To Die For, also known as Heaven’s a Drag, mixes AIDS, grief, romance and ghost-story comedy with decidedly uneven results. The script can be clumsy and the humour dated, but its determination to find affection and laughter within a subject usually treated only as tragedy gives the film a genuine sweetness.
The son of a Baptist preacher is forced into a church-endorsed gay conversion program after being outed against his will to his parents.
Maurice
1987
Drama, Romance
Two English school friends fall in love at Cambridge. To regain his social standing, Clive abandons Maurice and marries. Maurice finds new love with the gamekeeper Alec while staying with Clive and his wife.
Querelle
1982
Drama
A handsome sailor is drawn into a web of sibling rivalry, murder, and intense sexuality.
To Die For, also known as Heaven’s a Drag, mixes AIDS, grief, romance and ghost-story comedy with decidedly uneven results. The script can be clumsy and the humour dated, but its determination to find affection and laughter within a subject usually treated only as tragedy gives the film a genuine sweetness.
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