Hello. I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well in the continuing weirdness. Here’s a round-up of a few things I’ve been up to that might be of interest. Something for the weekend: This Is Not a Dream streaming online Back in 2011, Gavin Butt and I made a feature […]
The Netflix series about a young Hassidic woman who breaks with her community asks who and what human lives are for.
Two Netflix documentaries offer contrasting visions of worlds beyond the mainstream, set up by outsiders on their own terms. What can they teach us about life after the pandemic?
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including responses to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Duckie latest and coverage of BFI Flare’s Five Films for Freedom and Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals.
A review of this year’s shorts selection – co-produced by BFI Flare and the British Council to be viewed online around the world – in the context of the festival’s cancellation because of coronavirus.
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including another Dr Duckie talk, articles about queer film and a contribution to an exhibition on reclaiming urban space.
On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a quiet rebirth that finds hope in the kindness of strangeness.
A review of And Then We Danced, Levan Akin’s intense, moving drama set in the world of Georgian traditional dance.
Info about my recent and upcoming activity including an article about Derek Jarman’s cottage; How to Build a Hope Machine (the Dr Duckie live event); and talks on queer space/queer fun.
