2017
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London’s Rebel Dykes of 1980’s on the Big Screen
London in the 1980’s was a hotbed of radical lesbian feminism with its Rebel Dyke community which for some inexplicable reason has never been mentioned in feminist history books about the period. But that is all about to change with a brand new documentary. The movie’s producers take great pains to point out that before the…
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The Slippers
Canadian filmmaker Morgan White’s intriguing new documentary that traces whatever happened to Dorothy’s iconic red slippers after she came back home from Oz, seemed to uncover more than its fair share of red faces too. I mean who doesn’t love a pair of slippers, right? Although I must admit I’m more in favour of the…
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queerguru reviews I Am Not Your Negro
When the credits roll on respected Haitian filmmaker Raul Peck’s powerful new documentary you will notice that the screenwriter listed is in fact the late author and social critic James Baldwin himself. This memoir/semi-biography of this great African/American man of letters which links the ideas of three assassinated leaders uses only prose lifted from directly from…
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London : Wanna Dress Up or Strip Off and Be a Movie Star?
Two of London’s most famous (or should that be infamous?) cultural hotspots are working together this week, and if you have the right outfit, or none at all, you could be part of it. London’s prestigious Tate Gallery is actually shooting a movie in Backstreet which is the city’s leading Fetish Club. The film being shot…
