Review. Dirty Dancing at the Dominion Theatre, London.
We could all benefit from a couple of hours away from the news, and the good news is that Dirty Dancing delivers escapism in spades.
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Change The Game by Claire Littley: an alluring combo of chillout and funk.
In Change The Game, the follow-up to Moving Too Fast, Claire Littley is sending a message to all of us who feel we don’t quite fit in.
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There ain’t nothing like a Dame. Steven Smith reviews Aladdin.
Simon Bashford and Nicole Faraday dazzle in a kookie rehash of pantomime-season favourite Aladdin at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill.
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Review. A queer-themed Christmas film that breaks the mould.
It is a tribute to Onyx Keesha and B Danielle Watkins that they have created Christmas film that tells a story that has never before been told.
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Cicada: a tough but optimistic tale of overcoming childhood trauma.
Cicada, Matthew Fifer’s directorial debut, is a semi-autobiographical, multi-layered tale of the long-reaching effects of childhood trauma.
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Minyan: a nuanced 80’s-set tale of otherness and self-discovery.
Minyan is a story of otherness: of immigrants, Jews and homosexuals — people who, back in 80’s New York often appeared to be on the outside looking in.
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Review. Lola and the Sea, an emotional trans-themed road movie.
Ever since American pioneers hitched horses to wagons and headed for new possibilities in 1930’s westerns, perhaps most notably in John Ford’s Stagecoach, the road movie has become one of cinema’s most enduring genres. With an honourable mention to Australia (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), they tend to work best in […]
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West North West, a poignant tale of love and friendship in modern Japan.
Welcome to the world of West North West, where Kei and her girlfriend Ai (are about to take their first big step in life: moving in together.
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First night. Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Criterion Theatre, London.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Steven Smith has missed the theatre so we sent him along to the first night of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of).
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Sweetheart review. Love and laughter in this likeable lesbian romcom.
Meet AJ, 17, as she shrugs and grunts her way through the opening scenes of Sweetheart, a cute lesbian coming-of-age tale.
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