A Matter of Size

  Herzi, a very likable obese man, living in a small town in Israel, gets mad when he is thrown out of his Dieting Club by its skinny tyrannical leader who calls him a whale cos he is actually putting on weight, and then he gets fired from his job as a Chef at a … Continue reading

A Matter of Time; Examining Forty Years of AIDS While Living through a Pandemic

    On Thursday, June 3rd the leading queer choreographer Pioneer Winter will moderate with a Dance Against Time panel of artists, advocates, and activists who will reflect on queerness, mortality, urgency, and intimacy in the time of pandemic from the perspective of the performing arts. It is to complement a new exhibition A Matter … Continue reading

A Midsummer’s Night Dream from The Folger Theatre in DC

  The Folger Theatre actually built a purpose-made theatre from the ground up inside the majestic Great Hall of DC’s National Building Museum.  Its a grand setting for their stunning production of Shakespeare’s most magical comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  Directed by Victor Malana Maog, it’s a wonder-filled  90 minute production, full of romantic delight … Continue reading

A Million Happy Nows

This is a one of those rather glorious no-holds-barred weepy melodramas that Hollywood would have termed as a ‘women’s picture’ in the good old days.  It still is in a sense, but for entirely different reasons.  This time the romantic pair at the centre of this rather wonderful sad tale are lesbians.  It is the … Continue reading

A Moment In The Reeds

For his debut feature movie, London based Finnish filmmaker Mikko Makela has returned home to tell his compelling tale of a romantic summer encounter between an unlikely pair that literally sizzles on the screen. Leevi (Janne Puustinen ) has been studying in Paris and comes back home to somewhat reluctantly help his estranged father (Mika … Continue reading

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