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 →
It’s serendipitous timing that Queer Screen is bringing French women’s soccer film Marinette to Australia on the back of the record-breaking semi-final run of local team The Matildas. At one point, a journalist asks “Do you think women’s soccer can attract crowds like the men's?”, based on this year’s Women’s World Cup, the answer is... Continue Reading →
Chronicling key figures in lesbian fiction from the 1920s to the 90s, Lisa Marie Evans and Marianne K. Martin's In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction is an exhaustive walk through individual author's lives and works using a range of new and archival interviews. Without preamble, we are thrown into a discussion of Radclyffe Hall’s... Continue Reading →
