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Holding hands in public; on gay shame in the age of pride

2nd July 20197th July 2019Aaron Cawood

As a queer person in 2019, it’s important to know your privilege. We live in a country with hugely progressive laws on same-sex relationships, and the demonstrations that were once riots for our ancestors are now parades for us. In the July 2017 National LGBT Survey, more than 50% of respondents reported feel comfortable with […]

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Are the Oscars becoming irrelevant?

5th February 20125th February 2012Ross Jones-Morris

Well no, since you asked. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t deeply flawed. The Oscars are the high watermark of film recognition. The red carpet trampling, lovvie love-a-thon that is the motion picture awards season starts in earnest with the Golden Globes in early January and extravagantly culminates every year in late February with the […]

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Shame: It’d be a shame to miss it

15th January 20121st January 2013Gioia Forster

Breaking all taboos, director Steve McQueen’s film Shame offers a harrowing and powerful glimpse into the life of a sex addict. Brandon, played by a brilliant Michael Fassbender, leads an outwardly successful and stable life in New York City, while inwardly his isolated, numb existence is perpetuated by a cyclical ritual of porn and prostitutes. […]

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The MPAA will watch rape all day long but for God’s sake don’t show them your penis

3rd November 201121st June 2012Rebecca Gillie

Ross Jones-Morris on why the MPAA need to get their priorities straight.

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