Pornography is an industry that catches very few breaks. It is condemned on morality grounds, and the fact that is driven by capitalism, and the fact it can be unsafe for the performers too. It’s a subject that everybody has an opinion on, and one that has become totally a no-go on all social … Continue reading
Bodyshop is the latest, and final film by acclaimed queer Hong Kong filmmaker Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung), who is retiring. A front-runner in Asian queer film-making, his previous films include Voyage, Utopians, Amphetamine and Adonis. Scud is a unique filmmaker, and here combines extreme sex, nudity, and rape scenes with documentary-type interviews, camp elements, … Continue reading
The British Film Institute looks after one of the largest archive collections of films in the world, with footage dating back to the first moving images in the 1890s. Within its vaults are countless classic queer films, a couple of which are included in the BFI Flare Festival each year. This year’s favourites include … Continue reading
This is a fascinating, award-winning documentary about gender, narcissism, and self-love. How do we look in the mirror? Do we allow ourselves a narcissistic or even covetous view? And how is it influenced by our gender and/or socialisation? Are we able to love ourselves and our reflection? And why do lesbians often have a … Continue reading
When James Franco’s movie ‘I Am Michael‘ was released back in 2015 it was the ‘actor’s’ 10th movie in which he played ‘gay for pay’. In most instances, he plays it very safe indeed but in ‘The Broken Tower’ he actually gives a very explicit blow job sucking a rather substantial penis which he … Continue reading