The best LGBTQ+ clubs and events in London.We have reached the point where our post-Christian elites, having safely enshrined the sexual revolution in law, can afford the luxury of occasionally admitting that their opponents were right. The 50 most essential LGBTQ+ films ever made. Tickets go on sale on Feb 22 to BFI members and Feb 24 to the general public. It’s really moving and like all the BFI Flare Expanded installations, it’s free to experience.’īFI Flare runs March 15-26. Rather than a museum of iconic moments in queer history like Stonewall, it’s about the individual stories that get lost along the way. It’s a virtual museum you walk into and you can touch different artefacts curated by queer people anything from a pair of wedding shoes to a teddy bear. ‘This is part of the free BFI Flare Expanded, four days of VR, XR and immersive work that runs from March 16 to 19. Book early to avoid disappointment!’ Photograph: LGBTQ+ VR Museum, 'Memorial to a Marriage’ by Patricia Cronin There are a few explicit, boundary-pushing films dealing with pornography and sex work this year, so it’s great to reclaim this lost porn masterpiece. It was shot by Néstor Almendros, who was the cinematographer on “Days of Heaven” and “Sophie’s Choice”, so it’s quite beautiful. ‘We’re showing this 1979 masterpiece of vintage gay porn in NFT1 on a Saturday afternoon and it’s going to be pretty wild. A film about intersex identities comes along once in a blue moon, so it’s great to have this incredibly rich and empathetic documentary at the festival.’ Photograph: BFI Flare Le Beau Mec ![]() ‘It’s about two South African intersex people and their lives in a world that exists as a binary – their friendship and solidarity, and how they carve out a space for themselves in a world that refuses to recognise intersex identities. He’s an inspiring figure.’ Photograph: BFI Flare Who I Am Not We’re hoping he’ll be at the festival, and it’ll be really exciting to have him. He’s a queer legend and this portrait of him and what he stands for is simultaneously hopeful and hopeless in making you wonder how anyone could not want to go along with him. ‘Malcolm Kenyatta is the first openly gay Black man to run for the US Senate and this documentary follows him through that election campaign. It’s got everything you could ever want – catchy hooks, big emotions and Michael Stipe.’ Photograph: BFI Flare Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn If you’re new to them and want to prepare for the screening, check out their self-titled second album. If you’re a fan, it’s a treasure trove, but I think young queer and lesbian audiences will really relate to them too. ‘This one is fresh from Sundance and it’s about The Indigo Girls: their music and who they were. It’s really, really good fun – one of those big laugh-out-loud films.’ Photograph: Jeremy Cowart It’s Only Life After All She’s this lovable, stressful heroine you really relate to. Her ex is there and all these dramas unfold. ‘We have the world premiere of this lesbian romcom about a chaotic woman called Jess who goes to this off-grid wedding. ![]() We’re having a discussion event around that: what you do when you learn something about queer icons that makes you question how you feel about them, especially when there are so few of them in the mainstream.’ Photograph: BFI Flare Jess Plus None They’re difficult to contend with when you consider how loved she is. It’s a celebration of her but it also sheds light on the pretty extreme views she expressed later in life. ‘This documentary is about Patricia Highsmith’s craft and her life. It feels genuinely like youth culture.’ Photograph: Ellen Rifkin Hill, Courtesy Swiss Social Archives Loving Highsmith He falls in and out of love, has sex, does drugs, does BDSM,and gets involved in this queer arts scene. It’s about a young man who moves to Berlin to be with his partner, but finds himself left alone in this new city. ‘This is a film made by, and for, young queer people. And because that’s a lot of films and there’s only one of you, we asked BFI Flare’s senior film programmer Michael Blyth to help narrow down the choices a little. Here’s seven more films to look out for. This groundbreaking story of transgender sex workers in New York City’s Meatpacking District is followed by 57 more feature films, as well as 90 shorts. It opens at BFI Southbank on March 15 with ‘The Stroll’. If you’re into queer cinema or just want to connect with this inclusive, welcoming community, a trip or two down to the South Bank beckons. The UK’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival, BFI Flare, is back next month with its usual cargo of the best in new queer cinema, retro gems, talks, discussions, parties and the odd packed dancefloor.
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