Parting Glances

Gay yuppie Robert (John Bolger) accepts an assignment in Africa that will put his strained relationship with his lover, Michael (Richard Ganoung), in limbo for the next few years. Michael, meanwhile, tends the needs of his ex, Nick (Steve Buscemi), whose punk band's video is getting MTV airplay even ...more

A minor classic of both gay and independent cinema, this smart, sad, and funny ensemble piece gave Steve Buscemi his first film role and writer/director Bill Sherwood his only feature credit -- he died of AIDS in 1990. Loopily episodic in structure, Parting Glances nevertheless accumulates emotional gravity and narrative momentum as it drifts from one well-heeled gay Manhattan milieu to another. From chic loft parties that chronicle the remains of New York's hip downtown scene to formal dinners ...more