The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Frameline, opens tonight 20th June 2019 with lesbian period drama Vita & Virginia. As Pam Grady notes in the festival's programme, the film features "sensational star turns by Elizabeth Debicki (Widows) as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) as Vita Sackville-West" and brings "to dazzling life one... Continue Reading →
A special preview screening of new documentary Are You Proud? will be followed by a Q&A with director Ashley Joiner on Wednesday 3rd July at London's Picturehouse Central. Some of the participants from the documentary will also be present. Are You Proud? a new documentary by Ashley Joiner Are You Proud? brings together rare archive... Continue Reading →
Six national critics organisations that champion underrepresented yet influential voices in entertainment journalism have joined forces to form Critics Groups for Equality in Media (CGEM), a professional coalition seeking to improve awareness of the value of women, people of colour and LGBTQ journalists who cover the worlds of film and television. CGEM seeks to improve engagement with studios, networks,... Continue Reading →
Derek Jarman's The Garden (1990) screens at the BFI Southbank this Friday 21st June, in a newly restored 4K scan, followed by a Q&A with the film's producer James MacKay and costume designer Annie Symons. The cast features Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald and Pete Lee-Wilson. As BFI curator William Fowler notes about The... Continue Reading →
The path of the queer community has never been walked in a straight line. The seminal 1984 documentary Before Stonewall charts the history of the gay and lesbian movement in the United States from the Twenties to Stonewall in 1969, making for an invaluable primer into our own collective backstory. Restored and re-released in selected... Continue Reading →
Films dealing with grieving often face an uphill battle when an audience feels forced to identify with a character in mourning that they’ve just met. Great filmmakers and actors find something specific in visual terms or in character detail to latch us in, while others end up with less than engaging experiences. Writer-director John Butler... Continue Reading →
Riveting new documentary The Lavender Scare, playing at select LA and New York cinemas now, focuses on the US government’s systematic purge of gay and lesbian federal workers following President Eisenhower’s 1953 declaration that they were a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for service. Producer/Director Josh Howard spoke exclusively to... Continue Reading →
As I sit here, in 2019, wearing a Kylie Minogue t-shirt, staring at a bookshelf littered with queer literature, fashion biographies and tasteful portfolios of homo-erotic art, there is no doubt to the world around me that I am a homosexual. Trust me, my Netflix and Amazon algorithms are well aware. While watching filmmaker Josh... Continue Reading →
My mother took me to my first concert when I was a young teen. Ever the stylish trailblazer, she wore a halter top, hot pants, go-go boots and a cape as she led me into a giant arena in Cleveland to see none other than Elton John. She stood and sang the whole time and... Continue Reading →
Following its UK Premiere at the 2017 Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff , lead actor Miles Szanto won the festival’s award for Best Performance in a Male Role. The Australian coming of age drama from writer/director Craig Boreham is set in the suburbs of Sydney. Although two of the cast members, Daniel Webber and Charlotte... Continue Reading →
