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FROM INDIE QUEER CINEMA TO THE HOLLYWOOD MAINSTREAM, THE PINK LENS PUTS THE DEPICTION OF LGBT+ PEOPLE IN CINEMA IN THE UK UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
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Tim Turner
Feb 27, 20195 min read
The rise and rise of Félix Maritaud
(Félix Maritaud in Sauvage) In the space of two years, French actor Félix Maritaud has become one of the most sought-after actors in...
Ben Turner
Feb 20, 20194 min read
BOYS ON FILM 19: NO ORDINARY BOY - Short Film Collection
Peccadillo Pictures have assembled their latest collection of gay-themed short films, with this their nineteenth instalment in their Boys...
Ben Turner
Feb 20, 20193 min read
Sauvage *****
Starring: Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel Director: Camille Vidal-Nacquet Country: France From Mysterious...
Ben Turner
Feb 18, 20193 min read
Green Book ****
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini Director: Peter Farrelly Country: USA In all Queer Cinema’s push for the...
Ben Turner
Feb 15, 20192 min read
Seventeen ***
Starring: Elisabeth Wabitsch, Anaelle Dezsy, Alexandra Schmidt, Alexander Wychodil Director: Monja Art UK: Austria LGBT teen...
Ben Turner
Feb 12, 20194 min read
Boy Erased *****
Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan Director: Joel Edgerton Country: USA Gay...
Ben Turner
Feb 9, 20193 min read
Can You Ever Forgive Me? ****
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells Director: Marielle Heller Country: USA In 2019, the focus for mainstream...
Ben Turner
Feb 4, 20192 min read
He Loves Me *
Starring: Hermes Pittakos, Sanuye Shotoka, Thanos Lekkas Director: Konstantinos Menelaou Country: Greece There’s no doubt that Derek...
Ben Turner
Feb 2, 20193 min read
Velvet Buzzsaw ***
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Colette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen, John...
Ben Turner
Jan 24, 20193 min read
Mary, Queen Of Scots ****
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Guy Pearce, David Tennant, James McArdle Director: Josie Rourke ...
Ben Turner
Jan 18, 20192 min read
Nina ***
Starring: Julia Kijowska, Eliza Rycembel, Andrjez Konopka Director: Olja Chajdas Country: Poland “I fell in love with my surrogate...
Ben Turner
Jan 9, 20193 min read
The Favourite *****
Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Country: UK ...
Ben Turner
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Ideal Home ****
Starring: Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, Jack Gore, Alison Pill, Jake McDorman Director: Andrew Fleming Country: USA Premiering on Netflix...
Ben Turner
Jan 4, 20193 min read
My Best Friend ****
Starring: Angelo Mutti Spinelli, Lautaro Rodriguez, Guillermo Pfening, Mariana Anghileri Director: Martin Dues Country: Argentina At...
Ben Turner
Dec 20, 20183 min read
Colette ***
Starring: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Eleanor Tomlinson Director: Wash Westmoreland Country: UK Colette...
Ben Turner
Dec 14, 20183 min read
Lizzie **
Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, Jamey Sheridan Director: Craig William Macneil Country:...
Ben Turner
Dec 12, 20183 min read
1985 ****
Starring: Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madson, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, Jamie Chung, Ryan Piers Williams Director: Yen Tan...
Ben Turner
Dec 2, 20183 min read
Cola De Mono **
Starring: Santiago Rodríguez-Costabal, Cristobál Rodríguez-Costabal, Carmina Riego, Diego Nawrath Director: Alberto Fuguet Country: Chile...
Ben Turner
Nov 28, 20185 min read
The Girl In The Spider's Web ***
Starring: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, LaKeith Stanfield, Vicky Krieps Director: Fede Álvarez Country:...
Ben Turner
Nov 25, 20183 min read
Disobedience ****
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola Director: Sebastian Lelio Country: UK In 2009, Israeli film Eyes Wide Open...
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