In celebration of this year’s 30th BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, the British Film Institute have released a list of the top 30 LGBT films of all time, taking votes from 100 film experts to compile the list. At the top is Carol, which I will be watching for the first time next weekend and discussing in the mainstream Queer Cinema section of this blog shortly thereafter. I will also post some further reviews of the films and documentaries I plan to see as part of BFI Flare, if I make it through the entirety of the terrifying looking Sisters of the Plague without having to go for a stiff drink...
Coming in at number 10 on the BFI list is My Own Private Idaho and it seems as good a time as any to revisit and review the 1991 Gus Van Sant classic, together with a brief discussion of its place and importance in relation to New Queer Cinema more broadly. As ever, the review will contain spoilers.
Coming in at number 10 on the BFI list is My Own Private Idaho and it seems as good a time as any to revisit and review the 1991 Gus Van Sant classic, together with a brief discussion of its place and importance in relation to New Queer Cinema more broadly. As ever, the review will contain spoilers.