It’s all seamen and Céline fucking Dion in Sydney at the moment as Off-Broadway sensation Titanique makes its international debut down under ahead of its London debut in December. This semi-improvised parody jukebox musical has been given some local flavour and filled with the elite crop of local musical comedy talent for a night full... Continue Reading →
In an elite, all-male boarding school, the leaders of tomorrow are moulded. Their experiences make or break them, either turning them into stronger men or damaged souls. In All Boys, playwright Xavier Hazard gives us a tapestry of high school stories. From the sweet and awkward to the abusive, it is a brutal right of... Continue Reading →
“The last girl died or broke her toe, I can’t remember which. This is ambitious shit,” says Thomas Antony Olajide’s assistant coach Devon. He’s serious, with a tiny touch of camp, which sums up the tone of Backspot, the queer cheerleading drama from director D.W. Waterson. Opening in the disorienting POV of an acrobatic tumble,... Continue Reading →
The “fake boyfriend” is a well worn rom-com trope that still works, just see the success of films like Single All The Way, The Proposal, Anyone But You and about one in every three Hallmark Christmas movies. But director Marco Berger deploys the premise in his own laid-back, voyeuristic style for The Astronaut Lovers (Los... Continue Reading →
It seems inherently narcissistic to make a documentary about your own love life, but somehow director Chloé Barreau has produced a work in which she, the central subject, is almost a ghostly presence in a more universal exploration of human relationships. Twelve of Chloé Barreau’s ex-lovers sit down to be interviewed about their time with... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Henry Boffin’s feature debut Strange Creatures forces two brothers, one pansexual and one straight, to confront their strained relationship on a road-trip into the Australian countryside. Boffin has assembled many of the collaborators from his TV sit-com Metro Sexual, including lead actor Riley Nottingham (also a producer on the film) for this domestic drama... Continue Reading →
The world of writer-director Veit Helmer’s Gondola is established early, with the incongruous sight of a coffin being transported through the air via a narrow cable car, or gondola, with the ends of the coffin sticking out at either side. That vision tells you everything you need to know about the kind of humour and... Continue Reading →
Hong Kong witer-director Ray Yeung’s latest feature, All Shall Be Well (從今以後), continues the filmmaker's streak of gentle dramas with a reminder that the global fight for the recognition of queer relationships and marriage equality is not over. All Shall Be Well begins by immersing us in the day-to-day life of lesbian couple Angie (a... Continue Reading →
Short narrative series Videoland throws us back to the late 1990s for a charm-filled coming-of-age tale that plays with queer representation on film, both coded and explicit. Hayley (Emmanuelle Mattana) is pretty sure she’s a lesbian. Working in a video store, she’s compiled a list of queer films to watch like Fried Green Tomatoes, Go... Continue Reading →
As Sydney emerges from a surprisingly chilly Australian winter, the 11th Annual Queer Screen Film Festival is here to kickstart spring with its lineup of 35 feature films from across the globe. From August 28th to September 1st, the 2024 edition of Queer Screen will celebrate LGBTQIA+ stories on screen in Sydney, before going on-demand... Continue Reading →
