Beginners
Father and son Hal and Oliver are beginners at relationships even at this late stage in their lives. Hal is 75, newly widowed, and declares himself gay and determined to make the most of the time he has left. Oliver on the other hand is 38, single, with a string of affairs in his past … Continue reading
Behind The Curtain : Todrick Hall
When filmmaker Katherine Fairfax Wright was first offered the job to direct ‘Behind The Curtain’ a documentary on the You Tube musical vlogger Todrick Hall, she admitted that she had never heard of him. So too may many of the audience that get to watch her rather compelling film, but after 100 somewhat manic minutes … Continue reading
Behind The Lens : two vintage classic queer films at The Cinema Museum, London
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives,aka Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt (Germany 1971) dir Rosa von Praunheim. This is the first of four LGBT+ History Month Film Series of “Behind The Lens” screenings over four evenings … Continue reading
Being 17
Veteran French filmmaker André Téchiné may be the wrong side of 70 now but he shows in his latest movie that he still has a very firm grasp of the sensibilities of teenage boys coming of age. He is perfectly assisted by his co-writer Céline Sciamma the writer/director of quintessential adolescent gay movies such as Tomboy and Girlhood. This is the … Continue reading
BEING BEBE | The BeBe Zahara Benet Documentary : our review
Like many other queer men, it’s been a very long time since we watched any of the multitudes of manifestations of the ubiquitous Ru Paul’s Drag Race Series. The show has been stuck in a creative rut as it has dumbed down over the years, and it seems way past its sell-by date. However, … Continue reading