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A star is transitioned | The magnificent ascendance and significance of Jordan Gray

A star is transitioned | The magnificent ascendance and significance of Jordan Gray

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Jordan Gray is a star in near-vertical ascent, and she’s bringing all of us with her"

<em>X</em> | A Q&A with Davey Davis on their futuristic New York queer noir

X | A Q&A with Davey Davis on their futuristic New York queer noir

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Sexual perversion is so ingrained in the history of 20th-century queerness that it's the rule, not the exception"

Red carpets and undiscovered gems

Red carpets and undiscovered gems

by Karen Krizanovich

"Where else can I savour the choices of often esoteric programmers whose idea of a great film is a far cry from mine?"

The best books of 2021

The best books of 2021

by Neil D.A. Stewart

In a year defined by a sense of stultification, existential dread and a slender grip on sanity, there were some remarkable works of art

Great white ways | Karen Krizanovich reviews <em>The Shark is Broken</em>

Great white ways | Karen Krizanovich reviews The Shark is Broken

by Karen Krizanovich

"In the programme, there are many lovely photos but one especially captures that time - him peeking under the covering of one shark, his father at the its head"

Wes (Not Was) | <em>The French Dispatch</em>

Wes (Not Was) | The French Dispatch

by Derek Guthrie

"Who needs Ingmar Bergman, Fellini, Tarkovsky or Godard when there's a bright Texan rebel lurking around the arthouses?"

Yes, this time we do expect you to die Mr Bond

Yes, this time we do expect you to die Mr Bond

by Derek Guthrie

"First the good news. It's good. The bad news? It's nearly two and a half hours long. Take sandwiches"

Rasherman | Review: Nicolas Cage in <em>Pig</em>

Rasherman | Review: Nicolas Cage in Pig

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"Pig is mythic, macho and very serious about what it wants to say. But what does it want to say?"

Why I’ve got a problem with <em>Promising Young Woman</em>

Why I’ve got a problem with Promising Young Woman

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"It looks like a classic teen comedy – all California pop colours and Charli XCX – but it’s a genre movie of a darker kind: rape revenge"

“Bring out your dead!” | Review: <em>Tales from the Colony Room</em> by Darren Coffield

“Bring out your dead!” | Review: Tales from the Colony Room by Darren Coffield

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Todays conservative Millennials and Gen Z readers will view all this as if it’s a TikTok from another, more prurient planet, and recoil"