Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideHalston was the US’s first haute couturier to be taken seriously. From milliner to revered iconic fashion designer in a very short this flamboyant and fun-loving man firmly put his sartorial stamp on everything in the Studio 54 era so that his ‘star’ on Fashion’s Walk of Fame in NY rightly proclaims ‘The 70’s Belonged … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideEncountering the work of the revolutionary dancer choreographer Pina Bausch for the very first time reminded me yet again of the great cultural abyss I live in at times, and if it hadn’t been for watching Wim Wender’s enchanting documentary, I would have missed knowing about her completely. Ms. Bausch once described the human impulse to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA revealing documentary on Harry Belafonte the celebrated singer and Tony Award winning actor (and the first African American Emmy Award Winner) who’s extraordinary biography includes a lifetime involvement as an important Civil Rights Activist alongside Dr. Martin Luther King and the other leaders of the movement. This illuminating insight shows a committed and dedicated … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe title of this engrossing documentary on the lives and work of design icons Charles & Ray Eames is somewhat misleading as we soon discover that there were so much more than just an architect and a painter. They were also furniture designers, filmmakers, graphic designers and visual communicators par excellence. In fact this multi-faceted highly … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI was a little non-plussed when I started watching Angelina Maccarone’s new documentary on actress Charlotte Rampling as instead of the usual career review the movie was in 9 different sections each with an ominous sounding title such as ‘exposure’, ‘desire’, ‘beauty’, ‘resonance’, ‘death’, ‘love’ etc. with Ms. Rampling talking with an interesting array of … Continue reading
