TINA : an exhilarating documentary of the Queen of Rock ‘n Roll
The recent infamous interview that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave to the Queen ……..ooops we meant Oprah Winfrey …… is just yet another example of how the tabloid media obsession with ‘bad news’ can ruin lives. It’s kind of irrelevant to them if it’s fake or real news : it’s hard to … Continue reading
Tom At The Farm aka Tom A La Ferme
Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan may be sick of being constantly described as a wunderkind, but when you are just 24 years old like he is and have already made four head-turning mind-blowing Award winning movies, then the description is more than apt. Not content with writing and directing each of them he usually loves to … Continue reading
Tom of Finland
As part of a compelling trend to document crucial parts of the history of the growth of the LGBT community comes this timely, and rather excellent, biopic on the life and work of one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture. Touko Laaksonen (Pekka Strang) was a middle-class Finnish Army Officer who … Continue reading
Tomcat
This shocking and rather provocative movie … the sophomore feature from Austrian actor turned director Klaus Händl deservedly won the prestigious Teddy Award for Best LGBT Feature Film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. It is therefore surprising that since then the reviews have been lukewarm at best, and even odder that it is not the … Continue reading
Trans In Trumpland
Just 4 days after American/Iranian filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain finished his transitioning, Trump was elected President. Despite his occasional rhetoric about wanting to be the President for all Americans, what followed was the most divisive and hate-ridden four years in our country’s history. Some of the worst hit were the transgender community which Trump and … Continue reading