by Cheyenne Bunsie We don’t want Zoom films. Already a year into staring dead-eyed into the camera and letting the fifth ‘100% necessary’ meeting of the day wash over us. We know that having our camera on is about being ‘sociable’ in these deeply isolating times. That it’s only polite to let coworkers comment on our decor and discover what our hair looks like when … Continue reading Language Lessons – SXSW 2021 Review
by Jordan King To call The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson a passion project for Indigenous Australian multi-hyphenate Leah Purcell would be an understatement. Having been struck by the stoic protagonist of Henry Lawson’s late-19th century short story The Drover’s Wife, an unnamed mother defending her children from a predatory snake whilst her ‘careless’ husband droves sheep, Purcell liberated her from Lawson’s work, … Continue reading The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson – SXSW 2021 Review
by Jordan King In 2014, a box was found in a Los Angeles storage unit. It was filled with hundreds of letters addressed to elusive American radio host Reno Martin. As it transpires, Martin was the confidante of choice for many gay men, drag queens, female illusionists, and femme mimics back in the 1950s and 1960s, a period in time where gay history is predominantly … Continue reading P.S. Burn This Letter Please – BFI Flare 2021 Review
by Nathan Osborne A bold and bracing effort, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson tackles race, homosexuality and a time loop in this timely but messy debut from Ali LeRoi. The titular Tunde Johnson is a tragic victim of police brutality, but immediately awakens after death to find himself trapped in a terrifying time loop that forces him to confront painful home truths. Serving as the … Continue reading The Obituary of Tunde Johnson – BFI Flare 2021 Review
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