With just three queer feature films and one HBO TV series under his belt ANDREW HAIGH is nevertheless considered one of the very best queer filmmakers of his generation. His latest one ALL OF US STRANGERS with remarkable performances from both Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal is currently playing in movie theaters around the globe and has been both a critical and commercial success.
There in the detail of the announcement of the 26th Edition of the Provincetown Film Festival (five days of unflinching cinema!) is the news that will make this even more unmissable than usual. Its the news that this years Filmmaker on the Edge Award is to be given to Andrew Haigh, probably the … Continue reading
2023 was a particularly good year for some excellent queer cinema, but you wouldn’t have known that if you have been following all the major Award Shows this year. The Oscars managed to nominate Colman Domingo for Rustin …… the only 2nd time in the Academy’s history that a gay man was nominated for … Continue reading
So the 2024 Academy Award Nominations have been announced, The (very) good news is that Colman Domingo is the second gay actor nominated in Oscar history for playing a gay character ….Bayard Rustin. The first one was back in 1999 when Sir Ian McKellan was nominated for for his portrayal of James Whale … Continue reading
Coming-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an … Continue reading
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