Love, Simon Revitalises the Rom-Com Genre
If there’s any justice, Love, Simon will be a trailblazer. Not just for mainstream gay films, but for a rom-com revival.
If there’s any justice, Love, Simon will be a trailblazer. Not just for mainstream gay films, but for a rom-com revival.
I’ve recently written a couple reviews for films screening at the Brisbane Queer Film Festival for Cheated Hearts. Victim(1961), one of the first films to feature a gay hero and a considered examination of the sociopolitical realities of homosexuality in the era. Free Fall, a recent German film with a fairly conventional coming out narrative…