Five Dances
Alan Brown’s latest movie has one of the most accurate titles that pulls no punches and is exactly what it promises i.e five dances. Held together by the strands of a wisp of a tenuous plot, it is however still a sweet and sensual coming-out-tale thanks to the presence of a charming young dancer who … Continue reading
Five Films For Freedom: a global LGBTQIA+ short-film celebration
This week Five Films For Freedom launches the ninth edition of the world’s largest, and widest-reaching, queer digital film showcase. Produced in a partnership between the British Council and the BFI Flare Film Festival, this year’s excellent five short films include gems from Nigeria, Guyana, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and South Korea. The films … Continue reading
For They Know Not What They Do
Daniel Karslake’s powerful and disturbing documentary serves as a wake-up call for the parts of the LGBTQ community that may be getting complacent. At the very beginning of his film Karslake is eager to point out to us that the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage was hardly the end of our fight for equal … Continue reading
For You Naked
Lars Ivar Lerin is reputed to be Sweden’s finest water-color artist whose work is much sort after. He is also a recovering alcoholic and drug addicted gay man who is desperate to find a life partner some days. Other days he is not sure about this, and most other things too. This rather charming documentary made … Continue reading
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
If you love pulp fiction …. especially the lesbian kind …. then you’ll want to see this documentary full of titillating tales of taboo lovers. that has been digitally remistressed In the 1950s, a wave of lesbian pulp literature emerged, exploring a then taboo subject in vivid, sensationalistic detail. While these writers often … Continue reading