The poster for the 1996 film “The Birdcage” starring Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Robin Williams and Dianne Wiest. Moviestore/Shutterstock.

The Birdcage was a very different proposition from these productions – but with its foregrounded, unapologetic queerness, it sat in an unallocated space between the New Queer Cinema and Hollywood.

The plot of "The Birdcage" is simple. Armand Goldman (a subdued, sarcastic Williams) runs a successful drag club in South Beach, Miami, and his longtime life-partner, Albert (Lane at his ...

On Friday, Aug. 30, the queer film collective and series CinéWilde will present the 1996 comedy The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Weist at the Texas ...