Tag: Queer
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by Ros Tibbs Pushing transgressive, Queer, anti-establishment and punk art into the filmic spotlight, legendary cult director John Waters proved his status as a culturally significant filmmaker when he kicked off the 1970s decade with 1970’s Multiple Maniacs, an independent black-comedy starring the director’s muses Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Edith Massey,…
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by Adam Page At the end of David Cronenberg’s Crash, James Ballard climbs down into the ditch where his wife Catherine lies bleeding in the wreckage of a car she has just driven off a motorway overpass on purpose. He cradles her, asks if she’s alright. She is. He says: “Maybe the next one, darling.”…
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by Amal Brepotra Situated amongst sleek apartment complexes within a subdued business district of Hackney, you’ll find the enlightening Finch Cafe – an easy to spot eatery and event space thanks to its behemoth yellow-birded mascot painted on the blue-soaked sign outside its doors. This is a place far beyond the standard hang-out spot most…
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By Adam Page I have spent enough time in dark places, both literal and metaphorical, to know that monsters have always been queer. I don’t mean in the reductive sense, or the cheap metaphorical way that is always trotted out at film school seminars. I mean queer in the original sense of the word: unsettling,…
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By Samuel Leary THE EVENT On January 27th, I was lucky enough to attend Dead Duck Film Club’s screening of Park Chan-Wook’s beloved modern classic, The Handmaiden (2016), at Savoy Cinema in Nottingham. Following their Dead Duck Cult Film Festival in November (for which I previously wrote an article ) and a screening of Let…
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by ‘K’ In 1955, a queer-coded thriller pierced the French cinema landscape, appearing in the horizon as a tower of layered anxieties and deceit. Tensions of different kinds vertically stack up like bricks: conspiratorial, romantic, psychosexual. Some anxieties boil over a dead body that can’t be found, and others burn between living bodies that never…
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By Marnah Lissiley On the 24th of November, I attended the Queer Horror Film Festival ‘Out for Blood’, a dedicated effort of horror cinema centered around the queer community and a DIY labour of love spanning the cities of Cambridge and Leeds. I was invited to attend this year’s Leeds Festival, at The Attic. Sam…
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This year, one of cinema’s greatest cult classics turned 30. Brighton based pop-up White Wall Cinema projects the new 4K release, prompting fascinating reflections on the film’s legacy, and enduring appeal.
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by Samuel Leary On November 1st, I had the pleasure of attending the Dead Duck Film Festival at Savoy Cinema in Nottingham. The festival was organised and hosted by Nottingham’s own Dead Duck Film Club, an incredible collective of amazing people with a passion for all things film. They have made quite the splash on…
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Transbians rejoice! Alice Maio Mackay returns with a witchy, lesbian romance, a treat for queer folk and horror fans alike!
