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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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Shared Rooms **
Starring: Christopher Grant Pearson, Alec Manley Wilson, Alexander Neil Miller, Justin Xavier, Robert Werner, Daniel Lipshutz Director:...
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Jan 4, 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...
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Jan 3, 20173 min read


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


One Kiss ****
Starring: Rimau Ritzberger Grillo, Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pizzagli Director: Ivan Cotroneo Coming of age dramas are ten-a-penny...
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Dec 17, 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...
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Dec 15, 20162 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...
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Dec 12, 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...
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Dec 5, 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 30, 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 29, 20163 min read


King Cobra **
Starring: Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Keegan Allen, James Franco, Alicia Silverstone Director: Justin Kelly There was a lot of...
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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
Nov 24, 20163 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 26, 20164 min read


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


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


Do I Sound Gay? **
Director: David Thorpe The idea of the "gay voice" is something that fascinates me. I, like many others, have had moments of...
Ben Turner
Oct 20, 20163 min read


Tangerine ****
Starring: Katana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransome, Mickey O’Hagan, Karren Karagulian Director: Sean S. Baker Sometimes,...
Ben Turner
Oct 6, 20162 min read


Holding The Man ***
Starring: Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush Director: Neil Armfield Behind every mass...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read


Carmin Tropical ****
Starring: José Pecina, Luis Alberti Drirector: Rigoberto Pérezcan In the Zapotec region of Mexico, there is a sub-community of people...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read


The Danish Girl *****
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Shoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard Director: Tom Hooper The biopic of Lili Elbe,...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read


Carol *****
​Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler Director: Todd Haynes It's 2015. It's been ten years since...
Ben Turner
Oct 4, 20163 min read
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