After the Moonlight fades: what's next for LGBT cinema Read moreThe biggest breakthrough of the lot, however, might be French writer-director Robin Campillo’s BPM (Beats Per Minute), which opens in US cinemas on Friday. Outwardly, Campillo’s sprawling, impassioned reflection on the formative years of Aids activist group Act-Up Paris doesn’t appear especially subversive. This is not radical in itself, of course: there exist far wilder sights and statements in the annals of queer cinema than anything in BPM. But as LGBT cinema expands and flourishes, there’s no reason why this has to be the dominant cinematic approach. Straight viewers are by no means shut out of Campillo’s film, but invited to consider and appreciate the difference of other people’s experience and history, from the way they fight to the way they fuck.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2017 10:52 UTC