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Queer Cinema

A new documentary tells the story of lesbians on screen

by Katie Goh

Dykes, Cam­era, Action! fea­tures first-hand accounts from Bar­bara Ham­mer and Desiree Akhavan.
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Queer Cinema

This Arab filmmaker is secretly screening his LGBTQ+ films in the Middle East

by Salma Haidrani

Sam Abbas hopes his debut fea­ture The Wed­ding will ush­er in a new era of queer cin­e­ma in the region.
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Festivals

The queer first love story set in Spain’s Roma community

by Sophie Willard

In Car­men and Lola, a young cou­ple chal­lenge the patri­ar­chal and het­ero­nor­ma­tive atti­tudes of society.
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Queer Cinema

Why the gay conversion therapy drama is having a moment

by Jonathan Mahon-Heap

The Mise­d­u­ca­tion of Cameron Post and Boy Erased find dif­fer­ent ways to con­front this harm­ful practice.
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Queer Cinema

There’s a new type of queerbaiting in empty promises

by Chloe Smith

Is Don­ald Glover’s Lan­do Cal­riss­ian the lat­est attempt to deny LGBT audi­ences tan­gi­ble representation?
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Festivals

Look out for this subtle and furious study of queer loneliness

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A teen fights for his soul in Brazil­ian char­ac­ter study Hard Paint, which screened at this year’s BFI Flare.
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Queer Cinema

Why Maurice remains one of the great queer romances

by Annie Jo Baker

James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s stun­ning 1987 love sto­ry prizes sen­su­al­i­ty over intellectualism.
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If You Like...

Nine queer coming-of-age films to watch before you see Love, Simon

by Barry Levitt

These inspir­ing LGBT-themed dra­mas are not to be missed.
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Queer Cinema

Inside the studio queering Vietnam’s film industry

by Jake Hall

The suc­cess of recent crowd-fund­ed projects such as Room­mate points to a grow­ing aware­ness of LGBTQ+ issues.
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Queer Cinema

How ‘Call Me by Your Name’ became a queer literary phenomenon

by Claire Biddles

Fans of André Aciman’s 2007 nov­el reflect on what makes it so special.