Green is an American filmmaker from New York City and is known for his award-winning films such as Monsters and Men, and Stop. If last year's best LGBTQ+ movies were subtler contemplations of gender and sexuality - think: The Power of the Dog - then this year, probably coinciding with a somewhat return to "normal" after COVID-19's initial devastation, queerness was in your face (rightfully - and beautifully! - so). Joe Bell (2021) Joe Bell is a drama film that was written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Building upon the momentum spurred by Brokeback Mountain (the first gay movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars), which frankly couldn't have been possible without the movements made by New Queer Cinema that came before it, the 2010s opened up the general audience's eyes to the spectrum, the beauty, the glory of LGBTQ+ film.ΔΆ022, specifically, was another strong year for queer film. There was evidently a shift in LGBTQ+ movies in the 2010s, a decade that saw the release of works of art like Moonlight and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (both of which, in fact, earned spots on Sight and Sound's decennial list of The Greatest Films of All Time).
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