How to Save a Dead Friend is Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s compelling documentary about young love for a lost generation in Putin’s grim Russia. Filmed by herself and her partner Kimi over a twelve-year period, we follow the couple as they deal with the severe challenges affecting them and their network of friends which include suicide, … Continue reading
Queers and surrealism, for some reason, are not often bedfellows. I’m not sure why, as surrealism removes any boundaries to the imagination, perfect for the creative mind. Add in slapstick comedy, a queer love story and hunky Russell Tovey (Looking, The History Boys), and you have Juice, a unique hit BBC comedy series by … Continue reading
Please Baby Please is director Amanda Kramer’s queer dreamy 1950s trip into the neon-tinted world of a New York biker gang and its effect on the sexuality of a young beatnik couple. Arthur (Harry Melling) and Suze (Andrea Riseborough) are walking home one night when they witness a biker gang, the ‘Young Gents’, murder … Continue reading
San Francisco’s Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the world’s longest-running queer film festival. Founded in 1977, it can always be guaranteed to showcase unique, eye-opening content. One such gem at this year’s festival is Spookable, a humorous offbeat trans werewolf horror story which premieres this Sunday June 23 as part of Frameline’s Fun In … Continue reading
Queer communities in cities around the world are under increasing threat from rapidly rising rents and landlords more often favoring corporate big business tenants over small owner-managed businesses. In Erica’s First Holy Shit, we see how this is affecting bohemian Austin, Texas. The city’s famous queer fitness guru, Erica Nix, contemplates the changing tides of Austin’s … Continue reading