Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe. Timothy Conigrave’s memoir Holding The Man, published posthumously in 1994, is one of the touchstones of queer culture here in Australia. Widely regarded as a seminal novel about being gay, love and life in the time of AIDS, the novel was a poignant story… Continue Reading »
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2016 REVIEWS
ALL REVIEWS BY GREG KING UPDATED APRIL 23 2016. REMEMBERING THE MAN. Timothy Conigrave’s memoir Holding The Man, published posthumously in 1994, is one of the touchstones of queer culture here in Australia. Widely regarded as a seminal novel about being gay, love and life in the time of AIDS, the novel was a poignant story… Continue Reading »
HOLDING THE MAN – interview with Neil Armfield
HOLDING THE MAN – interview with Neil Armfield by GREG KING First published in 1995 Holding The Man is Timothy Conigrave’s touching memoir of his fifteen year relationship with John Calleo, which began while they were both schoolboys at Xavier College in the late 70s. It is a cult classic, and one of Australia’s favourite… Continue Reading »
