2005 was the year of queer cinema. Most notably, of course, we had Brokeback Mountain, TransAmerica and Capote.

Could this be the year gay-themed films dominate Hollywood's awards season? There is a damn good chance that will be the case.

Tomorrow night, The Golden Globes are taking place. With Brokeback Mountain taking in seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Ang Lee), Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song it's bound to take in many of those.

Capote stands a good chance as well. Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance earned him a nod for Best Actor.

Felicity Huffman was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in TransAmerica. Transamerica is also nominated for Best Song.

Gay themed films have never made it into the Best Picture category, so this could be huge. Brokeback Mountain, combined with Capote and Transamerica, could become the biggest test yet for gay-themed films come Oscar time. Since The Golden Globe Awards and SAG Award nominations are traditionally used to calculate the odds of 2006 Oscar contention favorites - these movies will definitely get their chance come Oscar nominations on January 31st, 2006. The actual awards show is on March 5th.

So tomorrow night watch The Golden Globes. NBC at 8pm.

Post by Bryan Harding

This entry was posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 11:09 AM. Want to discuss? Leave a comment below.