Parting Glances is an American film shot in 1984 and released in 1986. With its realistic look at urban gay life in the Ronald Reagan era and at the height of the AIDS crisis, many film critics consider it an important movie in the history of gay cinema. It was also one of the first American films to address the AIDS/HIV pandemic. First-time director Bill Sherwood died of complications due to AIDS in 1990 without ever completing another film.