Review of Cruising (1980) by Nathan Rabin for The A.V. Club — 11 Oct 1984
In its shameless excavation and exploitation of the killer-queen archetype–the homosexual so riddled with self-loathing and guilt that they feel an insatiable urge to kill and punish others–the film is bad politics and dodgy, flawed filmmaking, but it's weirdly resonant and thoroughly haunting all the same.
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This review of Cruising (1980) was written by Nathan Rabin and published by The A.V. Club on 11 Oct 1984.
Cruising has generally received mixed reviews.
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