New Queer Cinema

The invention of the term "New Queer Cinema" has been credited to writer B. Ruby Rich in the early 90s. Rich used the term to refer to films of the period that were very unlike gay films of the past. These films were cutting edge films that showed a politicized stance toward queer culture. Examples of these films include Greg Araki's The Living End, Todd Haynes' Poison, and Tom Kalin's Swoon, to name some of the most well known. However, there has been cutting edge gay film preceeding the 90s and continues on to this day. At newqueercinema.com, we have adopted the more modern use of the term which is simply used to denote films with gay and lesbian content.

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Ratings

Ratings listed are the MPAA ratings. They are:
G - General Audiences. All Ages Admitted
PG - Parental Guidance Suggested - Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children
PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13
R - Restricted. Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian
NC-17 - No One 17 and Under Admitted. (Many movie theatres will not play NC-17 films, and many newspapers will not accept advertising for these films.)

NR - If a film has not been rated by the MPAA we list it as NR.
UR - If a film was rated, but this version has not been, we use the Unrated UR tag rather than NR. This often happens with video releases when material has been added or restored to films that were cut to achieve less restrictive ratings.

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