http://www.oasisjournals.com/journal/15101 blog replacement for journal entries en http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/04/queer-cinema-really <!--paging_filter--><p>Whatever's happened to good old queer cinema. Where are the Arakis and Jarman's.<br /> I am a bit concerned the way most LGBT cinema has entered the mainstream leaving us at best with shoddy gay zombie films or equally mainstream 'Gays gone wild'. I cant believe this is the same Todd Stephens who delivered the rather powerful Edge of Seventeen.</p> <p>While I have no problem with the LGBT cinema entering the mainstream- infact it is something worth celebrating, I have grave concerns the way Queer cinema is 'normatising' itself to fit the mainstream moulds.</p> <p><a href="http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/04/queer-cinema-really">read more</a></p> http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/04/queer-cinema-really#comments BFI london Queer Cinema Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:58:44 +0400 rhitsvu 48461 at http://www.oasisjournals.com http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/03/new-indian-queer-cinema-onir-s-i-am-1 <!--paging_filter--><p>Independent Queer Cinema in India first made its appearance in 1996 through Riyadh Wadia’s much acclaimed <i>Bomgay</i>. Since then Indian Cinema has come a long way accommodating Queer desires within its narrative. These explicitly queer themed films have only been screened privately or at festivals (in India and abroad) thus having a limited release. By rejecting aesthetic, production and generic conventions of mainstream cinema, one finds bolder imagery and subject choice. Since 1996, more than a hundred such films have been made for public consumption.</p> <p><a href="http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/03/new-indian-queer-cinema-onir-s-i-am-1">read more</a></p> http://www.oasisjournals.com/2011/03/new-indian-queer-cinema-onir-s-i-am-1#comments Bollywood I Am India New queer cinema Onir Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:46:18 +0300 rhitsvu 48275 at http://www.oasisjournals.com