Bruce LaBruce
Bruce LaBruce is a filmmaker, writer, photographer and artist based in Toronto, Canada. Recently there have been retrospectives of his films at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto and at MoMA in New York City. His latest feature, The Misandrists, will be released in 2018.
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Revisited: Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Last Summer
LaBruce extols the virtues of Frank and Eleanor Perry’s shocking coming-of-age drama that captures the loss of innocence of the late 1960s.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Ryan’s Daughter
Talkhouse's resident film historian casts an eye over David Lean's unfairly maligned penultimate feature.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Silent Partner
In a seasonal special edition, Talkhouse's resident champion of the cinematic underdog shines his spotlight on a Christmas-themed thriller.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
After writing about yet another of her movies, Bruce LaBruce has finally got Jodie Foster out of his system. Probably.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Rage
Talkhouse’s resident film archivist extols the virtues (and trashy pleasures) of an unfairly forgotten masterpiece of low-budget exploitation cinema.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Man on a Swing
LaBruce on Frank Perry’s unsettling cat-and-mouse neo-noir, and its parallels with another underseen gem, Séance on a Wet Afternoon.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Hospital
Despite being an Oscar winner, Arthur Hiller and Paddy Chayefsky's dark satirical drama is now overlooked and richly deserves fresh attention.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Over the Edge
The latest title in LaBruce's alternative canon is Jonathan Kaplan's 1979 zeitgeist teen drama starring Matt Dillon.
Death and Marriage and Sex: On Ken Russell’s Women in Love
Bruce LaBruce delves into the queer brew that is the 1969 big-screen adaptation of one of D.H. Lawrence's great novels.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Foxes
LaBruce continues his alternative canon with Adrian Lyne's 1980 teen drama, which remarkably captures Jodie Foster coming of age.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Fox
LaBruce sets the record straight about Mark Rydell's unfairly maligned adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's lesbian-themed novella.
“Genital Warts and All”: Bruce LaBruce on Taxi Zum Klo
In advance of the film's Metrograph screening this Friday, Bruce LaBruce revisits Frank Ripploh's 1980 gay classic.











