[rating=3]
Cert:12A • US: 150 min • Twentieth Century Fox • January 25, 2013

Glittering with moments of brilliance, led by an exceptional team of actors, Lincoln is far less than the sum of its parts.

“The fault with Lincoln is that its content is too great for the structure that contains it, and there are far too many characters to squeeze into its 150 minutes.”

[rating=3]
Released January 29, 2013
No Fairy Tale, by Lisa Loeb. A glossy, uptempo album of catchy pop songs.

” I’ve always favoured Lisa’s more melancholy moments to her rom-com bating slick uptempos and, as I got older, seem to have little tolerance for over polished American output.”

[rating=4]
288 pages • Sphere • October 11, 2012 [HB]

Will Young isn’t exactly what you’d call normal … surely a compliment in this day and age … and this is no normal autobiography

“Will has a way of recounting a story that not only brings out the insane humour of each situation, by also giving us an insight into his constant internal dialogue, but also getting his teeth into you and not letting you go.”

The Church of the … what?

Media Ted was a comic strip that ran in the early days of Polari. Here we look back at the short life of the little champ. Episode 4.

Ted and Marcie are about to go to Church, but instead they get a surprise..

Look Out, Girls!

Gay Relationship Column. Scottie takes a different turn and, like Carrie Bradshaw before him, writes advice for the ladies who love.

“If there’s really only one main dating website for gay & bi girls, and most lesbian nights seem to flop, where’s left?.”

Queer Spaces.

Michael Langan talks to Travis Mathews: a revealing exchange about how Mathews’ work operates in the space between categories.

“I like the in-between space because it leaves open the possibility of the unexpected while having some sort of map to refer to if it goes off the rails. I was voted “most unpredictable” in high school, so there you have it. .”

The Press and Audience Response.

Michael Langan talks to Travis Mathews from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival: first reactions to Interior. Leather Bar in the press and from the audience.

“I want all of those conversations and the dialogue that every filmmaker says they want to have.”

Search terms that have led readers to Polari.

It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Gay elf sex, Drag Queens & Cabaret.

“Nerd fantasies are clearly getting out of hand. I blame the drawn-out Tolkien revival.”

[rating=5]
109 pages • Sibling Rivalry Press • March 12, 2013 [PB]

Raymond Luczak’s How To Kill Poetry is a three-headed gonzo beast that’s part history, part character and part futuristic.

“This book is simply astounding, there is nothing like it out there today.”

[rating=5]
Released March 25, 2013
A striking ballad from Moya that promises great things from the singer in 2013.

“Opening with a subtle vocal and sombre piano, this stunning track threatens to build into a huge dance banger, but shrewdly kicks into a crossover with shuffling drums underpinned by a thudding bassline.”