Paris Is Burning

Steve Davis

The gay subculture depicted here is a fascinating one: it has its own language, its own rituals, and its own social structure. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

But voguing is more than a dance style, and the balls are more than a competition for big bronze trophies the same kinds of unwieldy, grandoise prizes people take home from bowling tournaments. ( Read More )

Jonathan Rosenbaum

One emerges from this film not only with a new vocabulary and a fresh way of viewing the straight world but with a bracing object lesson in understanding what society role models are all about. ( Read More )

Emanuel Levy

This landmark docu celebrates the resourcefulness of a group thats subcultural but not truly countercultural its denizens long to become members of the society they imitate, operating at its periphery. ( Read More )

Those haughtily ironic exhibitionists performed in back room nightclubs and hid themselves behind wigs, false eyelashes, and sequins, frequently imitating the famous stars (Monroe, Garland, Streisand) whom they felt incarnated their secret, glamorous selves. ( Read More )