Reality and fantasy blur for two isolated suburban teens who bond over a mysterious, Buffy-esque 1990s TV show in trans director Jane Schoenbrun’s fantastically inventive second feature.
BFI Flare 2024 preview for Sight & Sound
BFI Flare 2024 includes two powerful features about trans experiences of family life, Close To You and Crossing.
All of Us Strangers review for Sight & Sound
Andrew Haigh’s deeply affecting, time-slipping feature centres on a middle-aged gay writer grappling with the profound consequences of grief and structural homophobia.
Passages review for Sight & Sound
Ira Sachs’s drama, starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopolous, explores three characters’ jostling wants and needs
Lie With Me review for Sight & Sound
BFI Flare 2023 preview for Sight & Sound
London’s celebration of queer cinema includes a tribute to the pioneering British director of 1978’s Nighthawks.
Tropical Malady article for Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time issue 2023
An introduction to a captivating work that defies straightforward understanding, and suggests understanding may be overrated.
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 3 – complete round-up)
A round-up of all my reviews of cabaret and LGBTQ+ shows from this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 2 – queer round-up)
A round-up of four terrific queer shows – Wilf, Delicious Fruit, Grandmother’s Closet and No Place Like Home – plus a nod to the sensational Ode to Joy (or How Gordon Got to Go to the Nasty Pig Party)
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Scotsman reviews (part 1)
My first batch of reviews from this year’s Fringe, including Mat Ricardo, ALOK, Reuben Kaye, Sarah-Louise Young, Sooz Kempner, Michael Trauffer and more.
