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.
Martyr review for Sight & Sound
A waterfront in Beirut is a place for escape and langurous pleasure in Mazen Khaled’s sensual exploration of male corporeality, both in life and in death
March 2020 update
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 for Sight & Sound
On the ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a quiet rebirth that finds hope in the kindness of strangeness.
Review of And Then We Danced for Sight & Sound
A review of And Then We Danced, Levan Akin’s intense, moving drama set in the world of Georgian traditional dance.
February 2020 update
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.
Sorry Angel review for Sight & Sound
Gay identity, queer family, laughter and grief play out in Christophe Honoré’s semi-autobiographical feature set in 1990s Paris.
Coen brothers interview for Sight & Sound
A conversation with Joel and Ethan Coen about The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, industrial upheaval, representation in genre and the death of the squib.
