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.
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
Derek Jarman exhibition preview for Sight & Sound
Two retrospective shows in Manchester and Southampton reveal the urgent timeliness of Jarman’s politics, art and life to Britain today.
December 2020 update
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 […]
Unorthodox review for Sight & Sound
The Netflix series about a young Hassidic woman who breaks with her community asks who and what human lives are for.
Tiger King vs Crip Camp: worlds apart
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?
