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Tyler Jensen and Roman Chiminenti. Photo by Joe KrammA Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is sometimes ranked as the gayest horror movie of all time. For Roman Chiminenti and Tyler Jensen, that’s a good thing. The two horror fans have long treasured the movie for its queer elements, even while the mainstream horror world attacked it for its homoerotic subtext. The plot features a number of queer themes, sometimes overtly so: characters visit a gay leather bar, two male...

Fab at Frameline43: ‘Sid & Judy,’ ‘Socrates,’ ‘Before You Know It,’ ‘Cubby’ and more Frameline, the San Francisco-based queer media arts foundation, returns again this June 20 to kick off its annual queer film festival, marking its 43rd year. For anyone outside the range of the San Francisco Bay Area, don’t fret: many of these films will come to a festival near you before arriving on streaming services. Frameline has a knack for picking the next big things. As with every year,...