MARY & GEORGE : the highly anticipated audacious historical psychodrama TV series from Starz
Unquestionably one of the most highly anticipated new TV series this season is an audacious historical psychodrama starring Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine (from Red, White & Royal Blue). Hard to believe this outrageous in-your-face drama MARY AND GEORGE set in the 17th Century England is based on a true story. It … Continue reading
McKellen: Playing The Part
The great veteran British actor and passionate LGBTQ activist Sir Ian McKellen has yet to write an autobiography about his very full and successful life, but maybe he won’t have to now after this intimate and affectionate documentary of his life. For the film, made by Joe Stephenson, McKellen evidently sat in a comfortable … Continue reading
Memories of A Penitent Heart
When Cecilia Aldarondo’s mother was clearing her garage out in 2008 she called her daughter and asked if she would be interested in a box of decaying 8mm home movies and several hundred slides that she had just uncovered. Little did she know then when she agreed to take the box did she ever imagine the … Continue reading
MOFFIE : a harrowing coming-of-age tale
The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in the midst of apartheid where the white minority still dominate and persecute the ‘colored’ population. They however are not … Continue reading
Moneyboys : a powerful queer Chinese story of love, survival and acceptance
Since 1996 when East Palace, West Palace was the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly homosexual theme was released, there have been very few films to follow its lead. Like with MONEYBOYS it is deemed too unsafe to make Chinese queer film actually in situ, so filmmakers such as Taiwan/Austrian C.B. Yi use … Continue reading