BFI Flare 2024 preview for Sight & Sound

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BFI Flare 2024 includes two powerful features about trans experiences of family life, Close To You and Crossing.

All of Us Strangers review for Sight & Sound

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Andrew Haigh’s deeply affecting, time-slipping feature centres on a middle-aged gay writer grappling with the profound consequences of grief and structural homophobia.

Passages review for Sight & Sound

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Ira Sachs’s drama, starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopolous, explores three characters’ jostling wants and needs

Lie With Me review for Sight & Sound

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Olivier Peyon’s film explores the consequences of a teenage romance 35 years later.

BFI Flare 2023 preview for Sight & Sound

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London’s celebration of queer cinema includes a tribute to the pioneering British director of 1978’s Nighthawks.

Tropical Malady article for Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time issue 2023

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An introduction to a captivating work that defies straightforward understanding, and suggests understanding may be overrated.

Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 3 – complete round-up)

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A round-up of all my reviews of cabaret and LGBTQ+ shows from this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 2 – queer round-up)

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A round-up of four terrific queer shows – Wilf, Delicious Fruit, Grandmother’s Closet and No Place Like Home – plus a nod to the sensational Ode to Joy (or How Gordon Got to Go to the Nasty Pig Party)

Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 1)

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My first batch of reviews from this year’s Fringe, including Mat Ricardo, ALOK, Reuben Kaye, Sarah-Louise Young, Sooz Kempner, Michael Trauffer and more.

Maisie review for Sight & Sound

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Lee Cooper’s documentary about the UK’s oldest performing drag artiste includes compelling fly-on-the-wall material and potent performance footage.