Veteran queer actor UDO KIER gives the performance of a lifetime in SWAN SONG
Queer filmmaker Todd Stephens is on a mission. Over the past two decades, he has single-handedly done his level best to show that his hometown Sandusky, Ohio is a great place for members of the LGBTQ community to live. In 1998 he persuaded Lea DeLaria to join the cast of Edge of Seventeen a sweet … Continue reading
Victim
This was the first serious approach to homosexuality the cinema had ever made. Made in Britain in 1961 where, as in the US, being gay was still a crime, the movie was actually banned from American theaters simply because it used the word ‘homosexual’. The story is of a handsome young man called ‘Boy’ Barrett who … Continue reading
We can never get enough of IAN MCKELLAN unquestionably the greatest living queer actor (and one of our finest activists}
Sir Ian McKellan (or Serena as Stephen Fry dubbed him) is unquestionably the greatest living queer actor. And one of the best and most successful activists the LGBTQ+ community has ever enjoyed. He may have been 47 years old when he ‘came out‘ publicly but what he has managed to squeeze into his … Continue reading
Weekend
For the ‘NY Times’ to review a ‘gay’ movie is far too rare an occurrence but when A.O Scott, its senior Critic, goes one step further and gives one a rave review, then you know that that this is no ordinary film. This wee British movie that went on to be a multi-award winner was shot … Continue reading
Wish We Were There : Complete PEDRO ALMODOVAR RESPECTIVE goes Down Under
Every queer movie fan should be heading direct to Ritz Cinema in Sydney Australia for the biggest cinematic treat of 2022. They are mounting PEDRO ALMODÓVAR: A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE of the entire catalog of the work of one of the world’s greatest queer auteurs. It will feature 22 films from the two-time Academy Award … Continue reading
