Rewatching Maurice (1987) today, more than thirty years after its initial release, so much of it is strikingly ahead of its time. That a mainstream film made at the height of the AIDS crisis should celebrate gay love and (spoiler alert) even dare to include a happy ending still feels refreshing. The film won multiple awards at […]
If you’re even vaguely a fan the iconic Grey Gardens, Göran Hugo Olsson’s new documentary That Summer is essential viewing. If you haven’t seen the Maysles brothers’ masterpiece (why not?) this is probably not for you, but it is, in any case, an absolute gem of 70s archive film. The story starts out with a narrated intro from legendary […]
The poignant themes of choice and the closet bookend the 30th BFI Flare; Fallon Gold wonders what she might do if she was a football star in the making or a 70s feminist in the face of the pressures of fame, family and love. BFI Flare 2016’s opening night premiere is Ben A Williams’ The […]
Loverboy’s Fallon Gold is just a lil bit smitten with the sublime Brontez Purnell… Brontez Purnell is everything. That’s not an exaggeration. Loverboy adore him and his uber-super-multi-talented wonderfulness. Back in the day Loverboy spoke to Bronny for The Back Building and since then this wonderful man has had his fingers in more pies than […]
It’s difficult to write about Freeheld without giving away any spoilers. You may already know the real life story of New Jersey police officer Laurel Hester and her partner Stacie Andree, you might have caught the 2007 documentary about them by Cynthia Wade. Or you may know something about this much anticipated film because it […]
