SFF 2023 REVIEW: Sunflower
Set in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, this film acts as an enticing representation and characterisation of coming out in a society where homophobia has become socialised.
SFF 2023 REVIEW: Blue Jean
Oakley’s directing is subtle and effective, with clever use of sound and lighting to contrast the two major settings at Jean’s school and the nightclub, which are the symbolic fronts of the heteronormative and queer environments that she arbitrates between.
La Marais: Breakfast at the Yiddish boulangerie, thrifting, a gay nightclub, and a shower strip-tease
The Marais has much more to it and reveals itself as accommodating to a reformulated idea of Paris’ inhabitants.
Disco Sucks!
In times of hopelessness and despair, the glittering beats of disco never seem too far behind.