"A Voice That Saved Lives: The Queer Influence of David Bowie" This essay is the written transcript of a speech originally delivered by Darryl W. Bullock at My Formative Queers on 16 November 2024. This dossier is dedicated to the memory of Darryl W. Bullock

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Absolute highlight in the dossier is Cerise Howard's entry, though it's based on a guessing game she played with the particular clip she chose. It's a cracker of a read. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/my-form...

I wrote on my own experiences of being a closeted kid watching Skunk Anansie on rage late at night: www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/my-form...

The dossier is a tribute to the late Darryl Bullock, author of 'David Bowie Made Me Gay,' who spoke at the event. The transcript of his speech is included in the dossier. It's a great read. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/my-form...

Issue 115 of @sensesofcinema.bsky.social is out and it includes a dossier from the great symposium 'My Formative Queers' at last year's MQFF, where speakers shared an early music video clip that shaped their queerness in some way. www.sensesofcinema.com/issues/issue...

📣 🎞Welcome to Issue 115 of the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema! www.sensesofcinema.com/issues/issue...

Patrick Kelly and Stayci Taylor from My Formative Queers will be on Out Takes on Joy 94.9 Radio tonight to chat about the upcoming special dossier, "Stories of the Music Videos that Made Us Queer" - tune in! joy.org.au/outtakes/

Have you got your *free* tickets for our Issue 115 launch yet? We're teaming up with My Formative Queers for a special dossier: "Stories of the Music Videos that Made Us Queer", edited by Patrick Kelly and @stuartrichards.bsky.social Register here 👉 events.humanitix.com/senses-of-ci...

Read Tito Ramos Quiling, Jnr.’s annotation on Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Read Danica van de Velde’s annotation on Insiang (1976) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 29 October for the opening night of Marx, Melodrama and Marcos: Lino Brocka from the Mid-1970s to the Early 1980s. 7:00pm – INSIANG (1976) 8:55pm – MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT (1975) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Read Sandra E. Lim’s annotation on It Must Be Heaven (2019) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Issue 115 launches soon, and features the special dossier My Formative Queers: Stories of the Music Videos that Made Us Queer, edited by Patrick Kelly and Stuart Richards. Find out more about our launch event here: events.humanitix.com/senses-of-ci...

Read Danica van de Velde’s annotation on Divine Intervention (2002) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Read Indigo Bailey’s annotation on Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 15 October for the opening night of our new season, "On the Edge of Fiction": Elia Suleiman's Cinema of Belonging. 7:00pm – CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE (1996) on 35mm 8:45pm – DIVINE INTERVENTION (2002) on 35mm Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Read Alexander Back’s annotation on The White Dove (1960) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 8 October for the final night in our season dedicated to Czech film pioneer František Vláčil. 7:00pm – THE WHITE DOVE (1960) Preceded by CLOUDS OF GLASS (1958) 8:45pm – SHADOWS OF A HOT SUMMER (1978) in 4K Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

"With Kiarostami, one often has to converse with numerous strangers to find the friend’s home..." From Issue 113, Alborz Mahboobkhah on Abbas Kiarostami. Image | Mašq-e šab (Homework, 1989) buff.ly/ZVAWHoZ

Read Jamie Jungyoon Tak’s annotation on Adelheid (1970) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Read Cerise Howard’s annotation on The Devil’s Trap (1962) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 1 October for the second night of our Czech film season, One For The Ages: The Balladic, Painterly Cinema of František Vláčiz. 7:00pm – THE DEVIL’S TRAP (1962) 8:40pm – ADELHEID (1970) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

"Death and creativity have been linked in Swinton’s work from almost the beginning of her career..." In Issue 114, Colette de Castro considers the career of Tilda Swinton following the release of The Room Next Door (Pedro Almodóvar, 2024). buff.ly/XQHhE1d

Read John Edmond’s annotation on Marketa Lazarová (1967) in @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday 24 September for the opening night of our focus on František Vláčil, presented in partnership with the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia. 7:00pm – MARKETA LAZAROVÁ (1967) in 4K Preceded by THE CITY IN WHITE (1972) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

"...an intimate study of Sen’s works reveals a filmography that married political fervour with experimental, stylistically unconventional frames..." In Issue 114, Tushar Gidwani profiles Mrinal Sen for our Great Directors series. buff.ly/qfxZHqG

New in Issue 114, Angelos Koutsourakis profiles German filmmaker Konrad Wolf.

