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London Film Festival 2025 – She’s The He ★★★★★

Alex Gilston — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:07:29 +0000

Released: TBC (London Film Festival) Director: Siobhan McCarthy Starring: Nico Carney, Suzanne Cryer, Misha Osherovich Although the BFI has its dedicated festival for queer cinema in ‘Flare’, it’s always great when their flagship festival LFF has some LGBTQIA+ inclusions. With Pillion, The History of Sound, Christy and 100 Nights of Hero bagging an elusive gala […]

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Interview With Director Sophie Dupuis/Actor Felix Maritaud (Solo)

Gavin Spoors — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:40:51 +0000

It’s been a long journey for queer drama Solo. Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2023, UK audiences can finally see the French-Canadian feature in cinemas later this week (19 Sep). It follows a young drag queen, Simon (Theodore Pellerin), who enters a complicated relationship with new boy on the block, Oliver […]

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Manchester LGBTQ+ Film/TV Festival SCENE Confirms 2025 Line-Up

Darryl Griffiths — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:59:59 +0000

After a hugely successful first year. Ahead of Manchester Pride, SCENE Festival is ready to take over the city once more this August, with another iconic line-up highlighting the very best in queer cinema and TV. Spread across seven days (Friday 15th to Thursday 21 August) with venues such as HOME, Aviva Studios and Cultplex […]

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Interview With Director Darren Thornton/Co-Writer Colin Thornton (Four Mothers)

Darryl Griffiths — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 02:27:27 +0000

Happily declaring it a ‘wonderfully warm hug’ in my official review. Ahead of Four Mothers’ UK release on Friday 4th April. There was no case of the Monday (31th March) blues here, as I hopped on what proved to be a rather lovely Zoom call with the film’s director Darren Thornton and co-writer Colin Thornton. […]

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BFI Flare 2025 – The Wedding Banquet ★★★★★

Katie Smith-Wong — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 03:16:57 +0000

Released: TBC (UK)/BFI Flare 2025 Director: Andrew Ahn Starring: Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Lily Gladstone Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and now gracing BFI Flare. The Wedding Banquet is a remake of Ang Lee’s Academy Award-nominated romantic comedy directed by Fire Island director Andrew Ahn and co-written by James Schamus, […]

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BFI Flare 2025 – Interview With Director Anaiis Cisco (Drip Like Coffee)

Ellis Lamai — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:14:31 +0000

While watching Drip Like Coffee, there was a real instinct for place when it came to character but also the New York urban jungle which holds as home to the emotional entanglements that play out across the course of the film as an instinctual romance rises in two Brooklyn baristas, Kali and Mel, leading them […]

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Iris Prize Celebrates ‘Teth’ As First Welsh Language Film At 2025 BFI Flare

Darryl Griffiths — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:25:41 +0000

The organisers of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation are thrilled to congratulate Leo Drayton and Peter Darney, the writer and director of the game changing short film Teth, which will screen at this year’s BFI Flare, following its world premiere in Cardiff last October. This will be the […]

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