Bruce LaBruce
@brucelabruce.bsky.social
Filmmaker, Photographer, Writer, Artist
Fellow Capricorn the French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker & founding member of the Situationist International Guy Debord was BOTD in 1931 and after years of drinking himself into oblivion died in 1994 at 62
My Petit Détournement:
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My Petit Détournement:
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December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fellow Capricorn the French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker & founding member of the Situationist International Guy Debord was BOTD in 1931 and after years of drinking himself into oblivion died in 1994 at 62
My Petit Détournement:
almuzaralibros.com/fichalibro.p...
My Petit Détournement:
almuzaralibros.com/fichalibro.p...
Fellow Capricorn & gay the German filmmaker F. W. Murnau was BOTD in 1888 & died in 1931 at 42 in a fatal crash, according to Kenneth Anger allegedly while blowing his chauffeur! Between 1919 and 1931 he directed 21 films including "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror" (1922)
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Fellow Capricorn & gay the German filmmaker F. W. Murnau was BOTD in 1888 & died in 1931 at 42 in a fatal crash, according to Kenneth Anger allegedly while blowing his chauffeur! Between 1919 and 1931 he directed 21 films including "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror" (1922)
Argentinian motherfucker & fellow Capricorn & friend the filmmaker Gaspar Noe was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. Check out the hour long doc I directed for ARTE"s "Au Coeur de la Nuit" feat. Harmony Korine hosting Gaspar in Nashville. It's on YouTube:
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December 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Argentinian motherfucker & fellow Capricorn & friend the filmmaker Gaspar Noe was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. Check out the hour long doc I directed for ARTE"s "Au Coeur de la Nuit" feat. Harmony Korine hosting Gaspar in Nashville. It's on YouTube:
youtu.be/9WJJg_ldTY4?...
youtu.be/9WJJg_ldTY4?...
The legend, the woman, the man, the degenerate (in a good way) German superstar Marlene Dietrich was BOTD in 1902 & died in 1992 at 90, her show biz career spanning from the 1910s to the 1980s. Dietrich, who was bisexual, enjoyed the thriving gay bars & drag balls of 1920s Berlin
December 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The legend, the woman, the man, the degenerate (in a good way) German superstar Marlene Dietrich was BOTD in 1902 & died in 1992 at 90, her show biz career spanning from the 1910s to the 1980s. Dietrich, who was bisexual, enjoyed the thriving gay bars & drag balls of 1920s Berlin
The great classical Hollywood movie star and fellow Capricorn Richard Widmark, often underrated as an actor, was BOTD in 1914 and died in 2008 at the age of 93. Two of his best noirs are Henry Hathaway's "Kiss of Death" (1947) and Jules Dassin's "Night and the City" (1950)
December 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The great classical Hollywood movie star and fellow Capricorn Richard Widmark, often underrated as an actor, was BOTD in 1914 and died in 2008 at the age of 93. Two of his best noirs are Henry Hathaway's "Kiss of Death" (1947) and Jules Dassin's "Night and the City" (1950)
Fellow Capricorn Mao Zedong, aka Chairman Mao, who was BOTD in 1893 & died in 1976 at 82, was a Chinese politician, revolutionary & totalitarian. Warhol’s Mao prints turned the murderous Communist leader into a desirable, likable, fun-to-have-hanging-around consumable object
December 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Fellow Capricorn Mao Zedong, aka Chairman Mao, who was BOTD in 1893 & died in 1976 at 82, was a Chinese politician, revolutionary & totalitarian. Warhol’s Mao prints turned the murderous Communist leader into a desirable, likable, fun-to-have-hanging-around consumable object
I always light a candle for the late George Michael on Christmas Day, the anniversary of his death in 2016. He was only 53. His hair was, well, metaphysical
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I always light a candle for the late George Michael on Christmas Day, the anniversary of his death in 2016. He was only 53. His hair was, well, metaphysical
India-born gay film producer Ismail Merchant was BOTD in 1936 & died in 2005 at 68. He had a lifelong romantic and professional partnership with James Ivory, though they kept their relationship private due to cultural sensitivities considering Merchant's Indian Muslim background
