The Dirty Dozen
Hm, the January blues. It’s enough to make you want to curl up inside a darkened room. Which is fortunate, as there were so many great films in 2011, there’s a lot of catching up to do. Most shamefully, I missed out on Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and perhaps most painfully, Gianni Di Gregorio’s follow-up [...]
Entries Tagged as 'LLGFF'
Eleven in 2011
January 5th, 2012 No Comments
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Film Festival: 25th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2011
April 9th, 2011 No Comments
Featuring road movies, rent boys and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell rules, London’s 25th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival explores gay identity on the run.
Sex On A (Small) Plate by Mark Wilshin
What a shame that the 25th anniversary of London’s Lesbian & Gay Film Festival should be neutered by austerity cuts down to a meagre six [...]
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Film Review: Eyes Wide Open (2009)
May 6th, 2010 1 Comment
Eyes Wide Open
Forbidden desire in Jerusalem’s orthodox community, the love affair between two Haredi Jews raises eyebrows in Haim Tabakman’s Eyes Wide Open. And razes the temple.
Reb Road by Mark Wilshin
CAUTION: Here be spoilers.
Eyes Wide Open begins with orthodox Jew Aaron breaking into his deceased father’s butcher’s shop with a stone. It’s a brutal but fragile [...]
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Film Review: Donne Moi La Main (2008)
April 13th, 2010 No Comments
Donne Moi La Main
Exploring the entangled intimacy of twins, Pascal-Alex Vincent’s Donne Moi La Main is a road trip with a difference. But it’s no straight story.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou? by Mark Wilshin
CAUTION: Here be spoilers.
You have to love this film. If for no other reason than for bringing Colette Magny’s 1963 hit chanson Melocoton to [...]
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Festival: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2010
April 7th, 2010 No Comments
From forbidden love to lovesick confusion, London’s 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival explores the boundaries of love, sexuality and gender. It’s a fine bromance!
CAUTION: Here be spoilers.
Waving, Not Drowning by Mark Wilshin
With its fabulously glittery pink poster and rainbow’s ark of animals, London’s 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is out and proud. And it’s nice for [...]
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Film Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Film Review: Patience (After Sebald) (2012)
Film Review: The Nine Muses (2010)
Film Review: Shame (2011)
Eleven in 2011
Film Review: Mysteries Of Lisbon / Mistérios de Lisboa (2010)
Film Review: The Artist / L'Artiste (2011)
Film Review: Las Acacias (2011)
Film Review: We Have A Pope / Habemus Papam (2011)
Film Review: Take Shelter (2011)