British
Vita & Virginia : a tale of literary lesbian love
It is plain to see why, on paper, Vita & Virginia was an easy choice to pick as the flagship opening movie for the 2019 British Film Institute Flare LGBT festival. It checks all the boxes. British costume drama? Literary heritage? Lesbians? Gays? Transexual narrative? Sex? Flawless period costumes? Sets like oil paintings? Check.…
Just Me
When Police Officer Connor (Carl Laughlin) is doing house to house calls he is shocked to come across Scott (Philip Olivier). It’s very obvious that the two have shared some intimate past, but before the subject can be broached they are joined at the front door by a woman (Chauntelle Bowler). She soon lets slip…
Tucked
Despite a long and successful career veteran British actor Derren Nesbitt is hardly a household name, and you would have to possess a remarkable memory for example to remember that he played a handsome blackmailer in the groundbreaking gay classic Victim in 1961. Now 83 years old and still working, he turns in a…
Tea With The Dames
Made for BBC’s TV august arts program ARENA earlier this year, this piece of sheer cinematic joy has had its name tweaked (for some inexplicable reason) and now courtesy of IFC Films is heading to selected movie US movie theaters this Fall. The new title is a tad misleading as these four of the…