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
India-born gay film producer Ismail Merchant was BOTD in 1936 & died in 2005 at 68. He had a lifelong romantic and professional partnership with James Ivory, though they kept their relationship private due to cultural sensitivities considering Merchant's Indian Muslim background
Goddess bless ye Mary gentlepeople let nothing you dismay. Remember Crisp our Saviour was born on Christmas Day (BOTD in 1908, died in 1999 at the ripe old age of 90). Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur and fellow Capricorn
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Goddess bless ye Mary gentlepeople let nothing you dismay. Remember Crisp our Saviour was born on Christmas Day (BOTD in 1908, died in 1999 at the ripe old age of 90). Quentin Crisp was an English raconteur and fellow Capricorn
Sharon Farrell was BOTD in 1940 & died in 2023 at the age of 82. Her film debut at 19 was in Albert Lipton's "Kiss Her Goodbye" w/ the formidable Elaine Stritch. Some of my fave Farrell pictures include Larry Cohen's "It's Alive" (1974) & Dennis Hopper's "Out of the Blue" (1980)
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Sharon Farrell was BOTD in 1940 & died in 2023 at the age of 82. Her film debut at 19 was in Albert Lipton's "Kiss Her Goodbye" w/ the formidable Elaine Stritch. Some of my fave Farrell pictures include Larry Cohen's "It's Alive" (1974) & Dennis Hopper's "Out of the Blue" (1980)
An amazing array of recommendations for the Year in Queer!!
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! @thequeerreview.com thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! @thequeerreview.com thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
thequeerreview.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
An amazing array of recommendations for the Year in Queer!!
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! @thequeerreview.com thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! @thequeerreview.com thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
An amazing array of recommendations for the Year in Queer!!
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
thequeerreview.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
An amazing array of recommendations for the Year in Queer!!
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year, including my two cents! thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
10 steamy movies from 2025 that will make your New Year's Eve hotter! lol Includes my movie "The Visitor," or as it's called in Brazil, "O Intruso"
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10 filmes picantes de 2025 que vão deixar o seu fim de ano mais quente
Com histórias de desejo, química explosiva e paixões sem freio, essa seleção de longas é o convite perfeito para terminar o ano com a temperatura lá em cima; saiba mais detalhes
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December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
10 steamy movies from 2025 that will make your New Year's Eve hotter! lol Includes my movie "The Visitor," or as it's called in Brazil, "O Intruso"
www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/...
www.techtudo.com.br/listas/2025/...
Underrated Hollywood actor & fellow Cap Frederic Forrest was BOTD in 1936 & died in 2023 at 86. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, he was best known for his collabs w/ Francis Ford Coppola, incl. featured roles in "The Conversation," "Apocalypse Now" & "One from the Heart"
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Underrated Hollywood actor & fellow Cap Frederic Forrest was BOTD in 1936 & died in 2023 at 86. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, he was best known for his collabs w/ Francis Ford Coppola, incl. featured roles in "The Conversation," "Apocalypse Now" & "One from the Heart"
Handsome, tragic jazz legend Chet Baker was BOTD in 1929 & died in 1988 at 58. Bruce Weber's doc on him, "Let's Get Lost" (1988), is sublime. Baker's severe heroin addiction led to arrests for drug possession, forging prescriptions, etc. Also, did he fall, jump, or was he pushed?
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Handsome, tragic jazz legend Chet Baker was BOTD in 1929 & died in 1988 at 58. Bruce Weber's doc on him, "Let's Get Lost" (1988), is sublime. Baker's severe heroin addiction led to arrests for drug possession, forging prescriptions, etc. Also, did he fall, jump, or was he pushed?
