Queer ’90’s : a Snapshot of the Watershed Decade

A new movie Art House is always a cause for a celebration, but when it opens with such lofty plans as The Metrograph, then it’s sort of like a wet-dream for real hardcore cinephiles.  The two screen theater opened in March this year in Ludlow Street on New York’s Lower East Side and also encompasses a … Continue reading

Queerguru reviews Jewel’s Catch One

In her youth, Jewel Thais-Williams dabbled in quite a few different professions, and then in the early 1970’s when her clothing store was badly affected by an economic downturn, she decided to look for a recession-proof business when she noticed that the Bar across the street was for Sale. Even though she had no bartending … Continue reading

queerguru reviews Denial

Denial is based on a very real story that started in 1996 when the right-wing British author and historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) filed a libel suit against a Jewish-American history professor Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz) and her British publisher Penguin Books for publishing a British edition of Lipstadt’s book ‘Denying the Holocaust’.  In her book … Continue reading

Queer Perspectives 10

For the past ten years Queer Perspectives at London’s National Portrait Gallery have invited guests  who identify as LGBTQI to select, discuss and highlight works in their Collections and beyond which have a personal resonance. This innovative and inclusive quarterly event hosted by artist and curator Sadie Lee is going to celebrate its diverse decade, … Continue reading

Queerguru at the Movies @ San Francisco Transgender Film Fest

I   It’s odd now to think that when the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival was founded in 1997 it was originally named Tranny Fest  The name may have changed but North America’s first transgender film festival is even more relevant today than it ever was. It still serves this marginalised community with an ever-growing  … Continue reading

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