Month: February 2021
Crip Camp : A Disability Revolution
CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is something of a muddled film, but nevertheless a inspiring powerful telling of the journey for rights for the disabled community that will shock many of us who were unaware of it. The story starts in the 1970’s at Camp Jenard in the Catskills run by hippies where kids with…
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet streams in US for the 1st time
Tony and Oliver Award winner director/choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic story of love and conflict. Set in the not-too-distant future in ‘The Verona Institute’ and mysteriously confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide and crush their youthful spirits, our…
Bourgeois & Maurice : Insane Animals
Sequin-clad satirical weirdos Bourgeois & Maurice are alien siblings from another planet but they also are quintessential eccentric Brits. And an extremely talented pair too. The award-winning duo are stars in London’s Alternative East End and in touring the globe their outrageous and idiosyncratic act have collected them international fans who love their discerning…
Queerguru’s Curated Curios ……. and News 2/9
Historian Hugh Ryan (author of When Brooklyn Was Queer) gets his first book review published in the NY Times. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out a memoir by Jeremy Atherton Lin, is a toast for the gay bars that shaped queer identity, both personal and collective. Full Review …
Boys on Film 21 : Peccadillo series of Queer Shorts comes of Age.
Stay home, stay safe, and treat yourself. Peccadillo Boys on Film 21 comes of age with a polished set of shorts that are almost poems, marking the small moments that make histories. MEMOIRS OF A GEEZA (UK, 4 mins) Dir. Theo James Krekis. A playful start with an ode to the theme that “perception is…
