The Cut

The third part of Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin’s trilogy ‘Love, Death and the Devil’ is a slow-winding powerful globe-trotting epic that follows Nazaret Manoogian (French actor Tahar Rahim)  an Armenian blacksmith on his journey to reunite with his family after war has torn them apart.  It starts in 1915 when the Turkish Army carry out … Continue reading

The Curious Case of Albert Cashier : Lincoln’s ‘Lady’ Soldier : a compelling new play now touring Ireland

  There is seemingly no end to the amount of queer history that is uncovered these days, and each story makes a great contribution to how our LGBTQ+ community has evolved.  Over in Ireland, the innovative Quinetssanece Theatre Group is currently touring the country with a thrilling new play The Curious Case of Albert Cashier: … Continue reading

THE DADS. this excellent ‘must see’ Netflix doc is about Six fathers of LGBTQ children who bond during a fishing trip in rural Oklahoma.

  Filmmaker Luchina Fisher’s couldn’t have timed the release of her excellent new Netflix documentary “The Dads” any better.  Currently, with such rabid anti-trans rhetoric from right-wing conservatives getting such dangerous traction in the media, it’s refreshing to get this view from some heartfelt acceptance of transgender youth. Fisher’s film is of five fathers of … Continue reading

The Dairy Queen’s Uhu Betch ‘re-interprets’ her mother’s messages

  Only last week we interviewed MILK  the NY Drag Queen who is making her PTown debut here in her show ALPHIE at Velvet Lounge.  Just passing through town to check up on him, was Milk’s boyfriend who is the one you got him into drag in the first place .  James Whiteside, like Milk … Continue reading

The Dancer

When you see the spectacular and rather breathtaking dancing scenes in this movie you can understand why writer/director Stéphanie Di Giusto chose to make her very first feature film very loosely based on Loie Fuller the great French/American dancer of the Belle Époque period.  However Di Gusto takes great liberties with telling the dancer’s story and … Continue reading

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