If you're in the UK you can access the British Film Institute’s treasure trove LGBT Britain for free, it's a rich visual time capsule of the country’s queer past. You'll discover the "pioneering gender-bending" risqué music hall ditty Miss Norah Blaney, (1932) and the Tennessee Williams-inspired short film Scarborough Ahoy! (1994). There are period lesbian,... Continue Reading →
The Queer Rearview: The Way He Looks/Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho ★★★★★
Life has paused, a battle waged. Social life has been depleted. With proximity identified as a vector for transmission, physical contact was to be curtailed. Sex, hugging, kissing, vital acts of physicality, would have to be forgone. When it comes to love, these behaviors command our attention, overwhelming the senses. And while they are important,... Continue Reading →
The Queer Rearview: I Want Your Love ★★★
I should have gone in blind. But I didn’t. I let preconceived expectations guide my experience. It was hard not to. Writer/director Travis Mathews' debut fiction feature I Want Your Love (2012) welcomes us back to the familiar territory of queer friends living in San Francisco. It is a city that has produced some of... Continue Reading →
The Queer Rearview: I Am Jonas/Jonas ★★★★
I Am Jonas begins with a father and son driving into a gas station. The street is deserted, car headlights dulled by an eerie haze. The son, Jonas, is a typical adolescent: grouchy, eyes glued to a Gameboy. He is left alone in the car, his father paying for gas. The Gameboy dies. Jonas shifts... Continue Reading →