The Best of British Cinema: ‘Weekend’ (2011)

Andrew Haigh’s queer romantic drama is unconventional and deeply bittersweet

A still from Weekend, via EM Media/Glendale Picture Company/Peccadillo Pictures/The Bureau/Synchronicity Films

There has been a vast increase in the representation of LGBTQ+ relationships on film in the last decade or so. This is most seen in America (as films are generally, of course) with major films like Barry Jenkins’ Best Picture winning Moonlight (2016) really…