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FROM INDIE QUEER CINEMA TO THE HOLLYWOOD MAINSTREAM, THE PINK LENS PUTS THE DEPICTION OF LGBT+ PEOPLE IN CINEMA IN THE UK UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
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Ben Turner
Feb 5, 20173 min read
BOYS ON FILM PRESENTS: CAMPFIRE - Short Film Collection
Starring: Jorum Schurmans, Koen Van Heule Director: Bavo Defurne Peccadillo Pictures' DVD series Boys On Film has been releasing its...


Ben Turner
Jan 26, 20173 min read
I Promise You Anarchy **
Starring: Diego Calva Hernández, Eduardo Eliseo Martinez Director: Julio Hernández Cordón There's something of Gus Van Sant about this...


Ben Turner
Jan 19, 20173 min read
Lazy Eye ***
Starring: Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis, Michaela Watkins Director: Tim Kirkman Sometimes, the strangest of encounters can...


Ben Turner
Jan 14, 20173 min read
Blush ***
Starring: Sivan Noam Shimon, Hadas Jade Sakori, Dvir Benedek, Amit Muchtar Director: Michal Vinik For every person who had good teenage...


Ben Turner
Jan 12, 20173 min read
Deep Water ****
Starring: Noah Taylor, Yael Stone, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, William McInnes Director: Shawn Seet In the 1970s and 80s, scores of gay men...


Ben Turner
Jan 5, 20173 min read
Her Story ****
Starring: Jen Richards, Laura Zak, Angelica Ross, Christian Ochoa Director: Sydney Freeland Even today it can be difficult to find...


Ben Turner
Jan 4, 20173 min read
Shared Rooms **
Starring: Christopher Grant Pearson, Alec Manley Wilson, Alexander Neil Miller, Justin Xavier, Robert Werner, Daniel Lipshutz Director:...


Ben Turner
Jan 3, 20173 min read
Hurricane Bianca *
Starring: Roy Haylock, Bianca Leigh, Rachel Dratch, Willam Belli, DJ Shangela Pierce Director: Matt Kugelman Since her triumph in Season...


Ben Turner
Dec 20, 20163 min read
Girls Lost ***
Starring: Tuva Janell, Emrik Öhlander, Wilma Holmén, Louise Nyvall Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining Some of the most interesting...


Ben Turner
Dec 17, 20162 min read
One Kiss ****
Starring: Rimau Ritzberger Grillo, Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pizzagli Director: Ivan Cotroneo Coming of age dramas are ten-a-penny...


Ben Turner
Dec 15, 20162 min read
Those People ***
Starring: Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman Director: Joey Kuhn Hands up if you’ve watched Gossip Girl? If so, then you’ll...


Ben Turner
Dec 12, 20163 min read
The Pass ***
Starring: Russell Tovey, Arinze Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro Director: Ben A. Williams Coming out of The Pass, I had the feeling...


Ben Turner
Dec 5, 20163 min read
4th Man Out ***
Starring: Evan Todd, Parker Young, Chord Overstreet, Jon Gabrus Director: Andrew Nackman Sometimes, portraying a group of gay men on...


Ben Turner
Nov 30, 20163 min read
Downriver ****
Starring: Reef Ireland, Thom Green, Charles Grounds Director: Grant Scicluna There’s something quite refreshing about this Australian...


Ben Turner
Nov 29, 20163 min read
Beautiful Something **
Starring: Brian Sheppard, Zack Ryan, Colman Domingo, John Lescault Director: Joseph Graham The problem with an ensemble drama is that it...


Ben Turner
Nov 24, 20163 min read
King Cobra **
Starring: Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Keegan Allen, James Franco, Alicia Silverstone Director: Justin Kelly There was a lot of...


Ben Turner
Nov 24, 20163 min read
Theo And Hugo ****
Starring: Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau From Theo And Hugo’s opening scenes, you’d be...


Ben Turner
Oct 26, 20164 min read
Oriented ***
Director: JakeWitzenfeld To say the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is complicated would be a vast understatement. The opposing claims of...


Ben Turner
Oct 24, 20163 min read
Closet Monster ****
Starring: Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Joanne Kelly, Sofia Banzhaf, Aliocha Schneider, Isabella Rossellini Director: Stephen Dunn Rarely...


Ben Turner
Oct 20, 20163 min read
Stonewall **
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jonny Beauchamp, Caleb Landry Jones, Ron Perlman Director: Roland Emmerich It's difficult...
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