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Note to Editors

Per WP:BLOGS – "Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable, independent publications."
Not every film released in the past and today is reviewed by a mainstream media source (such as The New York Times) or website (such as Deadline Hollywood). Sometimes the only reviews are found in niche publications and blogs by film experts.

In 2010, Film Comment published a list of film blogs: "The Top Film Criticism Sites: An Annotated Blog Roll".

Listed (and linked) in alphabetical order, these are the film blogs in the Film Comment article (some URLs changed since the article was published, while some blogs are no longer active):

Film Blogs

The Academic Hack
Acidemic
Ain't It Cool News (Ain't It Cool News)
Artforum.com (Artforum)
Cinebeats
CineMetrics
Dave Kehr (shut down blog in 2013) (Dave Kehr)
Diagonal Thoughts
DVD Beaver
Film Journey
Film-Philosophy (Film-Philosophy)
The Front Row
Girish Shambu (Girish Shambu)
The House Next Door (became official blog of Slant Magazine) (Slant Magazine)
indieWIRE (IndieWire)
Jonathan Rosenbaum (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Kino Slang
Ludic Despair
The Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)
Masters of Cinema (Masters of Cinema)
Moving Image Source (Moving Image Source)
Mubi (Mubi (streaming service))
Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Not Coming to a Theater Near You)
Observations on Film Art (David Bordwell)
Order of the Exile
Paul Schrader (Paul Schrader)
Reverse Shot
Rouge] (Rouge (film journal))
Scanners (Jim Emerson blog now on RogerEbert.com)
The Self-Styled Siren
Senses of Cinema (Senses of Cinema)
Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
The Seventh Art
Some Came Running
Strictly Film School
Supposed Aura (no longer available)
Thanks for the Use of the Hall
Undercurrent (no longer available) (reviews by Chris Fujiwara can be found on the web)
Unexplained Cinema (no longer available) (reviews by Greg Ferrara can be found on the web)
Video Watchblog (Tim Lucas)
World Picture
Wright On Film

Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 07:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Films removed from list for lacking reliable sources

When reliable sources are found that verify the inclusion of gay characters, the film (row) can be re-added in the list:
| 2022 | La Frontière | Oliver | JP Morin | Oliver has been unhappily married to a woman named Chris. They split up when Oliver meets Tommy and falls in love with him. (Tommy is bisexual and in an open relationship with his female partner Greta.) | France | |-
Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 08:29, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder: films with Gay characters from original list

Films in the original list needing reliable sources were moved to its Talk page after that list was split into separate L-G-B-T lists. There are films with Gay characters waiting to be added to this list with RS. See Films to be added to split list. Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 08:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Lighthouse

Despite the film having explicit details of male sexuality, it's still hard to debate whether The Lighthouse should be put in this category. Any opinions? Runningman2027 (talk) 22:43, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are there sources that describe one or more characters as being gay? That's what all films depend on to be included in the list. We don't decide if a film merits inclusion because we think it does. If you cannot find sources to verify the "gay", the film doesn't belong in the list. Pyxis Solitary (yak). L not Q. 08:14, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting the list

The list is organized by subsections for decades and years, and I don't have a problem finding films in it, but I guess it's time to split the list as:

List of feature films with gay characters: 1900–1999

and

List of feature films with gay characters: 2000–present

Anyone else in on it? Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 08:37, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Doubtfire

Please, remind me which character is gay inside that film... Sebastián Arena... 21:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The cited source (a review by Roger Ebert) mentions Frank:

But soon the plot machinery begins to creak. His wife Miranda (Sally Field) can no longer endure his little eccentricities, like hiring a private zoo for their son's birthday party. She files for divorce. The judge gives Daniel visitation rights only on Saturdays. And so he turns in desperation to his gay brother, Frank (Harvey Fierstein), a makeup expert, who helps disguise him as the redoubtable Mrs. Doubtfire, a younger but not slimmer Miss Marple.

However, although the article mentions Jack, that name NEVER appears in Ebert's article... Historyday01 (talk) 12:59, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As pointed out above, the source (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mrs-doubtfire-1993) identifies "Frank (Harvey Fierstein)" as being "gay".
I recommend that you read the cited sources before wondering which character is gay in a film. The lists for feature films with lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgender characters must include published sources and the sources must explicitly verify the L or G or B or T (i.e. if a character is a gay man, the source must say "gay" or "homosexual" for the character; the term "queer" is not good enough because "queer" is non-specific and can be interpreted to mean bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, etc.).
As for the Jack character, a source needs to be added that confirms he is gay. Without it the name has to be removed from the list. Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 21:50, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I agree with that. There need to be reliable sources proving a character's identity. Historyday01 (talk) 19:25, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

done. Pyxis Solitary (yak yak). Ol' homo. 11:28, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]