Chase Joynt’s ‘Framing Agnes’ on how the legacy of trans research shapes the future

  Canadian trans filmmaker Chase Joynt can confidently leave this Sundance Film Festival clothing two awards, knowing he has been successful in a rare achievement. His sophomore feature-length documentary Framing Agnes is even better than his remarkable debut No Ordinary Man which he had co-directed with Aisling Chin-Yee. Joynt, whose day job is as Professor … Continue reading

Chasing Madoff

It’s just a sheer co-incidence that I sat and watched this documentary about the uncovering of the Bernie Madoff’s audacious Ponzi fraud scheme the day before that Peter his son is sentenced to 10 years in jail for his part in the conspiracy. A reminder nevertheless that even though Mr Madoff Snr. is already behind … Continue reading

Chatty Catties

For his debut feature film L.A. based artist and writer Pablo Valencia used his rather deranged imagination to risk making an extraordinary innovative black comedy that he almost manages to pull off.   This story is of an aspiring filmmaker called Shelby who has more than her fair share of emotional issues and substance abuse and who talks her … Continue reading

Chatty Catties a candidate for The Most Bizarre Movie Ever

Every now again queerguru comes across  a new candidate for ‘The Most Bizarre Movie Ever‘ that is so bad, it is actually good.  Two years ago we came across Chatty Catties from LA based artist and writer Pablo Valencia that simply left us struggling for words.  This story is of an aspiring filmmaker called Shelby … Continue reading

Chavela

  Chavela is an affectionate profile of the wonderfully outrageous legendary woman who introduced the world to soulful Mexican ranchero music, the likes of which had never been heard before.  As another singer so aptly said, Chavela Vargas would strip all the happiness out of these songs and make it the music of the wounded … Continue reading

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