TMC Reviews … “Kiss Me”

by Havla

It’s a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love with boy’s fiancée, who’s sort of, in a way, her new sister. Girl and boy’s fiancé enjoy countless longing looks, and a few urgent, breathy love scenes, showing plenty of nipple. Girl feels a bit blue about sleeping with someone still known as ‘boy’s fiancé’. Girl remains blue for a while, but then boy’s fiancé stops being boy’s fiancé and, with a little help from her parents, becomes her sister’s girlfriend.

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FILM: “This is my London” director of hot new queer street-life drama Stud Life talks to TMC

by Stottie Cake, photos Paula Harrowing

A light take on the dark side of queer street life in London, new UK drama Stud Life is one of the most eagerly anticipated films at this year’s London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (LLGFF).

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We’re doing this FRINGE Film Festival again- can you help us?

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TMC @ the BFI’s 25th LLGFF: Five minutes with Anna Margarita Albelo and Lisa Gornick

by Sticky Toffee Pudding. Pictures by Christa Holka

Last week I was fortunate enough to find myself celebrating the 25^th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival alongside my very own birthday shenanigans. Sleep would have to be a stranger for a couple of days if I wanted to squeeze in all that energy, entertainment and excitement, and keep the juicy bits. … Continue Reading

TMC’s picks of what to see at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2011

by Lemon Tart

If you’re the kind of person who preplans their outfits before you go to sleep, and has a panic attack if you forget to bring your special concoction of daily vitamins on holiday with you, don’t bother reading this. … Continue Reading

With the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival slashed: Could you help us do a DIY one in East London?

by Petit Fours

We’re pretty cut up that this year’s London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival has shrunk down to half its normal length because the funding has been choked. Thanks Tory government. But we were thinking – instead of just moaning about it – it would be fun to pull together a quick alternative gay film festival  and run it for the weekend that has been cut. … Continue Reading

Peccadillo Pictures’ 10th birthday bash plus Jill Bennett, Cathy DeBuono & Ashleigh Sumner on lesbian actors, romance & er, speed freak girl

by Florentine

There are some things we at Cake HQ are real fond of, like gay stuff for instance.  And birthdays; where our love of frosted sponge collides head-on with general merriment and/or shiny gift wrap.  So then, imagine our joy when we got invited along to the mother of all gay birthdays during this years’ LLGFF … Continue Reading

24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: TMC Reviews Barbara Hammer – Making Movies Out of Life & Sex

by Spotted Dick

‘HAMMER! Making Movies Out of Life and Sex’ was a whole lot more than I was expecting. A film screening that mixed up poetry reading, fashion show, inspirational speeches and psyche-searing film this one woman show seemed to cover most things in just a few minutes of footage. The clips we saw managed to fit in sex, loss, relationships of all kinds, confusion and the time-space continuum. … Continue Reading

24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: TMC reviews Brotherhood

by Strawberry Cheesecake

Brotherhood tells the story of Danish service man Lars and his drift into the dark world of the Danish Nazi Party. A successful young commander until two of his men accuse him of having made a pass at them, the film follows his disenchantment with the army and his attempt to adjust to a life outside of it. … Continue Reading

24th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Hammer!

by Devil’s Food Cake

Queer. Feminist. Sex. Three words that really turn me on. You can imagine, then, my delight when I read about this: … Continue Reading