‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: Compelling Queer Documentary

‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: Compelling Queer Documentary

The legacy of William Friedkin’s 1980 erotic thriller “Cruising” is a complex one. A film long vehemently denounced by the queer community it purported to represent, and more recently reclaimed as a rare mainstream portrait of a vanished social scene, it is many things to many people — and in disentangling its onscreen achievements and … Read more

How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’

How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’

The first time I saw William Friedkin’s 1980 gay crime thriller “Cruising” may have been decades ago, but I will never forget how surprised I was that a movie like that was made in the 1970s. “Cruising” stars Al Pacino as a straight New York City police officer who goes undercover in the gay leather … Read more