An interview with myself and fellow Black Cap Community campaigner Alex Green about ongoing efforts to reopen the iconic LGBTQ+ pub, club, cabaret and community space.
Observer feature on Duckie leaving the RVT
A personal piece introducing a round-up of producer, performer and punter memories of Duckie as the seminal queer club’s 27-year run at the RVT comes to a close.
Terence Davies interview for Sight & Sound
In a funny, surprising and deeply moving encounter, the filmmaker talks about love, hate, his new film Benediction and his favourite TV shows.
Everything Everywhere All At Once review for Sight & Sound
Michelle Yeoh channels multidimensional skills to grapple with her family’s exploding identities in this hyper-inventive, goofily radical pop fantasia.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review for Sight & Sound
Nicolas Cage stars as a fictionalised version of himself in a tongue-in-cheek caper that breaks on the rocks of self awareness.
The Dropout review for Sight & Sound
A series about med-tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes probes the magical thinking of transformative visions, confidence tricks and the American dream.
BFI Flare 2022 preview for Sight & Sound
London’s celebration of queer cinema returns to in-person screenings while keeping some of its online offering.
Great Freedom review for Sight & Sound
Sebastiane Meise’s film about gay incarceration in postwar Germany finds the value of holding and being held tight when it counts.
Minyan review for Sight & Sound
A portrait of Jewish and queer intergenerationality proposes collective agency as a version of hope.
Ellie and Abbie (and Abbie’s Dead Aunt) review for Sight & Sound
Monica Zanetti’s lesbian romance makes homophobia a historical issue, summoning a ghost of the queer past for high school advice.
