Starring: Michael Billington, Tony Cyrus
Director: Lloyd Reckord, Andy Milligan, Bill Douglas, Peter De Rome
Running Time: 73 mins
Certificate: 18
Release Date: March 26th, 2012

Before the 1980s, depictions of gay life onscreen were rare things, so that anything from the 70s or before is unusual, intriguing and worth seeking out. With Encounters, the BFI has drawn together four short films on gay subjects made between 1965 and 1971, giving us a rare look at homosexuality during that time (and not as it was remembered afterwards, which is our usual view of gay history). Making any sort of film on a gay subject back then was a bit of an achievement and a fairly subversive act, so while there’s not a vast amount of pre-80s gay films, we’re privileged to have what we’ve got. [Read more…]