THE THIRD : Is Three in a Bed is better than Two?
For many gay men the idea of maintaining a romantic relationship is still a daunting task. Never having queer role models when we grew up and often living in hostile homophobic households didn’t exactly prepare us for establishing our own family units. The thought then of including a third person into such a relationship … Continue reading
The Unlikely Story of The Lesbians of First Friday
This is a very personal story for filmmaker Kathryn L Beranich as she was part of a small group of lesbians in the small city of Roanoke, Virginia who socialised together in the 1980’s. There were huge feminist movements elsewhere in the USA but for the most part these mainly white privileged closeted women … Continue reading
The World To Come : (may be as bleak as this one)
Set in 1856 this slow-burning drama is mostly as bleak as the wild Frontier it is set in. It opens with a throughly depressed Abigail (Katherine Waterson) reading aloud in voiceover . “This morning, ice in our bedroom for the first time all winter,” and you really feel the cold as she speaks. She … Continue reading
Triple Crossed
After he had finished his posting serving in the military in war-torn Afghanistan during which time he witnessed his best friend being killed, Chris Jensen is struggling to adapt back into civilian life. Unable to find a job, as no one seems prepared to want the services of a somewhat damaged ex-serviceman, he has resorted … Continue reading
Ultrasuede : In Search of Halston
Halston was the US’s first haute couturier to be taken seriously. From milliner to revered iconic fashion designer in a very short this flamboyant and fun-loving man firmly put his sartorial stamp on everything in the Studio 54 era so that his ‘star’ on Fashion’s Walk of Fame in NY rightly proclaims ‘The 70’s Belonged to … Continue reading