"It’s uncomfortable; the uncanny ebb and flow of a cine-plex by the sea: The 24th Las Palmas International Film Festival"- Read the full festival report by Tara Judah in Issue 114. buff.ly/NrBwtjJ

Join us on Wednesday 17 September for the final session in our Mexican Cinema season, Cine de Oro: Treasures of Mexican Cinema's Golden Age. 7:00pm – MACARIO (1960) 8:45pm – TWO MONKS (1934) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

Now in Issue 114, Henrique Brazão examines the use of long takes in Danielle Arbid’s Passion Simple (2020) and Celine Song’s Past Lives (2023). buff.ly/ZnxqB5I

Join us on Wednesday 10 September for the second week of our season Cine de Oro: Treasures of Mexican Cinema's Golden Age. 7:00pm – VICTIMS OF SIN (1951) 8:45pm – EL FANTASMA DEL CONVENTO (1934) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

"...Sofia’s cinema is filled with possible portraits of ladies, and the traces they’ve left for others to find and keep." Now in Issue 114, Susana Bessa writes on the films to date of Canadian auteur Sofia Bohdanowicz. buff.ly/FANUY7o

Now in Issue 114, Libertad Gills reports on the 20th Annual Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival where "every year draws an eclectic group of filmmakers, programmers, critics, scholars, and cinephiles for a three-day foray into the in-between spaces of cinema.

In Issue 114, Jamie Steele examines the impact of gender incentives and other progressive policies in Australian film production through Ulrike Kofler’s Gina.https://buff.ly/seW6JEG

"...it’s through the camera that I begin to discover things I didn’t know before..." New in Issue 114, Botagoz Koilybayeva interviews filmmaker Beata Bubenets following the release of her latest documentary, A Shaman’s Tale (2024). buff.ly/3WOyO9a

Read our annotation on María Candelaria (1944) by David Melville @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/a-...

Read our annotation on Enamorada (1946) by Niamh Thornton @sensesofcinema.bsky.social www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/en...

Join us on Wednesday 3 September for the opening night of Cine de Oro: Treasures of Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age. 7:00pm – ENAMORADA (1946) 9:00pm – MARÍA CANDELARIA (1944) Memberships: acmi.net.au/cteq

"The festival very adamantly stretches the boundaries of what it considers to be non-fiction filmmaking, often fully refusing to define what this means in the event’s context." Olivia Popp reports on the 56th Visions du Réel documentary film festival in Issue 114. buff.ly/SKNIN5l

I wrote about one of my favourite films for @sensesofcinema.bsky.social‬. ‘From Märchenland to Mexico: MACARIO’s International Fairy-Tale Journey’. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/fr...

Now in Issue 114, Sarv Gersten examines two cinematic portraits of James Baldwin in Paris: Yashaddai Owens’ feature debut, Jimmy (2024) and Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (Terence Dixon, 1970). buff.ly/b7LmUxG

"Whether through fleeting scenes or the central arcs of his narratives, he directly challenges audiences with pointed, provocative questions..." New to our Great Directors series in Issue 114, Benjamin Rider profiles Ousmane Sembène. buff.ly/Oqcm7bX

"Istanbul FakeFest took place in April, and I’m penning this article about a month later..." Pelin Çılgın reports on Istanbul FakeFest, offering thoughts on queer cinema through censorship and security concerns. buff.ly/wF59Iqz

"Cinema has long served as a battleground for political resistance, particularly in the works of filmmakers who have faced persecution, censorship, and exile..." Multitudinous Filmmakers: Political Resistance in Yol and The Seed of the Sacred Fig: www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature...

"I wanted to live and work through documentary. That was the plan. But of course, I never expected that my first feature would be about war..." Now in Issue 114, Isabel Jacobs speaks with filmmaker Alina Maksimenko about her debut documentary feature, In Limbo (2024). buff.ly/2C9sx9Q

"Her third feature film is a thorough exploration of the “dark thoughts” of protagonist Romy Mathis (Kidman), and in this article I will delve into the nature of her obscure desires..." Now in Issue 114, Peter Verstraten on Halina Reijn's 2024 feature Babygirl. www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/feature...

📣 Archipelago of Earthen Bones (2024): Screening and Public Lecture with Malena Szlam. This event will take place at the University of Melbourne, followed by a public lecture on Thursday, 28 August at 4 pm. events.humanitix.com/archipelago-...