Anything
Bringing any work of fiction involving a transgender character to the screen these days can often be fraught with consequences that can overshadow the movie itself. Whereas not too long ago Eddie Redmayne received an Oscar nomination for starring in The Danish Girl, and then Jared Leto won an Oscar for playing a trans woman … Continue reading
Anything’s Possible : a teenage trans love story
This is one of those teen romance stories that you will yourself to like before the opening credits even roll. Particularly now in the US when each day the media is full of even more anti-trans legislation, it is such a breath of fresh air to see such a positive and uplifting story. In … Continue reading
Appropriate Behaviour
For Shirin, a twenty-something-year-old angst ridden fashionable Brooklynite, life is mess. We don’t need to feel sorry for her, as she does that so well herself. She is reluctantly breaking up with Maxine her girlfriend and leaving the home they shared with little more than a strapon dildo. She is moving into a shabby squalid … Continue reading
Apricot Groves
In his first feature film Iranian/Armenian writer/director Pouria Heidary Oureh places his story in his two home countries which are very rarely the settings for any LGBTQ movie. The tale he spins is exceptionally beautiful and told with such a discreet compassion and understanding that when the main crux of the story is finally revealed, you … Continue reading
Are We Lost Forever : the demise of a relationship
Swedish Filmmaker David Färdmar‘s debut feature film, an excellent queer romance, is an adaption of his short film ]No More We'( available to view on www.dekkoo.com) . Using the same two very talented lead actors, Färdmar expands the story of how this love affair turned sour. Adrian (Björn Elgerd) and Hampus (Jonathan Andersson) who … Continue reading