The Danish Boys – Danish without sugar

  The Danish Boys collection of short films recently released from NQV Media has an unusual common trait across its diverse characters and circumstances. There is a focus on victimhood without redeeming purpose that is individually irritating and objectionable whilst collectively being oddly compelling. Centered around over familiar gay crucifixion scenes each ode to pain … Continue reading

The Danish Girl

This may be a thoroughly British take on this very real groundbreaking story, but immediately from the first frame the screen is awash with these muted languid tones of Copenhagen in the first half of the last century, that there is no doubt of where this is all taking place. Einar and Gerda Wegener are … Continue reading

The Danish Girl Shines

Whilst the movie The Danish Girl is wowing crowds as it currently plays prestigious Film Festivals around the world and is getting nothing less than rave reviews for its star Eddie Redmayne, there are still mumblings about it’s lack of political correctness having a cisgender man playing a transgender women. ‘Time Out’ even goes so far … Continue reading

The Dapper Young Kurds

Exactly one year ago a group of some 30 dapper (and extremely handsome) young Kurdish men who live in  Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region formed the country’s first ever gentlemen’s fashion club called Mr. Erbil. Their aim is not just about bringing western styles to Kurdistan,  but helping to resuscitate the local failing … Continue reading

The Dark Place

Keegan Dark has hyperthymesia which means he has visions of his extremely detailed autobiographical memory. The trouble is that both the visions and his memory are more than a tad fuzzy so it takes us some time to work out what they all can possibly mean.  In fact its a good 30 minutes into this … Continue reading

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