Unicorns starring Ben Hardy is in cinemas now. Review and star rating: ★★★★ A single dad with a young son meets an Asian drag queen and questions everything about his identity. Unicorns, this year’s biggest independent British LGBTQ film, explores queer representation in a way that feels thoroughly and thrillingly fresh.
Sexuality is no longer about being either gay or straight: there is a huge rise in people defining as bisexual as well as ‘pansexual’, when you are attracted to the individual rather than the gender. Unicorns writer and director James Krishna Floyd has lived this life; formerly identifying as straight he now says he’s sexually fluid. His lived experience has helped create one of the most fresh pieces of LGBTQ representation in film, examining the world of working class bisexuality and the ‘Gaysian’ drag queen culture that pervades many parts of the UK.
Many closeted Asian men travel across Britain to parties with drag queens in order to explore their identity while remaining anonymous. Read more: ‘It’s about queer joy’: Nine City workers share what Pride means to them Floyd and co-director Sally El Hosaini’s chaotic vision of one of these parties, where the camera is purposefully moving too fast for you to properly work out where you are or what’s going on, is a beautiful homage to a fascinating queer sub culture, getting across how overwhelming these events must feel for attendees. It’s also incredibly sexy.
Ben Hardy, who pla.