Queer Edward II — Theo Rollason [Venice ’26 Review]

Film sets tend to be loud, full of people bustling around each other, in one breath bemoaning the lack of budget, materials, and film stock, and praising the opportunity to make something meaningful and singular. Shouting, music, sound effects, the clangs of metal and thuds of wood swirl in a feverish echo against the sound stage’s high ceilings. You’d expect to find all of these things on the set of Derek Jarman’s 1991 film Edward II, and thanks to Theo...