Gay and Lesbian

Movie Review: A Single Man

by Zorianna Kit

December 10th, 2009

Based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel, the film is set in the 1960s and takes place over the course of one day. It follows George (Firth), a gay professor who decides he can no longer continue living with the heartbreak of having tragically lost his longtime partner (Matthew Goode). In what is his last day on Earth, George spends it tying up loose ends without letting anyone know his real plan.

This article is filed under Gay and Lesbian, Movies, Movies & TV.

Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins by Rupert Everett

by Elinor Teele

July 12th, 2007

The universe appears to have cheated Rupert Everett. By rights, he belongs to the Edwardian age, the gay with a capital “G” nineties, Oscar Wilde and the pursuit of beauty, art for arts sake, and to hell with propriety.

This article is filed under Biography, Gay and Lesbian, Great Britain, Movies, Non-Fiction Reviews, Theatre.

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

by Julie Ellam

June 10th, 2007

Sarah Waters’ fourth novel, The Night Watch, is set in 1940s London, during and after the Second World War, and is an innovative departure from her previous three lesbian Victorian historical fictions.

This article is filed under Fiction Reviews, Gay and Lesbian.

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