An artwork lives on, even if the artist has long gone from this world. It’s one of the first lessons of art writing: the artwork “is” while the artist “was.” More rarely, though, do artworks come to ...

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I was in my 20s when I read the original Annie Proulx short story "Brokeback Mountain" in The New Yorker; I was floored by it. First, because it was a Western. I'd spent years reading New Yorker ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. A beloved short story, an epic motion ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. As it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, it's easy to say the legacy of Brokeback Mountain is undeniable. Since being released in 2005, it has ...

It’s been 20 years since the classic gay Western Brokeback Mountain hit theaters, and we’re still not over it. In 2005, when homophobia was everywhere and good faith queer representation was almost ...