Tipping the Velvet

My Way
Gender and Identity in British Cinema

June 6, 2015 / 15:00
June 14, 2015 / 14:00

Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor
United Kingdom, 2002, 178’, color
English with Turkish subtitles

An unusual love story told in three episodes, Tipping the Velvet charts the course of Nan, an ingénue who discovers a sexually charged world of male impersonators, actors and affluent women looking for female companionship in the usually controlled and corseted 1890s. Ultimately, however, Nan learns that she can only truly depend on herself.

The Wicked Lady (1945)

The Wicked Lady (1983)

Kinky Boots

Tipping the Velvet

Breakfast on Pluto

The Duke of Burgundy

Weekend

Lilting

Shame

Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen

Dream Girls

Shinjuku Boys

In the Best Possible Taste Part 1

In the Best Possible Taste Part 2

In the Best Possible Taste Part 3

Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 1

Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 2

Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 3

Trailer

Tipping the Velvet

Midnight Horror Stories: <br> Witches’ Sun <br> Mehmet Berk Yaltırık

Midnight Horror Stories:
Witches’ Sun
Mehmet Berk Yaltırık

I walk over rocks hot as iron under the September sun. I can make out a few lines in the distance, and a few cracked rocks, but apart from those, not a single tree, not one plant

Mark Požlep

Our Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition focuses on different generations of artists and art groups from the Balkan region. Throughout the exhibition, we keep sharing detailed information about the artworks. Take a look at Mark Požlep’s “Stranger than Paradise” video installation. Also you can check our interview with the artist on our YouTube channel!

Chlebowski’s Sultan

This is one of Stanisław Chlebowski’s larger canvasses dealing with themes other than battles; only Ottoman Life at the Sweet Waters now at the Istanbul Military Museum can compare with it in size.