As many critics have pointed out, Rock Hudson made movies which look different in the light of his sexuality. The melodramas — like All That Heaven Allows and Magnificent Obsession — lack heterosexual conviction; and the comedies — Pillow Talk, A Very Special Favor — have him pretending to be gay. In scenarios devised by those who knew Rock was gay he was ceaselessly thrust into compromising, ambiguous situations.

In Mark Rappaport's new tape Rock Hudson's Home Movies, Rock, played by a Rock-alike, journeys through an array of cleverly-edited clips and fesses up to the homosexual connotations. This new Rock is more militant than the old, and he never fails to point out a 90s way of looking at his pre-60s persona. The result is a dizzying, smart-ass, high-wire comedy about Hollywood and homosexuality.

Plus, from Britain, a musical response to celebrity outing, Innings, made for British television's Saturday Night Out, but withdrawn before broadcast, and Hollywood and Homophobia, an energetic argument between _Basic Instinct_s' makers and opponents (including a trip to this year's Oscars).