Drawing: Catel Muller
MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the valiant defiance of two gay Scottish painters whose example resists both collectors’ taste and historical fiction
Essays on contemporary Latin American feminism, a poetry debut by a queer Texan of Mexican heritage, and a lush volume of tango and milonga drawings
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
The bard pays homage to his two muses: his wife and his football club
Alice Guy: First Lady Of Film
By Catel Muller and writer Jose-Louis Bocquet
SelfMadeHero, £17.99
ILLUSTRATOR Catel Muller and writer Jose-Louis Bocquet bring to life the largely ignored story — and many, many works — of film pioneer Alice Guy, credited as the first female film-maker, in their engaging graphic biography.
Director Guy, still largely ignored today, was the director behind such shorts as La Fee aux Choux (The Fairy of the Cabbages) and The Rag-Picker, as well as dozens of others between 1897 and 1922.
In 1906 she made one of the first biblical epics La vie du Christ (The Life of Christ), employing no less than 300 actors.
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
