Home Ground (2022) charts Seoul’s little-known lesbian history and brings to light pertinent LGBT+ issues in Korea in a deeply personal and thought-provoking presentation. The documentary mainly centres around Myung-woo, the charismatic owner of Lesvos, a lesbian bar in Itaewon. Since the ‘90s, it’s been a hub for Seoul lesbians to meet each other and […]
Flare 2023 presents a natural evolution of the boundary-pushing, global cinematic platform. Screening almost 150 works from 41 different countries (including 28 world premiers), audiences will be spoilt for choice.
Queer narratives on the big screen are not a new phenomenon. They have existed overtly – or steeped in code – since the beginning of the film industry. Although there are many examples of queer-coded characters, there are enough direct queer narratives to choose from the pre-2000s. Often prevalent in these narratives is an attempt […]
A recent report may claim people in the UK be more interested in the rising cost of living and the war in Ukraine than the issue of trans and lgbqia+ rights but the debate on social media has shifted to a less direct kind of petulance, asking how people feel about unisex toilets in the […]
Lightyear is the exciting origin story of Buzz Lightyear from the iconic Toy Story franchise. The astronaut who was originally voiced by Tim Allen, but is now voiced by Chris Evans in this latest movie. With his commanding officer Alisha Hawthrone (voiced by Uzo Aduba) Buzz is on a mission to escape a hostile planet […]
Afro-Queer Artist and filmmaker Topher Campbell has over 20 years of experience in film, theatre, performance, writing, and site-specific work. His work focuses on sexuality, masculinity, race, human rights, and climate change. I recently had the honour of speaking to Topher about his latest documentary: Moments That Shaped Queer Black Britain. Moments That Shaped Queer […]
Pier Kids is a documentary film by Elegance Bratton. The film interrogates the meaning of community within at-risk LGBTQ+ youth of colour and also the larger gay community. It’s not uncommon for those within the arts to immerse themselves into the environment they wish to film – but for Elegance, Pier Kids was an extremely […]
Exploring the relationship between autistic coded fictional characters in media and womanhood in a patriarchal world built for neurotypicals. Introduction Growing up, I was always drawn to fictional girl characters that were a bit odd, perhaps graceless at times, fanatic about their interests, who sported a goofy but loveable demeanour. Although I was unaware at […]
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