BEYOND ‘There’s Always A Black Issue Dear’

  Growing up in an English Orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s there was always black and bi-racial children in my ‘family’  who were also my good friends.  However, when I came out as gay in the 1970s in London I had somehow been adopted by a new group of friends who were primarily.  It … Continue reading

Beyond The Walls aka Hors Les Murs

  This unexpected and rather remarkable new film from first time writer/director David Lambert (that I discovered by accident) realistically scrutinizes the intimate details of the rise and fall of an edgy gay relationship, devoid of stereotypes. It premiered at Cannes Film Festival during the Critics Week (picking upan Award) and most of the Reviewers then made a point … Continue reading

Beyto : the coming-of-age story of a closeted gay immigrant stuck between two worlds

  Films about closeted gay swimmers seem to be cropping up all over the place. and although BEYTO may not be the best of the bunch, it will certainly appeal to hardcore queer moviegoers.  It’s a contemporary melodrama that highlights the problems of young LGBTQ immigrants who find themselves stuck between the liberal culture of … Continue reading

BFI celebrates with 50 years of queer cinema

  Everyone in the UK seems fully intent of not letting the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the Law to decriminalize homosexuality to slip by unnoticed.  Now the latest organization to join in is the British Film Institute (BFI) who, amongst other things, run BFI Flare London’s annual LGBT Film Festival. In an announcement … Continue reading

Bhutto

This engrossing and jam-packed documentary on the first ever-female Leader of a Moslem Country starts with scenes of her assassination in 2007, before embarking on becoming a riveting history lesson on both Ms. Bhutto and Pakistan. There’s a myriad of facts, like it is the 6th most populated country in the world, and 97% Moslem, … Continue reading

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