Garrett Clayton in King Cobra
Every year the BFI (British Film Institute) runs the BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival in the spring. However, that doesn’t mean they ignore everything lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender in their other main fest, the BFI London Film Festival.
This year they’ve got a great selection, including the much anticipated Moonlight, the Russell Tovey starrer The Pass (which also opened Flare) and Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, starring Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart and Michelle Williams. There’s also the UK Premiere of King Cobra, about an infamous murder in the gay porn industry, and Xavier Dolan’s new movie, It’s Only The End Of The World, amongst others.
It’s certainly an interesting selection of movies, which will be screening in amongst many other great flicks when the festival runs from October 5th-16th, 2016. Take a look below for the goods on some of the LGBT movies: [Read more…]
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