So great to see all the reactions here. It is an amazing film. Re-discovering it and helping facilitate the restoration and re-release is one of my proudest achievements as an archivist and queer film historian. In addition to being included on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray of The Queen, it is available to watch via Kanopy and also on VimeoOnDemand at this link (available worldwide): vimeo.com/ondemand/queensatheart

Like All of Us Strangers, Petit Maman, and Aftersun this feels like it is working on so many different levels to just drop me into such deep levels of grief. As well as new unexpected layers of emotion around the loss of my twin brother. A really beautiful film. Also the Olsen twins moment killed me.

Gregory Peck:
“Did I ever tell you about my beginning? When I was young? With my first love.”

Me:
“Wow, this movie sucks.”

Truly torture trying to finish it. Unbelievably boring, unconvincing and misogynistic.

Wow, kind of amazing how much I hated this.

Truly hated this so much and it also didn’t help that I could not stop thinking that he literally looked like Barry Manilow.