The next great gay love story? ‘Unicorns’ already has audiences swooning

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Though we’re inarguably seeing a great diversity of queer representation on screen these days, trying to find a grown-up gay romance movie that feels authentic and doesn’t pander can be a bit like… well, it’s like trying to find a unicorn!

So we’re delighted to report that the upcoming Unicorns—a British love story that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to rave reviews—is exactly the kind of movie we’ve been waiting for.

The film centers on a blue-collar mechanic and single father named Luke (Ben Hardy) who, for all intents and purposes, assumes himself to be straight. But one night he unknowingly walks into a South Asian queer night at a local bar, and immediately finds himself

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