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We maybe in lockdown but we’ve still managed to find some great new documentaries for you to stream from the comfort and safety of your home. We took a look at ‘Steelers’, an incredibly personal, heartwarming and engaging film that takes us into the world of gay rugby, plus have an exclusive chat with its director Eammon Ashton-Atkinson. We also checked out some of the fantastic queer titles on offer at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and spoke with Seattle based director Aaron Bear about his fascinating and thought provoking film ‘Yes I Am – The Ric Weiland Story’.
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Promising Young Woman
With stories of a ‘rape culture’ at many British schools very much in the headlines, Emerald Fennell’s new film couldn’t be more timely. Its towering triumph – both for Fennell, who writes and directs and has secured Oscar nominations for both and for its similarly nominated star, Carey Mulligan – is that despite the distressing subject matter, it couldn’t be more watchable.
From brilliant opening to an ending about which nothing should be said, this is the sad, funny, disturbing tale of the #MeToo generation of women finally getting their own back; man by abusive man.