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Basquiat was BOTD in 1960 & died of a heroin overdose in 1988 (27 Club). After their joint show, critics said Drella was using Basquiat's "fresh blood" to stay relevant, while Basquiat was seen as a fame-seeker. Basquiat died of an accidental drug O.D. a year after Warhol's death
Gay Marc Allégret, BOTD in 1900, died in 1973 at 73, was a Swiss-born French screenwriter, photographer & film director, elder brother of director Yves Allégret. While accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip to the Congo in Africa, he filmed he trip & decided 2 B a filmmaker
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Gay Marc Allégret, BOTD in 1900, died in 1973 at 73, was a Swiss-born French screenwriter, photographer & film director, elder brother of director Yves Allégret. While accompanying his lover André Gide on a trip to the Congo in Africa, he filmed he trip & decided 2 B a filmmaker
Politics is everywhere in Pasolini’s work. LaBruce says that "Salo"'s paralleling of De Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom to Italian fascism is “stupefying,” suggesting that Pasolini’s films & politics “transcend any simplistic notion of gay or queer identity”
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‘You have to be ready to see it’: Abel Ferrara and Catherine Breillat on why Pasolini’s Salò is a gift that keeps giving
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious film is now 50 years old, and its cavalcade of shocking cruelty and violence still leaves a stark impact on its viewers. Film-makers explain why Pasolini ‘was a saint t...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Politics is everywhere in Pasolini’s work. LaBruce says that "Salo"'s paralleling of De Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom to Italian fascism is “stupefying,” suggesting that Pasolini’s films & politics “transcend any simplistic notion of gay or queer identity”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
"Bruce LaBruce shot a hardcore remake of Pasolini’s Theorem, "The Visitor," in which the enigmatic stranger, who changes the lives of a middle-class family through sexual encounters, is recast as an immigrant, taking on a new politically live dimension"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘You have to be ready to see it’: Abel Ferrara and Catherine Breillat on why Pasolini’s Salò is a gift that keeps giving
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s notorious film is now 50 years old, and its cavalcade of shocking cruelty and violence still leaves a stark impact on its viewers. Film-makers explain why Pasolini ‘was a saint t...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Bruce LaBruce shot a hardcore remake of Pasolini’s Theorem, "The Visitor," in which the enigmatic stranger, who changes the lives of a middle-class family through sexual encounters, is recast as an immigrant, taking on a new politically live dimension"
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
HBD actor & activist Jane "Hanoi Jane" Fonda, daughter of Hank, sister of Peter, mother of Troy, BOTD in 1937, turning 88 today. After an Oscar nom for Pollack's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), she won for Pakula's stylish "Klute" (1971) & Ashby's "Coming Home" (1978)
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
HBD actor & activist Jane "Hanoi Jane" Fonda, daughter of Hank, sister of Peter, mother of Troy, BOTD in 1937, turning 88 today. After an Oscar nom for Pollack's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969), she won for Pakula's stylish "Klute" (1971) & Ashby's "Coming Home" (1978)
My movie "The Visitor" makes Esquire's list of the 19 sexiest movies of 2025!
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Best Friend Forever - BFF Sales
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Best Friend Forever - BFF Sales
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December 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My movie "The Visitor" makes Esquire's list of the 19 sexiest movies of 2025!
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Best Friend Forever - BFF Sales
@apoliticalorg
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Best Friend Forever - BFF Sales
@apoliticalorg
HBD ruminative hunk Jake Gyllenahaal, BOTD in 1980, turning 45 today. Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" (2001) remains my fave movie of his (the original, not the disastrous director's cut). He also makes a hot Santa in Sam Mendes' "Jarhead" (2005). Merry Xmas!
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
HBD ruminative hunk Jake Gyllenahaal, BOTD in 1980, turning 45 today. Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" (2001) remains my fave movie of his (the original, not the disastrous director's cut). He also makes a hot Santa in Sam Mendes' "Jarhead" (2005). Merry Xmas!