Hilary Swankwinner of two Oscars, took home her first award for Boys don’t cry (Boys Don’t Cry), the tragic true story of the transsexual Brandon Teenavictim of a brutal murder in Nebraska. Chloë Sevigny co-stars as Lana, Teena’s girlfriend, and much of the film focuses on their relationship, up to the heartbreaking, visceral, and all-too-inevitable ending.
What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993)
Scene from What’s Love Got To Dode Brian Gibson.Buena Vista Pictures
No one is surprised to know that Ikewho was a renowned musician, had little involvement in What’s Love Got To Do With Itsince it was nothing less than a monstrous being for the protagonist of this biopic, Tina Turner“I was not particularly welcome in this project,” he once said. Laurence Fishburne about the man she plays, and he’s a villain. This is a portrait of a beleaguered woman who overcame brutality to become one of the world’s most incandescent stars.
Presidential plane (1997)
Glenn Close in a scene from Presidential planede Brian Gibson.Columbia Pictures
A tape in which Harrison Ford utters the most underrated villain line in the history of action cinema: “Get off my plane!” Largely a product of the post-Cold War cultural thaw between Russia and the United States, Presidential plane (Air Force One) puts Ford in the shoes of President James Marshall, a Clinton knockoff in the manner of “Tricky Dick.” When a Soviet ultranationalist, played with elegance by—who else— Gary Oldmanhijacks the plane carrying Marshall on board, it is up to him to get it back. It is the Die Hard of aviation. Come on!
Article originally published in GQ UK.
