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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
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Dressed As A Girl ***
Starring: Jonny Woo, Scottee, Amber Swallows, John Sizzle, Holestar, Pia Director: Colin Rothbart There's no doubt that some drag...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read
Soft Lad *
Starring: Jonny Labey, Daniel Brocklebank, Suzanne Collins, Craig Stein, Laura Ainsworth Directed by Leon Lopez It's difficult to know...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read
52 Tuesdays ****
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane, Mario Spate, Imogen Archer, Sam Althuizen, Beau Travis Williams Directed by Sophie Hyde...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Looking Season 2 ****
With the end of the second season of Looking came the news that HBO have not commissioned the series for a third session. Regardless of...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Nymphomaniac Parts 1 & 2 ****
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Mia Goth,...
Ben Turner
Oct 3, 20165 min read
Cucumber **** Banana ***** Tofu ***
Eight weeks on and the much-anticipated trio of programmes Cucumber, Banana and Tofu by Queer As Folk writer Russell T. Davies have now...
Ben Turner
Oct 3, 20163 min read
The Imitation Game ****
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Allen Leech Director: Mortem Tyldum Living...
Ben Turner
Oct 3, 20164 min read
Pride *****
Starring: Ben Schnetzer, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine, George MacKay, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, Faye Marsay, Jessica...
Ben Turner
Oct 3, 20164 min read
Stranger By The Lake *****
Starring: Pierre de Ladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao Director: Alain Guiraudie Queer Cinema has had countless crises of...
Ben Turner
Sep 30, 20165 min read
Dallas Buyer's Club ****
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner Director: Jean-Marc Vallée In 2007, I wrote my dissertation on the portrayal...
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