Queer Film Theory

It Ain’t Easy to be a Bottom in Porn

If you spend just a little bit of time poking about the comment threads on porn…
Dissertation Days (17): Headaches

Much as it pains me to admit it, this has not been a very productive day…
Dissertation Days (13): Breakthroughs

Somehow, it seems that revision and incremental writing seems to take so much more energy and…
Queer Classics: “Moonlight” (2016)

After waiting impatiently for several weeks for Moonlight to make its way to Syracuse, it finally arrived, and…
Queer Classics: “The Boys in the Band”

Today in “Queer Classics,” we’re reaching back in time a bit, to what is considered to…
Queer Classics: “Carol” (2015)

Warning: Spoilers for the film follow. Some might consider it a bit premature to declare Todd…
Queer Classics: “Gods and Monsters”

Warning: Spoilers follow. I’d been wanting to watch this film from beginning to end–I’d seen a…
Mourning, Melancholy, and “Paris is Burning”

I recently taught Jennie Livingston’s famous documentary Paris is Burning to a group of undergraduates. As…
Review: “The Way He Looks”

Warning: Spoilers follow. The other night, I had the distinct pleasure of watching Daniel Ribeiro’s touching…
“Broke Straight Boys”: The Intersection of Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Amateur Gay Porn

It’s no surprise that many gay men (and much gay male pornography) is obsessed with straight…