Playland

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Playland

2023

1h 12m

Drama

Fantasy

LGBTQ+

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Queer fantasy melds with history during a time-bending night in an old Boston gay bar.

Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

West’s film is a haunted house, a tribute to these ghosts and the living queers most deliciously possessed.

Aug 18, 2023

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

I’m in awe of the concept of the film and its interesting style and subject matter, but this experimental queer historical fantasy isn’t something that is fun to watch, and it’s certainly not a film I ever want to see again.

Jul 29, 2023

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Leonardo Goi

The Film Stage

Playland teems with an inordinate fondness for the bar at its center, and the countless outcasts who sauntered through it. But nostalgic West’s film is not, for the word doesn’t quite square with the ebullient, rebellious energy their film thrums with.

Rated: A-

Jul 26, 2023

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Playland is a rhapsodic testament to existence.

Jul 24, 2023

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Matthew St. Clair

AwardsWatch

A harrowing time capsule, a eulogy of a fallen landmark, and haunted house story all rolled into one, Playland is a mesmerizing aesthetic-driven gem.

Rated: A-

Jun 30, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

This episodic phantasmagoria of retro Boston life is conceptually adventurous, to say the least.

Jun 20, 2023

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Synopsis

Queer fantasy melds with history during a time-bending night in an old Boston gay bar.

Director: Georden West
Producer: Danielle Cooper, Russell Sheaffer, Hannah McSwiggen
Screenwriter: Georden West
Production Co: Stars Collective Films Entertainment Group, Artless Media
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 12m

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