Watch The Gap
Rosa EscandónA Look Back At Classic Movies You Really Should Watch
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My Queer Elders 'Glen or Glenda' (1953)
This week, I was pretty sure I was going to write about 1999’s Todo sobre mi madre (and I may still in the future). However, the other night a friend of mine took me to the Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show, which got me thinking...
The History Behind 'The Watermelon Woman' (1996)
There are a lot of movies about making movies. As a cinephile, I secretly love this genre even if it can be a little masturbatory. When it comes to gay movies about movies, really only one comes to mind: 1996’s The Watermelon Woman.
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A completely spoiler-free review of 'Disclosure Day' (2026)
Last night I was invited to an early screening of Disclosure Day, and while I usually write about classic film, I thought I would share some thoughts in the lead-up to its release.
Disclosure Day follows a cybersecurity whistleblower, his...
The Gay British Noir Classic 'Victim' 1961 and its place in classic Queer Cinema
Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms in Victim
I have seen a lot of LGBTQ movies over the years, but it wasn’t until I started researching a piece on queer film that I stumbled across Victim (1961). There is a lot of scholarship surrounding “What...
'The Birdcage' (1996) Cause It's Pride Month
June is Pride Month, and in celebration, Watch the Gap will feature five straight weeks of LGBTQ+ films. Last year, I wrote an article titled 55 Must-Watch LGBTQ+ Movies To Celebrate Pride. While it was long (in celebration of 55 years, at...
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