Lucio Catro's Barcelona summer set sensual gay romance End of the Century had its world premiere at The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films festival earlier this year. It went on to win best Argentinian film at the Beunos Aires Film Festival, before playing at LA's Outfest... Continue Reading →
According to The Queer Review's Chad Armstrong's ★★★★★ review, Lucio Castro’s debut feature End of the Century "has the essence of a fleeting affair that burns itself into your memory for years to come, and shows a confident authorial voice that holds a lot of promise." Ahead of the film's official New York release this Friday 16th... Continue Reading →
This year has already seen a wealth of authentic feeling, stylish screen drama centred on the teenage experience, with the likes of Euphoria and Share examining life in present day USA and now This Is Berlin takes us back to 1980s Mexico City. Xabiani Ponce de León stars as seventeen year-old Carlos, a highschooler unimpressed... 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 →
Lucio Castro’s debut feature End of the Century has the essence of a fleeting affair that burns itself into your memory for years to come, and shows a confident authorial voice that holds a lot of promise. Ocho (Juan Barberini) checks into an Airbnb in Barcelona spying a good looking man in the neighbourhood. Later... Continue Reading →
Queer|Art|Film Summer 2019 season continues with Thank God It's Friday (1978) in 35mm at IFC Center, New York, Monday 8th July 8pm. Presented by Christian John Wikane with a post-screening Q&A with Casablanca Records disco artists Felipe Rose (original co-founder and native of Village People) and D.C. LaRue. Synopsis: It’s Friday night, 1978, and a... Continue Reading →
Recon with Unicorn Nights presents a special screening of William Friedkin's Cruising at the Prince Charles cinema for Fetish Week London 2019 on Monday 8th July at 7pm. Kicking off the activities of this year's Fetish Week London Recon has teamed up with Unicorn Nights the Prince Charles Cinema's LGBTQ+ film event night to present... Continue Reading →
Are you proud? It’s a simple question with a lot of long and complicated answers, as highlighted in Ashley Joiner’s fascinating but unfocused documentary on the state of the LGBTQ movement in the United Kingdom. The film begins with a personal look at the state of queer Britain in the mid 20th century. A former... Continue Reading →
Leave the dressing room antics of RuPaul's Drag Race behind and step back in time to 1967 and the lead up to the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant in the largely forgotten documentary The Queen, restored and re-released in New York this week, with other US cities to follow. Originally released to rave reviews in New... Continue Reading →
