You Promised Me The Sea Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

You Promised Me The Sea (L’air de la mer rend libre) explores an arranged marriage between a closeted gay man and his unknowing wife in Northern France Said, a French 20-something of North African descent is out at all hours smoking, drinking and causing no end of problems to his …

Love Lies Bleeding Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

Be gay do crime: Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian are lovers on a revenge mission in Love Lies Bleeding Lou (Kristen Stewart) manages a run-down gym in middle of nowhere 1980s New Mexico. When bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian) stops by on her way to a competition in Las Vegas the …

What a Feeling Review – BFI Flare 2024

Opposites Attract and worlds collide in the sweet Romantic Comedy ‘What a feeling’ Sometimes we find love in the most unexpected places. Following a chance encounter during a traffic incident, Fa and Marie Theres find themselves on the bumpy road to love in ‘What a feeling’ from writer/director Kat Rohrer. …

Our Son Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

Luke Evans and Billy Porter shine in divorce drama Our Son Nicky (Luke Evans) and Gabriel (Billy Porter) are a married couple and parents to eight-year-old Owen. After thirteen years together their relationship is in trouble, and with neither man seemingly happy their frustrated arguments are having an impact on …

Unspoken Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

An Orthodox Jewish teenager feels a connection to his grandfather’s secret life in Unspoken Noam is a closeted gay teenager living within the Orthodox Jewish community and attending an Orthodox school. He has no queer peers or family members, LGBTQ history is non-existent at his school, and those in his …

Riley Review: BFI Flare Festival 2024

A high school football star grapples with his sexuality in coming-of-age drama Riley Dakota Riley (Jake Holley) is the star player of a small-town high school football team. With a loving girlfriend, tight friend group and multiple offers of college scholarships on the table it seems like Riley has everything …