At the height of the COVID pandemic when so many of us were in isolation at home it did seem like the world outside had actually stopped turning. Having given up watching most news broadcasts since the previous resident of the White House had single-handedly destroyed their credibility, we had no real inkling of … Continue reading
The award-winning queer filmmaker Sebastien Lifshitz, whose day job is as a Professor at La Fémis the film and television school of PSL Research University new film CASA SUZANNA is his third documentary with transgenderism as the subject matter. Bambi, his spell-binding story Marie-Pierre Pruvot, an Algerian, born trans woman who had a long and … Continue reading
Trans filmmaker Lyel Kash’s directorial/writing debut Death and Bowling that is having its world premiere at OUTFEST Film Fest in LA is an extraordinary achievement. Not just because in a groundbreaking move Kash cast all the roles in the movie with transgender actors, but his spiritual drama gives a very personal insight which we … Continue reading
Nancy Buirski’s excellent documentary “Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy” was the perfect excuse to re-think about not just how Midnight Cowboy made such an impact on the world in general but also on me in particular. The time was 1965 and this was British filmmaker John Schlesinger’s fifth movie … Continue reading
Ferzan Özpetek’s feature film Hamam aka [Steam: The Turkish Bath] in 1997 is one of those movie-making debuts that stick in your memory. In it, Özpetek takes a mesmerizing look at how special places and people can transform other people. This romantic drama film is a haunting joy Since then this Italian/Turkish queer … Continue reading