Potato Dreams of America

  Wes Hurley aka Vasili Naumenko is a queer performance artist/filmmaker and a stalwart of Seattle’s burgeoning drag and cabaret scene who has finally told his life story in film.  Well, technically this is the second time around as his short film Little Potato did that too and picked up some 20 + awards for … Continue reading

POTICHE

Any new movie from Francois Ozon, one of my favorite directors, is something that I always eagerly anticipate.  And true to form his latest one that I have just watched at the Miami Film Festival was classic Ozon, and a real treat. Set in 1977 it’s the story of Suzanne a sadly put-upon trophy wife … Continue reading

Pour on the Extra Virgin Oil and let the groping begin

  Turkey is a Muslim country where being gay is not illegal anymore but it is still very much a taboo subject, and LGBT people risk a great deal by ‘coming out’ to family, friends and employers. There is the ever constant pressure on the need to curb their behavior less they get exposed and … Continue reading

POUTfest 2016 hits the road

Peccadillo Pictures, one of the UK’s largest LGBT movie distributors is hitting the road again with the second edition of POUTfest.  From June to September it will take a collection of new UK + international queer movies to cinemas all around the country in towns where they rarely play LGBT films. The tour takes in Aberdeen … Continue reading

POUTfest TOUR 2015

Our love of this particular Film Festival starts with its name. The Organisers probably chose it for their own reasons, but in our dictionary ‘pout’ means ‘to purse your lips to look petulant or sexy‘ and these are both very suitable reactions to whenever you watch edgy queer cinema. Hopefully with the selection that they … Continue reading

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