The Boys in the Band: once banned in Australia, this pre-gay liberation story is now a fond, funny Netflix remake

The Boys in the Band, a remake of a 1970 film based on a 1968 play, has arrived on Netflix with little fanfare. The film tells the story of Michael, a Hermés scarf-loving, Manhattan-dwelling gay man who is hosting a birthday party for a friend. Intended as a small event for seven gay men, a straight former college buddy of Michael's also arrives unexpectedly. The party, to put it mildly, does not go well.