[rating=4]
Released on October 21st, 1997

Nyman’s soundtrack is as intense and disturbing as the film it accompanies.

Nyman’s Gattaca is a focussed and consistent work of minimalist composing that does not stray from the message.

[rating=5]
US: 126 min • Paramount / Spyglass / Bad Robot • 2009

The Star Trek reboots kicks the increasingly antispectic elements of the franchise into the gutter.

The changes to the underlying scenario of the Trek universe enables it to start over. It is this audacity that is the key to Abrams’ achievement with this remarkable motion picture.

Religion, Politics and Sex in Battlestar Galactica

The 2003 reboot of Battlestar Galactica reconceived the possibility of Sci-Fi television, from the depth of the characters through to its engagement with sexuality. But on the subject of homosexuality it consistently faltered.

It is the complexity of the series, its darkness, and its willingness to deal with the questions of politics, sex and religion head on that make it such a landmark in television history.

An interview with Tori Amos about Abnormally Attracted to Sin.

Polari Magazine talks to Tori Amos about the idea of sin and self-worth, giving a record a good airbrush, and the funny things her daughter Natashya says to her.

When you’re first making records, you haven’t tasted the tip of the devil’s wand. But on your tenth album you’ve done more than taste it.

Extra material from an interview with Tori Amos about Abnormally Attracted to Sin.

Polari Magazine talks to Tori Amos about fun she has with the packaging that goes with her albums, and working with Doug Morris.

I am really proud of The Beekeeper packaging. Actually I think it’s stunning. I love that side of it.

[rating=4]
US: 104 min • Mirimax • London Lesbian & Gay Film Choice

An impressive and disturbing fim in which a priest is accused of child-abuse … and Meryl Street steals the show (again).

Meryl Streep is one of those rare actors whose presence is commanding, superlative one could say, in everything that she does. She is like Ian McKellen in this.

[rating=4]
192 pages • IDW Publishing Horse • March 15th, 2008 [PB]

The series Angel: After the Fall picks up where the television show left off. This collection starts with the 8th installment, the one in which the series found its way after a faulty start.

This collection takes the story right back to the beginning, to the very why and what of Angel. And the rest is … spoiler.

[rating=4]
188 pages • Minerva • 1985

Fast-paced, funny, and astute, Boating for Beginners is unlike anything else Winterson has written.

Boating for Beginners is, in a way, mythology for beginners. It is the process by which the everyday is transformed into the eternal that is its subject. The fact that Noah accidentally creates God out of a toaster and a Black Forest Gateau is Winterson’s comedic take on this very process.

[rating=5]
Released on November 23rd, 1976

Joni Mitchell at her finest in a road-story album that transcends the era in which it was written.

It is with Hejira, her ninth album, that Mitchell had reached a maturity in which her imagination and talent burst the banks of traditional song-writing.

Carved in Marble: An Interview with Gore Vidal.

Polari Magazine talks to the legendary author about his great character Myra Breckinridge, his 63 year writing career, and the turning point promised by the election of Obama.

My greatest achievement is that I’ve never killed anybody. Which reveals an awful lot of temptation. Because I have been visited.