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Impure Nuns (Kegareta Nikutai Seijo)

Three years after she was forcibly enrolled in a religious school, a young nun meets a newcomer with whom she falls head over heels in love, inspiring jealousy in others.

(Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Michiyoshi Doi; Writer: Akira Sugimoto; Stars: Miyuki Takakura, Mayumi Ôzora, Minoru Takada)

I Am My Own Woman (Ich bin meine eigene Frau)

Portrait of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who lived for decades as a transsexual in Communist East Germany.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1992; Director: Rosa von Praunheim; Writer: Valentin Passoni; Stars: Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Jens Taschner, Ichgola Androgyn, Robert Dietl, Beate Jung, Sylvia Seelow, Evelyn Cron, Utz Krause, Rainer Luhn, Tima die Göttliche)

Mysterious Skin

The wrenching childhood mystery of two indivisually despearte teens.

(Country: USA, Netherlands; Year: 2004; Director: Gregg Araki; Writer: Scott Heim, Gregg Araki; Stars: Chase Ellison, George Webster, Rachael Nastassja Kraft, Lisa Long, Chris Mulkey, Elisabeth Shue, David Lee Smith, Bill Sage, Riley McGuire, Ryan Stenzel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

Parting Glances

A man negotiates his relationship with his current boyfriend and his former lover, an HIV-positive musician.

(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Bill Sherwood; Writer: Bill Sherwood; Stars: Steve Buscemi, John Bolger, Richard Ganoung)

Pink Narcissus

Review preview for Pink Narcissus

While interesting from a historical point of view... it's not a great watch.

Martin Gray · 2 out of 5
A young hustler fantasises about a world of matadors, sultans, centurians and bad decor.

(Country: USA; Year: 1971; Director: James Bidgood (as Anonymous); Writer: James Bidgood (as Anonymous); Stars: Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam, Don Brooks)

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The Watermelon Woman

Review preview for The Watermelon Woman

This film is well aware of its own limitations: knows it can only pose the questions here, while answers will take time and belong, perhaps, to later generations.

Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
A young black lesbian in Philadelphia tries to track down a once legendary actress.

(Country: US; Year: 1996; Director: Cheryl Dunye; Writer: Cheryl Dunye; Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke)

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Westler

Although Thomas and Felix are in love, there’s a problem: they live on different sides of the Berlin Wall. While they try to see each other as much as they can, they are all too frequently thwarted by the East German authorities.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1985; Director: Wieland Speck; Writer: Wieland Speck, Egbert Hörmann; Stars: Rainer Strecker, Sigurd Rachman, Andy Lucas)

Woubi Chéri

A documentary looking at the lives of transgender Ivorians in Abidjan in the 1990s.

(Country: Ivory Coast, France; Year: 1998; Director: Laurent Bocahut, Phillip Brooks)