Reviews
Treat Me Like Your Mother | BFI Flare 2026
A fascinating archive dive blending fuzzy analogue memories and stories of Lebanon's enduring trans aunties.
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Kisses And Bullets (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Two Iranian women on opposite sides of the world are moved to protest, no matter the cost.
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Krizalit (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
The need for connection in a big, unfriendly city drives two women to the edge in this universal, sad but hopeful short.
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COYOTES (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
A Palestinian woman in trouble, danger lurking in the darkness on the road to Ramallah, and a tire iron.
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Everything Between Us (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
A sweet short in which masculinity lingers in its absence as two girls grow closer, despite an avoidable gulf.
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Daria's Night Flowers (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Something to interpret! Colours leak, run, and flash in this experimental archival collage drawn from old Iranian films.
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Abstraction Belongs To Us (Short) | BFI Flare 2026
Palestinian voices and perspectives echo on the capital streets of liberal democracies that ignore them.
Film
What Will I Become? | BFI Flare 2026
A tender and moving tribute to trans masculine youth, which holds the weight of its subject matter while never veering into sensationalism.
Film
Night Stage: Desire in the Spotlight
Buy us a coffee (or two!), and fuel our work - for £5 a month you can help us keep OBSCURAE’S independence alive. Become a Paid Aficionado Night Stage opens with an immediate sense of artistic intent: a theatrical space, underscored by the classical swell of “Adeus”, and Maura
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The Serpent's Skin: Desire Meets Fantasy | BFI Flare 2026
Supernatural powers, overpowering desire, and inexplicable deaths make for a unique and exciting indie film. The Serpent's Skin delivers a fast-paced young adult novel brought to life. This trans led queer horror is driven by mysterious characters, each hiding their own secret. New to town, a young trans
Music
Misty Mountain - Sophia Yau-Weeks (Album Review)
In a pocket universe of dreamy indie rock, Yau-Weeks makes the past feel like the present, and untangles the last few difficult years personally -- and, by extension, her generation.
Film
Another Man | BFI Flare 2026
Another Man is a millennial coming-of-age reminiscent of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, with similarly nuanced relationships and sympathetic performances from our leads.