Films And Filming

''Films and Filming'' (1954–1980, 1981–1990) was a highly regarded monthly film journal Unless Peter Whitehead is listed as author, per se, the citation is to editorial introductory material appearing with the article. that was, as well, the longest-running British periodical focused on a gay print audience prior to partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. The subtitle of the ''Little Joe'' work is, "A magazine about queers and cinema, mostly".

History

Founded in October 1954 "from a dingy basement near Victoria Station in London", Unless a timestamp appears indicating the point of the documentary from which information is drawn, it was drawn, rather, from the introductory text appearing at the work's webpage. ''Films and Filming'' was a mainstream and internationally-respected film journal throughout the 1950s and 1960s, " re sophisticated than fan magazin but less intellectually demanding than the British Film Institute's ''Sight and Sound''". Produced under the imprint of Hansom Books by publisher Philip Dosse (and a team of editors "almost exclusively gay"), it was part of that publisher's "distinguished portfolio of arts magazines on theatre, ballet, books and art, as well as film". Widely available in bookshops and newsagents, it was the most successful title of Hansom.

The magazine's film focus, its affordability, its esteemed writers—in 1966, editor Peter Baker added screenwriter David McGillivray as a regular columnist, "respected cinema journalist Robin Bean" added reviewer Peter Whitehead, and others contributing included "world-famous writers, directors and actors like Ingmar Bergman, Kenneth Tynan, Federico Fellini and... Lillian Gish" and "important critics like Raymond Durgnat and Gordon Gow"—its articles on gay-themed censorship in film and theatre, its gay-themed text and image content (e.g., on "sexually ambiguous... actors like Dirk Bogarde and Rock Hudson"), and its commercial and personal advertisements emphasising same-sex desire—these were, in the view of one scholar, key to its "appeal to many gay men" as well as ''Films and Filmings financial success.

Following the Sexual Offences Act 1967, when gay sex was partially decriminalised in England and Wales, the magazine was able to be more open and feature naked men on the cover. Its initial publication run continued through 1980, and after ceasing briefly, began again in 1981, and continued until publication ceased in 1990.

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See also

* ''Books and Bookmen''
* ''Dance and Dancers''

Defunct LGBTQ-related magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1954
Film magazines published in the United Kingdom