finds herself drawn to the quiet, older Lucie. Of all women's prison movies, Prisonnieres gets closest to the pace and pacts of cell block subculture. The lesbian content consists of one unbelievable love affair, its stilted passion resulting in a suicide attempt, a major flaw in an otherwise humanistic movie.With Agnes Soral, Annie Girardot, and Bernadette Lanfont

Silvera, Charlotte

1988

Seven women, chained together at a Paris station, find their lives entwined just as firmly when they arrive at Rennes women's prison. Prisonnieres propels its inmates through a series of sometimes somber, soap opera–style set pieces. In the atmosphere of barely suppressed violence, some cope by compliant submission, others by outright rebellion. But unanticipated loyalties and friendships also emerge; young, armed robber Sabine finds herself drawn to the quiet, older Lucie. Of all women's prison movies, Prisonnieres gets closest to the pace and pacts of cell block subculture. The lesbian content consists of one unbelievable love affair, its stilted passion resulting in a suicide attempt, a major flaw in an otherwise humanistic movie. With Agnes Soral, Annie Girardot, and Bernadette Lanfont

Marshall, Stuart
Bartlett, Neil

1988

A teacher (Neil Bartlett) interviews for a job in Pedagogue, Stuart Marshall's send-up of Clause 28–related British homohysteria.