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Sometimes the pilot episode of a TV show is so heartbreaking and impactful that the rest of the show spends all its time trying to catch up. The new Apple TV+ drama Dear Edward is one of those shows. Based on the novel by Ann Napolitano and adapted by Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), Dear Edward’s opening episode is likely to haunt you for days. But the sheer power of this opening episode also creates a problem; how do you maintain the dramatic impact for a further nine episodes? Here, Katims drama occasionally stumbles as it navigates a web of interconnecting stories. But any stumbles are
Peccadillo Pictures are delighted to present a trio of thought-provoking, life-affirming dramas about LGBTQ+ lives worldwide. All the new releases featured will be available on DVD and on-demand via PeccadilloPOD, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player. Concerned Citizen (Israel, 2022) In this wickedly funny satire, liberal
Women Talking arrives in UK cinemas on 10th February 2023. Women Talking asks a question I have been asking myself for a while now – “How do we get out of this room?” What should we, as women, do about the endemic culture of rape, sexual abuse and sexual harassment that
Classics: Turbulent Teens – ten unmissable movies exploring the volatility, confusion and anger of adolescence. In 2009 Xavier Dolan burst onto the scene as one of the most exciting young writers and directors of a generation with I Killed My Mother. Dolan would explore the anger, frustration and hurt of
Blue Jean arrives in UK cinemas on February 24th 2023. Jean has plenty of reasons to be blue. Although she loves her job as a PE teacher in a Tyneside secondary school, every day is a test of her nerves. It’s 1988, and neither her colleagues nor her students know
Boys in the Trees is available to rent, buy or stream. What is the meaning of Halloween? It’s a simple question, but the answer is complex. Over the years, the roots of Halloween have morphed into the trick-or-treat, pumpkin-carving candy-fest we have all come to know. But this ancient celebration
BBC Three and Euston Films have announced today that this year’s quacking comedy slasher, Wreck, will return for a second series. After the dramatic events on The Sacramentum cruise liner, the Valorum corporation is out for blood – hunting down the gang who overthrew the ship. Jamie and Vivian have so
The Haunting is available to rent, buy or stream. As we near Halloween and the end of the spooky season, there is no better recommendation I can make than a classic haunted house tale. Based on Shirley Jackson’s acclaimed 1959 gothic horror The Haunting of Hill House, Robert Wise’s film, simply titled The
Bones and All arrives in cinemas on November 25th. Bones And All may well hold moments of gutwrenching horror, but at its core, it is a coming-of-age road trip romance that transforms the cannibal horror into something new. Based on the young adult bestseller by Camille DeAngelis, the macabre themes
Chucky: Season One is available to rent, buy or stream. Anyone following the career of Don Mancini, David Kirschner, Brad Dourif and their four-foot killer doll, Chucky, will know that queer identity and diversity thread through their seven-movie series. However, many of us wondered where the pint-sized nutter could take
Death Drop Gorgeous is available to rent, buy and stream. Directed by Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, and Brandon Perras, Death Drop Gorgeous is a proudly queer, spit-and-sawdust indie comedy-horror and an instant queer cult classic. Its homemade charm reflects the energy, volatility, humour and anarchy of the gay scene
My Policeman arrives in selected cinemas on October 21 and Prime Video on November 4. Based on the novel by Bethan Roberts, Michael Grandage’s adaptation of My Policeman is a mixed bag of visual beauty and dramatic disappointment. While there is a lot to love in its visual splendour, My
Bros arrives in UK cinemas on October 28. We need more comedy on the big screen in our world of turmoil and sadness, yet comedies receiving a theatrical release have remained rare over the past two years. Thankfully Billy Eichner and co-writer/director Nicholas Stoller’s gay romantic comedy is here to
The Dependent Variables (2022). Director: Lorenzo Tardella. Italy. Memories of our first crush at school or our first kiss burn themselves into our minds as the world of sex and love opens up before us. But these experiences are also confusing, scary and uncertain, especially for lesbian, gay and bisexual
Read more about North Star by visiting the official website. Sometimes a film comes along that is so beautiful, so perfect, and so intuitive and intricate that thirty minutes are all it needs to sweep you away. North Star, directed by P.J. Palmer, is one of those films. Palmer’s film
My Policeman Opens in Theaters on October 21, 2022. Read our full review of My Policeman Prime Video has dropped the eagerly awaited trailer and poster for My Policeman, set to receive its European premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. In a story of forbidden love and changing social
