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3 weeks ago | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Mikko Mäkelä opens up about the films that influenced his provocative drama that sees an aspiring author turn to sex work for creative inspiration Sex work has long fascinated filmmakers – Sean Baker’s Anora, a genre-blending romp about a gutsy exotic dancer, just swept the board at the Oscars. But Sebastian, the provocative second feature from Finnish-British director Mikko Mäkelä, manages to find a fresh perspective.
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1 month ago | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
The writer discusses his first work of narrative fiction, Nova Scotia House, which is about a survivor whose life partner was snatched away far too soon – but is also a cathartic tribute to the many others lost to HIV/Aids Though Nova Scotia House is his debut novel, British fashion journalist Charlie Porter has been writing fiction on the downlow since 2008.
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1 month ago | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Our pick of the films turning a radical lens on LGBTQ+ life at this year's event, a highlight of London’s cultural calendar BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival is a queer cultural institution. Now in its 39th year, the event lives up to its name by platforming enlightening stories from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. This year’s programme includes 56 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries – including 34 world premieres – reminding us that queerness transcends borders and cultural norms.
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1 month ago | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Set in 1980s Glasgow, Selali Fiamanya’s debut novel Before We Hit the Ground follows one man’s struggle to find his place in the world, and explores what it means to love and be lovedLead Image Before We Hit the Ground, the beautiful debut novel from Selali Fiamanya, captures the elusive nature of human connection. Fiamanya’s multi-generational story follows Abena and Kodzo, an aspirational young couple from Ghana, as they build a new life in Glasgow from the 1980s to the near-present.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Curtis Garner’s ‘Grindr novel’ follows a bright but naive 17-year-old from south London as he enters into a toxic relationship with an older man – here, the author discusses the key themes in the book and what he hopes people take away from itLead Image Curtis Garner says he always wanted to write “a Grindr novel“ because, like many of us, he has mixed feelings about the queer hookup app.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Suffering from postpartum anxiety, filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey found that watching witches on screen became a way to connect with other women’s pain. Here, she opens up about her favourite films Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches is one of the year’s most potent and thought-provoking documentary films. It begins compellingly enough as a captivating visual essay on the portrayal of witchcraft on screen in films both iconic (The Wizard of Oz) and cult (The Craft, Girl, Interrupted).
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Speaking from Hampstead flat, the revered novelist talks about his new book Our Evenings – a poignant, erotic and deliciously witty work covering race, class, sexuality and identity in Brexit BritainLead Image “I’ve never wanted to write a state-of-the-nation novel,” says Alan Hollinghurst, before dismissing this lofty descriptor as a “dread phrase”. His latest tome – and at nearly 500 pages, Our Evenings really is a tome – leans into some prickly topical themes.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
As your favourite drag queens’ favourite drag queen prepares to land in the UK, she talks to AnOther about her upbringing in Hawaii, being polyamorous and the advice given to her by RuPaul Charles Last year, Sasha Colby began her RuPaul’s Drag Race journey by quipping: “I’m your favourite drag queens’ favourite drag queen.” It was a witty, slightly wicked way of telling us she was an influential queen who had yet to be given her full dues.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
Will Tosh’s new book, Straight Acting, forensically reevaluates the queer-coded moments in the poet’s work. Here, he talks about queerness in the Elizabethan era Will Tosh wants us to rethink our national poet. In his tremendously entertaining new book, Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare, he argues that it’s not just the Bard’s sonnets that have “suffered un-gaying”, but also some of his best-known plays.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
anothermag.com | Nick Levine |TextNick Levine
The self-professed “clown in a gown” takes on AnOther’s 50 Questions, discussing Chita Rivera, Elaine Paige’s height, Bloomingdale’s and Mama by the Spice Girls It’s been ten years since Bianca Del Rio won RuPaul’s Drag Race, but she remains booked and busy. In September, she’ll bring her Dead Inside Tour to the UK, where in 2018 she became the first drag queen to headline Wembley Arena.
