Also in this week’s debrief: the tantalising thriller Eileen and a fantasy novel which explores gender, family, and love
BY ELLA GAUCI
Happy Friday! This week the temperatures have dropped massively in the UK – want to know our solution to these chilly evenings? We’ve been diving into all of the hottest new queer releases this week to keep ourselves warm. Join us in finding out what came out in the last seven days.
MUSIC: Rina Sawayama – Hold The Girl (Bonus Edition)
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of her iconic album Hold The Girl, the pansexual icon has released a Bonus Edition of the fan-favourite. This new edition of the album includes a bonus track called Flavour Of The Month and a revisited version of the track Imagining which now features Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae. We know that we’re going to be playing this album all weekend!
FILM: Eileen
After its limited release on 1 December, you are now able to watch Eileen everywhere! Based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel of the same name, Eileen is not easy to summarise. On the surface, it’s a film about a strange, introverted figure called Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) who is a secretary at a juvenile detention facility for teenage boys. Eileen’s life is fairly small: she buys gin for her alcoholic father, she goes to work in her dead mother’s clothes, and she’s addicted to sugar. But everything changes when she meets the facility’s new counsellor Rebecca (Anne Hathaway).
BOOK: A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford
In a realm haunted by a sleeping curse and a shattered kingdom, twins Calla and Briar conceal their wolf identity from a menacing sorceress. Briar’s destiny intertwines with a prince’s alliance, while Calla remains the hidden twin. Only Prince Grae knows Calla’s truth. But as they emerge from seclusion for Briar’s wedding, chaos unfolds. The sorceress returns, targeting the last heir of the Golden Court. Calla, veiled no more, must save her sister and kingdom. Exploring beyond Wolf norms, Calla embarks on a quest, discovering a world beyond imagination. A River of Golden Bones chronicles Calla’s odyssey, weaving adventure, love, gender discovery, and self-realisation in a mesmerising romantic fantasy.
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