Ron Peck’s Nighthawks survives as much more than a historical document of gay life in a bygone era.

Céline Sciamma’s 18th-century romance beautifully portrays the hiddenness of same-sex relationships.

Lesser-known works that broke the mould, from Kenneth Macpherson’s Borderline to Sally Potter’s Orlando.

Radical socialist filmmaker Marc Karlin emerged as a key counterculture figure in the 197