Sparkle is not at its heart a gay film, but if you
know the work of Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger (Lawless Heart, Boyfriends), or if you like watching a good film with a queer sensibility, then you'll love it. 22-year-old Liverpudlian Sam (Shaun Evans, who
played a gay character in Teachers) comes down to London with his cabaret-singing dotty mother to change his life for the better. . Bring your hanky...
