HUGH HEFNER: PLAYBOY, ACTIVIST & REBEL

The joy about a good documentary is making one re-appraise opinions.  Like this fascinating portrayal of Hugh Hefner, who before I started viewing, I had assumed was a very old somewhat annoying man who had made a tidy sum from soft-porn and now spent his days in his pajamas surrounded by a bevy of pretty … Continue reading

Hugh Ryan: Brooklyn and the Birth of America’s Queer Life

  When Historian, Curator, and Author HUGH RYAN  wrote WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER, he found a thousand great images that couldn’t fit in the book. On Jan 16th, thanks to Oscar Wilde Tours, he’ll be showing them off and discussing “Brooklyn and the Birth of America’s Queer Life!”   Ryan will take you on a tour of … Continue reading

HUGH RYAN : When Brooklyn Was Queer

  When Historian, Curator and Author HUGH RYAN was in #Pown at EAST END BOOKS for a reading of his latest book WHEN BROOKLYN WAS QUEER , he talked to QUEERGURU about this and how in the year of STONEWALL 50, the whole subject of queer history is finally getting the attention it deserves Filmed … Continue reading

HUGO

Its initially hard to get your head around the whole idea that a Director famous for gritty violent R rated movies is going to film a children’s story, but when you discover that the Director is Martin Scorsese then you know that this is going to be something totally out of the ordinary.  It all … Continue reading

HULU brings us the stories of two Fashion Giants: Karl Lagerfeld and Diana Von Furstenberg

      Good news for fashion aficionados hot on the heals of the captivating doc on John Gallinao (see https://queerguru.com/high-and-low-john-galliano-the-tale-of-a-talented-and-tortured-genius/  ) comes news of two more movies of celebrity fashion designers . First is a new TV  drama series from  HULU is BECOMING KARL LAGERFELD the eccentric  looking German designer who, amongst many things … Continue reading

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