There are, generally speaking, three types of films representative of queer relationships: those that pretend queerness is inherently asexual, those that oversexualise it and those that actually do a fairly good job of representing a range of sexualities and are widely embraced by the LGBTQ+ community. The veiled queerness is an old, old trope. It…
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Pornography: art or not?
Pornography: it’s a presentation of sex most people will have come across at some point. The question is how this presentation differs from the wide array of sexual material found in popular culture – in particular, film. When films like Blue Is the Warmest Colour depict sex scenes that wouldn’t look out of place on…
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LGBT+ History Month: Venue’s viewing list
Venue writers have created a film list of some of the highlights of the past and present moments in gay rights. Cabaret (1972): “The diaries of Christopher Isherwood are like a polished silver cigarette case – beneath all that glitter and shine, there were some cancerous lines that could really kill. But God, did they…
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