The refreshing element of the slow but steady flow of movies dealing with transgender issues that have been emerging this year has been how they deal with a fresh reality that is so far removed from the over-hyped debut of Caitlyn Jenner. Following on the heels on the exuberant “Tangerine” that may even make Oscar … Continue reading
For his 6th feature film queer filmmaker Todd Haynes returns to the 1950’s and re-visits the theme of repressed sexuality that he captured so brilliantly in his Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven” in 2002. Last time he worked from his own script, but this time around British/American playwright Phyllis Nagy has adapted Patricia Highsmith’s controversial novel … Continue reading
Chemsex is an unidentifiable issue to most people but after watching this excellent but scarily sobering new documentary from filmmakers Max Gogarty and William Fairman of VICE you will see how this fast-growing phenomenon is deeply affecting a certain part of the urban gay community. It’s about gay men ‘slamming’, which is evidently the more … Continue reading
The overwhelming feeling you take away from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s profile on Dawn O’Donnell the Australian lesbian businesswoman who was partly responsible for making Sydney such a gay destination, was the fact that she was a thoroughly unpleasant person. This very fierce silver-haired butch dyke initially made quite a lot of money through real estate investments … Continue reading
Juanma Carrillo is a Spanish independent filmmaker, producer, photographer and occasional musician whose collection of short movies are always highly intriguing, extremely sensuous, often avant-garde art pieces of art, but always immensely engaging. He seems to set out to shock and titillate his audience, and is not adverse to adding a few humorous touches, and even … Continue reading