A pair of real NY Fashion Stars who’s lights are now dimmed
It’s so wrong to have regrets in life and we didn’t think we had any until this morning. There in our inbox from one of favorite Queerguru followers was a New Yorker documentary about an amazing couple of extreme fashion devotees who had being running this Vintage Fashion Store. If it were not the … Continue reading
A Secret (Lesbian) 70-year-old Love that is no Secret anymore
(Press play before you start reading ) When two young Canadian girls started to fall in love in the 1940’s they decided the only way they could be together was to leave the Country and make tracks to Chicago where they could set up house together in the anonymity of a big city. … Continue reading
A Very British Scandal : the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
When most people think of a scandalously divorced woman who became a British Duchess, their minds turn to Wallis Simpson the American socialite who was the reason that the King of England abdicated in 1936. However, there was another cause celebre 30 years later when the heiress and divorcee Margaret Whigham and third wife … Continue reading
A Worm in the Heart : Paul Rice’s debut film about the plight of LGBTQ in Russia today
One of our main driving forces in QUEERGURU reviewing so many new indie movies is the sheer hope that once in a blue moon, you come across a new fresh, and extraordinary voice. One that has such a passion and drive that makes all the hours/days/months in those screening rooms all worthwhile. Paul Rice … Continue reading
Absolute Wilson
As part of my continuing process of brushing up on American Cultural Icons I viewed Katherina Otto-Bernstein’s 2006 documentary on ROBERT WILSON, who is arguably the pre-eminent avant-garde theater director/artist in the world. I shouldn’t have been quite so ignorant of Mr. Wilson as although he is American, most of his work has been in Europe where there is … Continue reading