Sissy Screens

01/08/2022

Some belated snaps from S**T: Q***r Erotic Fan Fiction Salon, presented by Sissy Screens & The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas.

📸 Matto Lucas Photography

05/04/2022

“Arthur Russell’s music is best known, and loved, for the way it gathers all manner of incompatible influences, and genres, and turns them into something singular, unique.”

Anthony Carew explores Russell’s enduring influence and his small yet significant filmic legacy.

Whilst Arthur Russell left behind a cache of amazing recordings, he is also survived by a small yet significant filmic legacy.

06/07/2021

As detective Mare Sheehan, Kate Winslet wears a lot of flannel—pretty gay, one may assume. Sadly not. But not all rainbow dreams are lost—hope and brilliance nestles in her q***r daughter Siobhan.

Flannel, a touch of murder and a glimmer of rainbow in Kate Winslet's turn as a small town detective.

18/06/2021

We worked with streetwear brand Champion Australia and New Zealand to produce the campaign for its inaugural Pride collection Champions of Pride.

See our feature about the making of this campaign and the importance of q***r cultural production and representation, both in front and behind the camera.

The Champion Pride range is online and in store now.

“Pride is a chance for companies to demonstrate true allyship," asserts Sissy Screens Editor Tali Polichtuk.

09/06/2021

Happy Pride Month! To celebrate, Champion Australia and New Zealand has launched its first ever Pride range and Sissy Screens worked with the cult streetwear brand alongside PUSH and The Taboo Group to produce the campaign for Champions of Pride.

The collection is brought to life by five q***r artists from Australia and New Zealand: Australian musician Jesswar, Frances Cannon Artist, DJ and producer Sullivan, artist Joseph and New Zealand dancer Elvis Lopeti.

The launch of the range marks a union between Champion and Q***r Sporting Alliance, and a partnership with Sissy Screens. Champion proudly supports Sissy Screens and our editorial efforts to create & commission q***r screen content.

The Champions of Pride range is online and in store now.

11/03/2021

To celebrate The Greenhouse Film's Victorian premiere at Melbourne Q***r Film Festival next week, Sissy Screens is giving away a free double-pass!

Check out the trailer below and simply tell us where you'd choose to travel back in time to? Best answer wins.

26/02/2021

Bruce LaBruce stirs together mythology, Catholic mysticism and in**st for his latest—and arguably most conventional—film.

"The film is really about family romance."

09/10/2020

“My work is a weapon against hypocrisy, bigotry and censorship”: talking transgression and transcendence with New York-based Russian-American Slava Mogutin Art.

"My work is a celebration of sexuality, not exploitation."

05/09/2020

'Invisible' is a photography project offering a glimpse into the lives of q***r people living with invisible illness.

Curated by Parker Blain & supported by Yarra City Arts/ Yarra City Council.

"Pre-COVID, the majority of us couldn’t leave the house anyway. This our ongoing lived reality," explains curator Parker Blain.

05/08/2020

The L Word: OG vs GQ—which one tops? Comedian Isabel Angus misses the days of Bette yelling, “can I get a sippy cup over here? Jesus!” But she’ll keep watching to get to the part where Mama B (hopefully) hooks up with Dani.

Sissy Screens thinks that the original slams the reboot and has teamed up with Kitty Chrystal to create some alternative storylines.

Read the full review via https://www.sissyscreens.com/review/the-l-word-og-vs-gq/

Supported by the City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants program.

01/08/2020

While Gregg Araki’s sexual sensibility feels millennial, his musical fandom hails from a wholly different era. It harkens back to when ‘alternative’ represented not just a genre, but an oppositional stance.

Whilst Araki is fond of depicting sexual liberation and winking post-modernism, his most fervent love is for song.