REVIEW: Cowboys (BFI Flare 2021)
When it comes to trans visibility, mainstream entertainment narratives have a tendency to lean towards showcasing adults’ stories. This then leaves a gaping hole when it comes to stories of young people navigating their gender identity, unfortunately unconsciously feeding into this belief that children are…
REVIEW: Boy Meets Boy (BFI Flare 2021)
For his feature film debut, Boy Meets Boy, writer and director Daniel Sánchez López transports audiences to the streets of Berlin for a whirlwind holiday romance. After Harry (Matthew James Morrison) a doctor from Nottingham, comes to the end of a two day bender during…
REVIEW: My First Summer (BFI Flare 2021)
A hidden house in the woods, sparkly bracelets and coffee with marshmallows – what more could you ask for from a delicate coming-of-age story? My First Summer takes you to rural Australia merely days after tragedy has struck in a local stream, and follows the…
REVIEW: Rebel Dykes (BFI Flare 2021)
We weren’t Lesbians, we were Dykes! At the intersection of punk and feminism, we meet the “Rebel Dykes”, a group of women who recount their riotous stories of their lives in London in the 1980s, in this eye-opening and anarchic documentary feature. The idea…
REVIEW: Cured (BFI Flare 2021)
Whilst today the LGBTQ+ community and its allies are still fighting for a range of rights and freedoms, one that is receiving particular attention at this present moment is the campaign for a ban on conversion therapy. Similarly, during the 60s and 70s, there was…
REVIEW: Jump, Darling (BFI Flare 2021)
The now iconic gay phrase “The time has come for you to lip sync for your life!” was made popular by reality TV competition RuPaul’s Drag Race. Host RuPaul says this phrase before the two bottom queens of the week have to lip sync in…
