Peter Herbert
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews Lukas Dhont’s award-winning “COWARD”. Unmissable
The BFI London Film Festival opened with Elsinore, screened Coward on the closing day and managed to include enough major LGBT films to equal the BFI LGBT Film Festival Flare. Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Coward provided one of the high notes, continuing his earlier Close in 2022 with another sensual portrait of young lives testing life’s…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews THE 50 GREATEST GAY FILMS OF ALL TIME by John Demetry
Fifty Best lists of (whatever the subject) may seem like two a penny, and compilations of the best LGBT films are easy to find online or in reference surveys such as 100 Queer Films Since Stonewall, published by the BFI in 2025. These listings usually include titles like Happy Together, Maurice, Victim or Priscilla Queen of…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews the highly anticipated ELSINORE that exceeds all expectations
The 70th London Film Festival opened on 7/10/26 with the gala premiere of Elsinore, a sensitive film starring actor Andrew Scott. The film tells a little-known story about the final years of Scottish actor Ian Charleson as he confronted his mortality during a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the National Theatre. The film is an engaging triumph for…
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Queerguru’s PETER HERBERT reviews THE 2026 ALTERNATIVE MISS WORLD competition in London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
As if to bring an end to one of London’s longest heatwaves, the good earth at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre was invigorated by much-needed rain. This was also a forceful addition to Gaia the great mother of life, as the theme of the latest instalment of The Alternative Miss World on Sunday 13 Sept…
