<p>For Pride month we’re looking back at a key, tragic moment in LGBT+ history, the AIDS crisis, and watching Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning legal drama, <em>Philadelphia</em>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Molly and Chloe enter the court with Best Actor-winner Tom Hanks and his maverick lawyer Denzel Washington, and give their verdicts on the film’s representation of gay men, homophobia and early 90s attitudes towards HIV-positive people, and how the directing style veers from formal to movingly surreal.</p><br><p>Plus<strong> </strong>we bang the gavel on the movie’s most 90s details and award some of the best moments, and present some films to watch next - from queer rep onscreen to against-the-odds legal dramas.</p><br><p>The quote at the start is from David Ansen’s <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/tis-not-jolly-season-190784" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1993 review</a> in <em>Newsweek</em>. We also reference Roger Ebert’s <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/philadelphia-1994" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">review</a>.</p><br><p>‘<a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/philadelphia-un-packaging-hollywood-aids-drama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Philadelphia</a>: un-packaging the Hollywood AIDS drama’ by Amy Taubin for<em> Sight and Sound</em>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/total90srecall/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>: @total90srecall</p><br><p>Check out the other films we recommended on<a href="https://letterboxd.com/total90srecall/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Letterboxd</a></p><br><p>Got an episode suggestion? Email us: [email protected]</p><br><p>Find all our links <a href="https://lnk.bio/Total90sRecall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>