Rent The Boys in the Band (1970)
3.8 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 58min
Today's Queer cinema stands on the shoulders of films like The Boys In The Band. It was a ground breaking film at the time but it's sad to see how dated it's become. Friends gather for a birthday party and old scores are settled. It's a film adaptation of a stage play so it's very set-bound and talkie. Some characters are paper-thin like Reuben Greene's character as the sole gay black in the cast. This pre-dates the arrival of AIDS, so the attitudes and opinions are different, and there is some nasty racism in amongst the catty homophobic quips and insults. An important film, but one that serves as a marker in time to show how far queer cinema has come. William Friedkin directs.