The Aussie Boys is available now on Amazon Prime, Peccadillo Pod and Vimeo On Demand. NQV Media’s ‘Boys’ series is back, as we take a trip Down Under with The Aussie Boys. In seven short films, we explore themes of trust, love, survival, emerging sexuality, loss and reconciliation as we
Frightfest presents Living with Chucky. In 2020, the daughter of Chucky puppeteer Tony Gardner, Kyra Elise Gardner, released a short Florida State University film exploring the Chucky family (see above). This short would bring together the filmmakers, writers, puppeteers, actors and producers who have dedicated thirty years to a psycho
FrightFest presents Swallowed. What would you do for money? It’s a direct question, but one most of us have toyed with at some point in our lives. Sometimes this thought process is nothing more than a quizzical consideration. But, sometimes, it’s rooted in what we need – an escape, career
Wreck is coming soon to BBC Three and iPlayer. BBC Three has a long and impressive history of commissioning exciting new writers, artists and directors, especially in horror and comedy. Three’s envious back catalogue includes classics like The Fades, In the Flesh, Being Human, Killing Eve and the recently released
So Vam is playing now on Shudder. We have always been passionate supporters of new talent here at Cinerama Film, and Alice Maio Mackay is undoubtedly someone to watch. So Vam is Alice Maio Mackay’s feature debut following a string of short films, but even more impressive is that she co-wrote,
Anaïs in Love is released in cinemas nationwide on August 19th. Sometimes ten minutes is all it takes to paint a vivid portrait of the lead character in any film, and Anaïs in Love is a perfect example of this. Writer/Director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet wastes no time introducing us to the
Aids: The Unheard Tapes is now available on BBC iPlayer The year is 1982, and a man has just collapsed on the dance floor at the famous Heaven nightclub near London’s Embankment Station. That man is Terrence Higgins, a well-respected barman and DJ who brought the sounds of New York to
Donna arrives in cinemas and on digital July 15th. Donna Personna was 59 when she embraced who she was born to be. At 60, she made her stage debut at the iconic San Francisco club, Aunt Charlie’s, and at 73, she brought us the stage play of the San Francisco
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is available now on Criterion Collection blu-ray. Hedwig has had a tough life, from growing up gay in East Berlin to sleeping in his mother’s oven. But, despite this challenging start, Hedwig has become a force of nature, a singer/songwriter whose band, The Angry Inch,
Three Months is available to stream now on Paramount +. Three months can feel like a long time when you are eighteen, and everything around you is changing. But it can feel even longer when it’s your last summer before college, and you are waiting for an HIV test result
Potato Dreams of America is available on special edition Blu-Ray in the United States from 28th June and arrives on DVD in the United Kingdom on 22nd August. “There’s always been this dark cloud that follows me around wherever I go.” “That’s not a cloud, mum; that’s grandma!” Sometimes a
Uncle Frank is available to stream now on Prime Video. Coming out journeys are different for every individual, with the experience wrapped in the acceptance and inclusion or isolation and oppression of the family and community. Here the barriers to self-actualisation are baked in from a young age as we
Everything Went Fine is showing in cinemas nationwide from June 17th. From the moment we are born, there are few certainties in life, but death is one we all share. For many of us, our first experience of death comes through the loss of a pet or the devastating departure
Love, Victor Season Three premieres on Disney + Wednesday 15th June. SPOILER-FREE All good things must eventually end, and I think we can all agree that Love, Victor, has been a great series. In its first two seasons, Love, Victor challenged stereotypes, explored intersectionality and dived into a series of
A Sexplanation is now available to rent or buy. Let’s talk about sex; after all, we don’t talk about it enough, do we? How you answer this question may depend on how comfortable you feel with your body, sexual identity and desires. After all, while many people are happy to
The Male Gaze: Fleeting Glances is available to rent or buy now on Amazon, Peccadillo Pod and Vimeo. Our lives are full of random moments, meetings and connections that shape our worldview, hopes, destiny and desires. Sometimes these moments are painful, sharp and life-changing, and sometimes they are sweet, joyous
Read our ★★★★★ Swan Song review here. Swan Song arrives in UK cinemas on June 10th. It’s hard to believe that Todd Stephens’ semi-autobiographical movie Edge of Seventeen was released twenty-four years ago or that Gypsy 83, the second film in his Ohio trilogy, is twenty-one years old. Swan Song sees Todd Stephens
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