One of our favourite queer Instagram accounts @askanybuddy delights in the rich history of how gay porn movies of the golden age of the 70s and 80s were advertised in print; the promotional stills, screening listings and cover stars. So our interest was aroused when we learnt that the curator of these treasures, Evan Purchell,... Continue Reading →
The British Film Institute has taken the difficult decision to cancel this year's LGBTQI+ Flare festival, two days before it was due to begin "due to the scale and complexity of running a large international film festival with filmmakers set to travel from across the world". In a statement released to media the BFI said,... Continue Reading →
The British Film Institute’s annual LGBTIQ+ film festival Flare is back this month with an exciting lineup of more than 50 feature films, including a few The Queer Review favourites. From March 18th-29th the festival will fill the BFI Southbank with queer cinema, discussions, parties and more. Things kick off with the Opening Night world... Continue Reading →
What do you call a rom-com without the com? Technically From Zero to I Love You isn’t a comedy. It’s a gay romance through and through, but it has all the tropes of a rom-com. From the meet-cute, the therapist, the art-gallery job, the zippy title, the improbable scenarios, the side-kicks whose only function is... Continue Reading →
A Deal with the Universe is a deeply personal documentary constructed of video diary footage shot over the course of more than a decade. We follow trans man Jason Barker, a former programmer at the BFI Flare London LGBTQ Film Festival (where the film was an audience favourite at the 2018 edition) and his partner... Continue Reading →
BFI Southbank will screen the BBC Film Stonewall (1995), not to be confused with the best forgotten 2015 Roland Emmerich film of the same, on Friday 28th June 2019 at 6.15pm. The special screening on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising will be introduced by the film's writer Rikki Beadle-Blair and producer Anthony Wall.... Continue Reading →
BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which begins in London today, has announced that British acting legend Terence Stamp will attend the festival's screening of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert celebrating the film's 25th anniversary. Released in UK cinemas on 14th October 1994, the film went on to win an Oscar for... Continue Reading →
The trailer for year's BFI Flare London LGBTQ+Film Festival has just been revealed and features glimpses of festival highlights such as the Closing Night Gala, Justin Kelly’s JT Leroy starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart. The catchy song used throughout the trailer is Falling performed by Drama. The 2019 BFI Flare LGBTQ+ London Film Festival runs at... Continue Reading →
