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The World to Come: an interview with director Mona Fastvold

Alessia Galatini23 July 2021

Does the recent surge in queer films make it any easier for filmmakers wanting to tell LGBTQ stories?...

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Planting Korean seeds on American soil

Allie Liu9 June 2021

Allie Liu explores Minari’s themes of sacrifice and family life and how they reflect back on her own experience...

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BFI Flare 2021: highlights

Pippa Sterk6 April 2021

Pippa Sterk reviews her favourites from London’s iconic LGBTIQ festival...

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BFI Flare: Cowboys

Alessia Galatini23 March 2021

Anna Kerrigan’s LGBT revisionist Western is a much-needed infusion of tenderness...

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Sweet Home: horror, desire and the action woman trope

Amber Wisteria21 March 2021

The latest Netflix release subverts the impossible beauty standards of K-dramas...

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With Malcolm & Marie, nothing is black and white

Jenna Kirby24 February 2021

Jenna Kirby dives deep into the exhausting rawness of Levinson’s latest release...

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Cocoon: portrait of a slow transformation

Pippa Sterk17 February 2021

Pippa Sterk interviews director Leonie Krippendorff about her new feature...

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Jill and the female carer

Pippa Sterk8 February 2021

It’s a Sin doesn’t offer a recognition of care work but rather an idealisation of it ...

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The Duke of Hastings was raped

Alexandra Cocksworth30 January 2021

Let’s unpack the strange sexual dynamics of Bridgerton ...

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The Wilds is a brave new world

Alessia Galatini14 January 2021

Have you ever wondered what society would be like without men? ...

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The Prom: too much and not enough

Pippa Sterk29 December 2020

Pippa Sterk is disappointed by the marginalisation of the main queer storyline in Ryan Murphy’s latest release...

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Throwback Thursday: The Watermelon Woman

Pippa Sterk20 November 2020

A new monthly thread looks back at classic films through a modern lens ...

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Wicked Winters: production company with a difference

Alessia Galatini3 November 2020

Novelist and filmmaker Jade Winters talks to Alessia Galatini about her exciting journey from a romance novel writer to a crime film director...

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Why was this needed?

Pippa Sterk21 October 2020

Pippa Sterk offers her take on the 2020 adaption of The Boys in the Band ...

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Rocks: a timeless yet refreshing exploration of friendship and girlhood

Genevieve Richardson3 October 2020

Let’s talk about Rocks without invoking the ambiguous marker of ‘authenticity’...

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Beyond the red light

Pauline Blanchet29 September 2020

A new British documentary explores the impact of Covid-19 on sex work...

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The hypocrisy of the Cuties controversy

Antonia Louisa Georgiou28 September 2020

Antonia Louisa Georgiou argues that, while the voyeurism of Cuties’ trailer repulses viewers, male directors are getting away with far worse...

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Make Up: sexuality, monsters and caravans

Olivia Neilson17 September 2020

Olivia Neilson is struck by the powerful queer allegory of Oakley’s feature debut...

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