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It Used to Be Witches

by Ryan Gilbey

Faber & Faber2025ISBN 9780571381524

2 of 2 critics positive

3 reviews: 2 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public

What the critics said

Positive
“This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film”

It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema

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Positive
“part celebration and part affirmation of its author’s own identity”

Cinema’s queer disruptors: Ryan Gilbey’s It Used To Be Wi...

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Verdict not stated

The search for queer cinema

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