Iris Prize 2018 – shortlist announced
❉ 35 short films compete for Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize – see them all in Cardiff 9 – 14 October 2018.
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‘Derek Jarman Volume One: 1972-1986’ Blu-Ray reviewed
❉ Derek Jarman’s enduring legacy is celebrated in this lavish box set, containing his first six features alongside an exciting array of new and archival extras.
‘Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film’
❉ DVD release on 26 March 2018. Soundtrack by John Grant, Goldfrapp and Hercules & Love Affair.
‘Boys on Film 17: Love is the Drug’ reviewed
❉ Love Is The Drug is the latest compilation of gay short films from Peccadillo.
‘B&B – A Joe Ahearne Film’ reviewed
❉ If the Bates motel is fully booked, then this is the guest house for you.
Cult Icon: Peter Straker
❉ We never hear about Peter Straker. Perhaps it’s time we should.
Cult Q & A: Paul Burston
❉ Author of The Black Path and host of award-winning LGBT salon Polari.
Queering the TARDIS: LGB Characters in Classic Who
❉ Because it wasn’t NuWho who invented homosexuality.
Joe Dallesandro, Superstar
❉ An appreciation of the underground star who “forever changed male sexuality on screen”, who turned 68 on December 31, 2016.
Peccadillo Pictures’ ‘Theo & Hugo’ reviewed
❉ Nick Campbell praises a strikingly modern nocturnal romance. But does he believe in love at first sight?