Interview with Oliver Hermanus about Moffie for Sight & Sound

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The South African director talks about male sexual stigma and fear in a paranoid nation.

April 2020 update

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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.

BFI Flare Five Films for Freedom 2020 round-up for Sight & Sound

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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.

March 2020 update

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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

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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

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A review of And Then We Danced, Levan Akin’s intense, moving drama set in the world of Georgian traditional dance.

February 2020 update

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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.

BFI Flare 2019 round-up (and 2018 podcast)

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Thinking about challenges and opportunities to do with personal identity, collective action and uses of the past at this year’s London LGBTQ+ Film Festival (plus a link to podcast about the 2018 fest).

Sorry Angel review for Sight & Sound

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Gay identity, queer family, laughter and grief play out in Christophe Honoré’s semi-autobiographical feature set in 1990s Paris.

Guardian article on the return of the Dude

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Jeff Bridges trailed the return of his character from The Big Lebowski ahead of this year’s Superbowl. It’s like Lenin said…