"Cruising" Comes to the CastroTommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ Sep. 17‚ 2007When I first heard that William Friedkin’s 1980 anti-gay classic “Cruising” was coming to the Castro Theater, I felt a rumble in the pit of my stomach. How could a film that was not only protested vehemently by the queer community, but also trashed by every reputable critic, be playing at the Castro Theater in the heart of San Francisco’s queer neighborhood? Just as raids on gay bars are things of the (not-so-distant) past that no one thinks about when they enter a club in San Francisco these days, the old battles against Hollywood’s mistreatment of queers don’t come to mind much anymore when folks go to the movies. |