Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Director Mike Nichols–one of the best directors in history–made one hell of a debut back in 1966 with his film adaptation of Edward Albee’s seminal play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The movie would go on to score Oscar nominations in every acting category (to this day a major feat), winning two: Best Supporting Actress for Sandy Dennis, and Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
follows two married couples on a night of booze-fueled antics. George and Martha (Richard Burton and Taylor), a university professor and his wife, invite another younger couple, Nick and Honey (George Segal and.