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Tag: Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Little Darlings

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By Bruce LaBruce | July 7, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | July 7, 2017

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

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By Bruce LaBruce | May 31, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | May 31, 2017

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

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By Bruce LaBruce | May 9, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | May 9, 2017

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

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By Bruce LaBruce | April 17, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | April 17, 2017

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: Daisy Miller

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By Bruce LaBruce | November 17, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | November 17, 2016

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

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By Bruce LaBruce | October 25, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | October 25, 2016

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

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By Bruce LaBruce | September 23, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | September 23, 2016

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.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Fortune

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | September 9, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | September 9, 2016

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Fortune

A flop on release, Mike Nichols' madcap comedy is worth revisiting for Carole Eastman's subversive script and Stockard Channing's debut performance.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | July 19, 2016
By Bruce LaBruce | July 19, 2016

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Looking for Mr. Goodbar

LaBruce writes a love letter to the film, featuring a dark, defining performance by Diane Keaton, which prompted his teenage sexual awakening.

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