While the years following 2016’s “Moonlight” have been surprisingly fruitful for high-quality queer film, one might not know it from glancing at Oscar nominations from years past. Last year, Céline Sciamma’s luminous period romance “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” was not even selected as France’s official entry for Best International Feature, despite provoking universal critical reverence. “Parasite” rightfully swept the 2019 ceremony, its double win for Best Picture and Best International left no hope for Pedro Almodóvar’s semi-autobiographical “Pain and Glory.” The year before that was a bit of an anomaly, with three queer films earning Best Picture nominations, “The Favourite,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and “Green Book,” that year’s controversial winner. In 2017, we had the magical lush gift of “Call Me by Your Name,” and the world seemed open to us forever.
Of course, before “Moonlight” changed the game in so many ways — for Black films, queer films,...
Of course, before “Moonlight” changed the game in so many ways — for Black films, queer films,...
- 12/3/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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