A subject of David France's Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague, long-term AIDS and LGBTQ rights activist Peter Staley joined ACT UP (AIDS coalition to Unleash Power) in its first weeks in 1987 where he got to know fellow activist and writer Larry Kramer, who died yesterday aged 84. Staley went on to become... Continue Reading →
[Everything is true. The names, however, have been changed to protect the innocent and the not-so-innocent] He doesn’t appear the least bit nervous. He sits calmly, steady legs, arms casually placed on each knee. He has a direct stare and flippantly casual responses to every question posed to him. You’d think a pair of burly,... Continue Reading →
One of our favourite London LGBTQ+ film and community events The Vito Project returns to the Cinema Museum next week with the first of three monthly screenings that have just been announced. The 2020 programme begins with a 25th anniversary screening of The Celluloid Closet on 35mm on January 26th, followed by a double bill... Continue Reading →
Instead of a top 10 list, every year I like to honor a long-discontinued but influential annual column from Film Comment magazine. I couldn’t wait for my father to come home from work with the “Moments Out Of Time” issue. The writers would cite their favorite scenes, images, or lines of dialogue, even from films... Continue Reading →
The Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony winning screenwriter, producer, and director Ryan Murphy will be honoured with the Vito Russo Award at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Hilton Midtown in New York on Thursday, March 19 2020. POSE "Never Knew Love Like This Before" Season 2, Episode 4. Angelica Ross as Candy.... Continue Reading →
"Checking in with yourself isn't a secular, new age religion. It's accepting that life is both magical and a bewildering clusterfuck.You're going to need a good team. Make sure you're on it." As the winter sun sets on 2019 with an uncouth yawn, we find ourselves on the brink of not only a new year,... Continue Reading →
Facebook Portal has hit the market with a new range, as the social media giant continues to pivot into smart-home-tech and steal some market space from Apple, Google and Amazon. Portal isn't simply a videophone (you’ve got the Beyonce song in your head now haven’t you?), there’s more to it, but that’s the core of... Continue Reading →
Some franchises have really been put through the ringer but few have been mistreated as much as The Terminator (okay, Alien’s had a rougher ride too). But creator James Cameron, who is credited as Co-Writer and Producer here, has reassured us in press interviews that this is the best Terminator movie since 1991's Terminator 2:... Continue Reading →
Thursday 7th November 2019 saw the world premiere of Karen Bernstein's feature documentary I'm Gonna Make You Love Me at the 10th DOC NYC in New York. The film paints a fascinating, deeply personal portrait of Brian Belovitch. Assigned male at birth, in the 1980s he went on to live as an Army wife-turned-glamorous party... Continue Reading →
Two pensioners, Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier), living across the hall from each other are at the centre of Filippo Meneghetti’s debut film, Two of Us (Deux). These women are not just neighbours, friends and companions as Madeleine’s children believe, they are long-term lovers. But when Madeleine is rushed to hospital, Nina is... Continue Reading →
