2021
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Falling : Viggo Mortensen’s finely nuanced directing/writing debut
Watching a third movie that deals with dementia in as many weeks is kind of a tough call (especially for a critic edging on in years). First Sir Anthony Hopkins played a cantankerous old man who never let up on his sainted daughter Olivia Colman in The Father. Then competing with them for Best…
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Supernova : one of the best ever sublime queer love stories
There are still far too few ‘mainstream’ LGBT movies being made even nowadays. This year only Uncle Frank by Academy Award Winner Alan Ball has surfaced so far. As good as it was, it still leaves a very big gap. Whilst indie queer cinema that fill the LGBTQ Film Festival circuit is live and…
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BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! launches new bi-monthly magazine
London based queer Gallerist Ghislain Pascal and the curator of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! a dedicated digital platform celebrating queer and gay photography has just launched a new bi-annual print magazine. Billed as “the first magazine dedicated to queer and gay fine art photography”, Volume 1 was launched on Tuesday (26 January) and features photographers from…
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Haymaker ! It was probably a good idea on paper
It’s a brave man who steps out from behind the camera and takes control of his own movie. That’s exactly what visual effects artist Nick Sasso did when he decided to write, direct, edit and also star in Haymaker his very first feature. Sasso needs to be applauded for both his effort and determination…
