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Brokeback Mountain and the ‘Gay Western’ Oscars Legacy

With the 97th Oscars fast approaching amid controversy surrounding frontrunner Emelia Pérez, it’s pertinent to look back at another major LGBT Oscars candidate that received its fair share of criticism – Brokeback Mountain, a film approaching its 20th anniversary. Receiving controversial comments from senior Oscars members at the time, a similar air of homophobia continued to plague the awards ceremony sixteen years later with Power of the Dog, this time coming from an outside source. Both films raise a key question about the nature of masculinity and homoeroticism within a genre made famous by stoic American heroes of few words.

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Review: Flight Risk

Yes, the movie is called Flight Risk. And yes, funnily enough we’re up in the air for most of the screentime. Sure, there’s an opening scene where we’re on the ground and some ending scenes where we’re on the ground, but be real. Viewers don’t go see this movie for the ground antics. The trailer lets you know that all that action’s taking place in the helicopter, and that’s what goes down (or…up?). In The Other Guys, Mark Wahlberg’s comedic magnum opus, he makes it clear to his superiors that he’s a peacock, and they’ve gotta let him fly. He doesn’t fly, but that’s not the point. A flying peacock is seen at the end of that film, but no matter.

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