As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the Russian’s film oeuvre. Numerous asides illustrate how Hollywood productions likewise frequently played with nods and winks and typical motifs from gay culture.

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
6.8/10

Brother 2
2000
7.2/10

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1965
7.4/10

Kids Return
1996
6.9/10

The Grifters
1990
6.5/10

Hellraiser: Hellseeker
2002
5.0/10

South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID
2021
7.4/10

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989
5.0/10

Destiny
2006
7.4/10

Hiroshima Mon Amour
1959
7.7/10

Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill
2022
5.5/10

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
1895
6.7/10

Winter Light
1963
7.9/10

Ugetsu
1953
8.0/10

Accattone
1961
7.7/10

Brady Bunch Home Movies
1995
6.8/10

Jackie Brown
1997
7.4/10

France
2021
5.2/10

Martin Eden
2019
7.0/10

The Man with the Rubber Head
1901
7.2/10