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YVES SAINT LAURENT (2014) dir. Jalil Lespert

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hey do you have any recs for lgbt period dramas in the vein of like maurice, brideshead etc?

hello anon, that truly is the million dollar question *defeated sigh*! maurice and brideshead — and i do trust you’re referring to the 1981 miniseries, truly the epitome of adaptation cinema — are very much the paragons of those languid uni romances brimming with attractive, hedonistic(, gay) poetry enthusiasts, which is a very specific sub-sub-sub-genre i know a lot of us would like to see consciously expanded 🙃 within that specifically, i’d personally recommend…

another country (1984) dir. marek kanievska

either mädchen in uniform (i prefer the 1958 version but that is only because i saw it first)

les amitiés particulières (1964) dir. jean delannoy

the history boys (2006) dir. nicolas hytner

if… (1968) dir. lindsay anderson

dead poets society (1989) dir. peter weir**

then there are some good lgbt period dramas that, while having somewhat different dynamics or more convoluted plots than the films you’re looking for, do share a lot of their sensibilities, such as…

fingersmith (2005) dir. aisling walsh

tipping the velvet (2002)

the gold rimmed glasses (1987) dir. giuliano montaldo

dorian gray (1970) dir. massimo dallamano

orlando (1992) dir. sally potter

portrait of a marriage (1990)

life in squares (2015)

wilde (1997) dir. brian gilbert

carrington (1995) dir. christopher hampton

regeneration (1997) dir. gillies mackinnon**

the talented mr. ripley (1999) dir. anthony minghella**

and if find maurice and brideshead very indicative of your interests and taste, you might also enjoy these despite their being different sub-genres within lgbt film: carol (2015) dir. todd haynes, mystère à la tour eiffel (2015) dir. léa fazer, farewell, my queen (2012) dir. benoît jacquot, yves saint laurent (2014) dir. jalil lespert, death in venice (1971) dir. luchino visconti, cambridge spies (2003), the line of beauty (2005), man in an orange shirt (2017), jeeves & wooster**; and i haven’t seen these, but they’re on my list: daphne (2007), the secret diaries of miss anne lister (2010), un amour à taire (2005), tell it to the bees (2018), oranges are not the only fruit (1990) and perhaps picnic at hanging rock, the halcyon, and anne with an e**. fingers crossed for gentleman jack and vita & virginia! you might also be interested in spring awakening as well as indecent, but theatre is a beast i won’t even pretend i know how to tackle. and this is extraordinarily random but i’ve always had a soft spot for the slowburn between ted and ralph from the fast show — god bless those who edit gay storylines and upload them to youtube! saints!

**not explicitly lgbt (my ass)

here are some of my other recs in case they interest you & you have a lot of patience for rambling:

italian lgbt film recs

spanish- & portuguese-language lgbt film recs

70s & 80s lgbt film recs

contemporary foreign lgbt recs

trans film recs

my general lgbt films tag

resources for discovering lgbt films

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Maurice (1987), dir. James Ivory

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MY ARTICLE OFFICIALLY POSTED.

I can actually say that I have a published article. An article that is shared NPS wide as part of its LGBTQ History initiative. I legitimately just published an article on Charles Sumner’s sexuality and the complexities of romantic friendships in the 19th century. AKA- something I’ve dedicated my life to for YEARS at this point.

I am so happy, and cannot stop smiling.

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My personal (digital) inktober rules: sketch layer line layer NO UNDO or ERASE Size 1000x1000

Yesterdays Prompt: PATTERN

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anyway, sometimes i think about how since raffles and bunny started their criminal partnership due to bunny’s gambling problems they were shown in the tv series to use sweets for gambling purposes in games and that’s too much for my heart

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I was yours once, till death if you’d cared to keep me, but I’m someone else’s now… and he’s mine in a way that shocks you.

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AMAZING

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“By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.” “I shall be delighted.” “You don’t mind breaking the law?” “Not in the least. “Nor running a chance of arrest?” “Not in a good cause.” “Oh, the cause is excellent!” “Then I am your man.”

–Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia”

“You would stick at nothing for a pal–what?” “At nothing in this world,” I was pleased to cry. “Not even at a crime?” said Raffles, smiling. I stopped to think, for his tone had changed, and I felt sure he was chaffing me. Yet his eye seemed as much as earnest as ever, and for my part I was in no mood for reservations. “No, not even at that,” I declared; “name your crime, and I’m your man.”

–E.W. Hornung, “The Ides of March” 

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Listen to Silence by objectlesson 

He prioritizes height and athleticism and cleverness and fine, crisp features above all else, and so far, that has served you well in convincing him you are still worth following around dutifully. As of now, you are still attractive to him, and he is still too mired in that to notice the ways in which he is attractive to you.

Bunny does not see the appeal in sunshine and spun gold and ruddy cheeks and daft, unfaltering loyalty.

You, however, do.

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uhHH spoiler alert?? Yea it's gonna be a long time till I get over the ending of The Black Mask by E.W. Hornung :(

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Red with Wine and Roses by objectlesson 

Raffles watches, and feels like he is falling, or perhaps like he is already at the pit of something, staring up at a pinprick of light. ‘You regrettably never really made me do the things I truly desired,” Bunny says then.

The parlor is quite suddenly too stuffy to bear, and Raffles gasps.

“What? What did you truly desire?” He asks, breath so tight in his throat it stings with each sharp inhalation.

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raffles and bunny but lesbians

(nb bunny will always be my favourite)

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Do you mean to make an argument of it?

Yes!

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for @unwillingadventurer – Happy belated birthday! ♥

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Imagine courting a girl the old fashioned way. Like writing love letters and poems for eachother. Imagine wooing her with gifts addressed to her. Imagine shyly kissing her hand when you greet each other and talking her out for romantic walks along a canal in the countryside. God I’m gay and yearning

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Just thinking this evening about Raffles at the age of 27-28, having reached a great level of success both in his public and his private career; self-made, independent, confident because he has been on his own for so long and he knows that he is capable of handling most situations and that he doesn’t really need anyone else… but at the same time getting so tired of this, of being alone, of never sharing those little private triumphs with anyone, never having someone there to share the most magical moments with. And then Bunny appears, and it’s like, yes, this is it, but it’s difficult to adjust and to trust even though he does trust Bunny, because he is so used to being by himself, of managing on his own; and now there is suddenly an urge to share all his deepest secrets and at the same time there is that habit of keeping everything hidden behind that casual, carefree facade, and that habit is so difficult to break even though he wants to, he desperately wants to, but it’s also frightening because everything he’s succeeded in so far has been because of his independence, and if he opens up to another person, if he starts depending on another person, where will that leave him? 

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