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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Bruce LaBruce on the Forgotten Genius of Frank and Eleanor Perry
The Canadian auteur shines a light on the excellent but mostly forgotten work of the husband-and-wife filmmaking team from the '60s and '70s.
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: Little Darlings
LaBruce inducts the 1980 feminist teensploitation movie starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol into his alternative canon.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Making Love
Talkhouse Film's champion of the cinematic underdog shares his affection for Arthur Hiller's pre-AIDS gay melodrama.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Desperate Characters
The Canadian provocateur (and champion of misfit movies) examines the campy ennui and genuine horror of ’70s domesticity.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The King of Marvin Gardens
The Canadian provocateur sheds light on Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson's less celebrated follow-up to Five Easy Pieces.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Day of the Locust
The Canadian auteur reconsiders John Schlesinger's expansive take on Nathanael West's classic novella about '30s Hollywood.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Rapture
In his journey through the alternative canon, LaBruce puts his focus on Michael Tolkin's 1991 fusion of female sexual melodrama and Biblical epic.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Debbie Reynolds in The Rat Race and Goodbye Charlie
The Canadian provocateur (and champion of unfairly neglected movies) focuses on two from the late actress in which she plays against type.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Daisy Miller
LaBruce highlights Peter Bogdanovich's unfairly dismissed 1974 Henry James adaptation, a film he considers one of the best of the 1970s.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Moment by Moment
A bomb on its release, this John Travolta-Lily Tomlin camp feminist melodrama can be mined deeply for covert clues about its two stars' sexuality.
Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Fortune and Men’s Eyes
The Canadian auteur and provocateur champions the 1971 Canadian film which broke boundaries with its frank depiction of homosexuality.











