Critical Writing Index

Screen Gems and Screen Trends: The Festival of Festivals has lots of gay material but lesbians are invisible.

by Jeremy Podeswa

Xtra!, Sept. 3, 1993, no. 231

Review of queer produced or focused films at 1993's Festival of Festivals including big budget - Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet, Gus Van Sant's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and local - Mike Hoolboom's Kanada, John Greyson's Zero Patience. Reviewer Jeremy Podeswa finds that "dykes" are completely invisible in the festival lineup, and comes up with a series of queer trends based on what he sees at the festival. (Queer Trend Number 1: Lesbian film is heading into oblivion.)

ITEM 1993.142 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Tama Na,Tama Ba! Enough is Enough – Gabrielle Micallef

Tama Na,Tama Ba! Enough is Enough – Rose Gutierrez

Totally Fucked Up – Gregg Araki

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues – Gus Van Sant

Kanada – Mike Hoolboom

Grief – Glatzer

The Wedding Banquet – Ang Lee

Love and Human Remains – Denys Arcand

M Butterfly – David Cronenberg

Zero Patience – John Greyson

Farewell My Concubine – Chen Kaige