Four Favorites with Kyle Turner: Greta Gerwig, dancing Pacino and messy queers

The Letterboxd Show

Ahoy sexies! Self-described “writer person” Kyle Turner joins Mitchell and Mia to discuss his new book, The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories, available now online and in bookstores. We take a deep dive into Kyle’s chronicling of over a century in queer film, while also exploring his four favorites: Cruising, Clue, Frances Ha and Spa Night. Topics include: Gregg Araki’s unique autograph style, sleeveless shirts are gay rights, Al Pacino dancing in an S&M bar, loving our problematic faves, Clue’s alternate ending gamble, be gay do communism, “MY WIFE”, the delightful messiness, fluidity and evolution of queer representation, Greta Gerwig is White Mother, the beauty in naïveté and the miracle that is The Christmas List.

Chapters:

• Opening credits (00:00:00)
• Cruising (00:05:45)
• Clue (00:25:54)
• The Queer Film Guide (00:34:47)
• Frances Ha (00:46:41)
• Spa Night (00:58:08)
• Closing credits (01:10:41)

Credits: Recorded in Newark DE, Los Angeles CA and Brooklyn NY. Edited by Slim. Theme music: “Vampiros Danceoteque” by Moniker. Editorial producer: Brian Formo. Production manager: Sophie Shin. The Letterboxd Show and Weekend Watchlist are TAPEDECK productions.

Lists & Links:

List of movies mentioned

The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies That Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories

The Queer Film Guide Letterboxd list

The Queer Film Guide: Director’s Cut by Kyle Turner

An actor gets the chance to say “MY WIFE” and really makes a meal of it by Angela Ferraguto

Reviews mentioned:

feat. dante from the dmc series & Persia’s Clue reviews

nabeel’s Frances Ha review

Darryl James’s Spa Night review