Shelby CookeMy First Summer — Reimaging the Queer Coming-of-Age Summer Film | BFI Flare ReviewGrace (Maiah Stewardson), a flamboyant and creative girl, witnesses the drowning of a local woman. While investigating the woman’s life…Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021
Shelby CookeJump, Darling is the drag film for our generation | BFI Flare ReviewPhil Connell’s feature debut, Jump, Darling, was inspired in part by his own conversations with his elderly grandmother. It’s not…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Shelby Cooke‘If It Were Love’ — Performance art makes its way to cinema in this beautifully sensual film | LFF…The club is a recurring motif in films. It’s a space, dark and suffocating, flooded with people and noise, struck with flashes of coloured…Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020
Shelby Cooke‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ — Desperate Housewives meet Matilda in this wonderfully strange portrait…They say: “don’t judge a book by its cover.” But is it okay to judge a film based on its stills?Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Shelby CookeSupporting the Black Lives Matter movement through cinematic educationLike the rest of the world, I have been appalled and horrified by the events that have been taking place since the aftermath of George…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020