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The Best Queer Women in Horror Films

By: Jenni Holtz 24th Jun 202024th Jun 2020

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LGBTQ+ characters don’t often fare well in horror films. Typically, they are horrific monsters or killers, such as in the films Psycho (1960), Dressed to Kill (1980), and Silence of the Lambs (1991). Sometimes, though, lesbian, bisexual and/or queer women get to take the lead in horror, subverting negative stereotypes. The films below are a great start in watching horror films with queer characters that differ from the norm, paving the way for continued representation of queer women in horror.

The image is from the film Titan A.E. Two men, one blonde one brunette, float in a mechanic realm as if without gravity.

The Surprising Importance of ‘Titan A.E.’ (2000) 20 Years Later

By: Lee Millington 24th Jun 202022nd Jun 2020

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Titan A.E. is an often forgotten animation – and equally ignored is its important place in the medium’s history

The image is from the TV Show I May Destroy You? A woman stands in a high street late at night. She has pink hair..

The Colour Pink: Unpacking Millennial Femininity on Screen

By: Lydia Bunt 23rd Jun 202023rd Jun 2020

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As Arabella (Michaela Coel) sashays down the streets of London in new drama I May Destroy You, her bubble-gum-pink locks pop. Arabella’s eye-catching tresses are the latest in a series of pink hairdos cropping up in contemporary film and television. Think Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey) in the first series of Netflix’s Sex Education or Margot…

The Unflappable Genius of ‘Chicken Run (2000)’, 20 Years On

By: Michaela Barton 22nd Jun 202022nd Jun 2020

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Warning: A cluck load of chicken puns A chick-flick that has every viewer cracking up, Chicken Run (2000) is timeless, it’s heart-felt, it’s – undoubtedly – egg-cellent. Delighting children, adults and pensioners alike, this film is a classic and has earned its spot in history, thanks to the committed and talented team of filmmakers who…

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REVIEW: ‘Tommaso’ (2020) is a Vulnerable Portrait of Guilt and Humanity

By: Paige Kiser 22nd Jun 202020th Jun 2020

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When you spend much of your life on the brink of self-destruction, how do you build and sustain a life worth wanting? Director Abel Ferrara explores this concept and more in the deeply personal, self-reflective film Tommaso.

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Exploring The Queerness of The Greek Weird Wave

By: Daniel Nicholl 21st Jun 202020th Jun 2020

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A piece of media can act as a time capsule, often containing the reflections of current reality and acting as the author’s attempts at creating a cultural memory. This is the same for film waves, which often depict a cultural shift at that very moment. One of the most intriguing film movements of the last century is the Greek Weird Wave.

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PRIDE 2020: Sensationalised Lesbian Figures of a Distant Landscape in ‘The Killing of Sister George’ (1968)

By: Tilly Long 20th Jun 202020th Jun 2020

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Although the film may be viewed by some as inherently progressive by the very fact it’s plot centres around lesbians, Aldrich’s construction of them as absurdist figures should not be overlooked.

How Gus Van Sant’s ‘Psycho’ Remake (1998) Nearly Broke Hollywood

By: Robert Salusbury 19th Jun 202016th Jun 2020

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In 1998, Gus Van Sant angered the world with Psycho, his near-exact shot-for-shot remake that drove critics into a furious rage and tarred his name in Hollywood for many years. But is there more to this story than simply a car crash remake gone wrong?

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Top of the Docs #21 – Citizenfour (2014)

By: Joel Whitaker 18th Jun 202017th Jun 2020

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Since the Cold War and maybe even before, we have all been jokingly aware of the fact that our respective governments are, to some extent, watching us.