Queersighted: Breaking Taboos on the Criterion Channel
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 3:11PM 
O FANTASMA (2000)
For the past few years, the Criterion Channel has highlighted taboo-breaking pictures in queer cinema with their series "Queersighted." For its fourth edition, programmer Michael Koresky invited film critic K. Austin Collins to select and discuss a series of works that look at film history through a decidedly queer lens. This year's installment features movies that go from 1930s Hollywood productions to 2000s Portuguese provocations. Controversial and wildly transgressive, these films run a gamut of genres and formalistic approaches, showcasing how it's possible to push the envelope both from within the Hays Code-abiding studio system and the vanguard of New German Cinema.
Before saying farewell to Pride Month 2021, join us in exploring ten films presented in this program...