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Michael Clark : the British iconoclast who brought punk ballet to the masses : in Conversation with Les Child

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  Hailed as “British dance’s true iconoclast”,  the most notable of all his successes of queer Scottish choreographer Michael Clark who emerged in the 1980s as a prodigy at London’s Royal Ballet School, was bringing punk ballet to the masses.   The list of the people he has collaborated with since then reads like an inevitable … Continue reading



How many Joe Exotic ‘Tiger King” does the world really need? 

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  How many Joe Exotic ‘Tiger King” does the world really need?   The ‘real one’ became a household name in 2020 after  the phenomenal success of the Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness Sadly (!) he ended up in jail for the failed murder plots to kill the (obnoxious) Carole Baskin of Big … Continue reading



The Sound of Identity : when Lucia Lucas made Don Giovanni soar

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  To mark the start of PRIDE MONTH on June 1st Shout Studios will be releasing one of the most uplifting  LGBTQ documentaries we have seen for a very time.  THE SOUND OF IDENTITY is the story of how Tobias Picker a remarkable queer composer who was the forward-thinking Artistic Director of Tulsa Opera House,  … Continue reading



Have you got the Balls to watch this?

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Back in 2016 Border2Border producer, Charlie David turned his attention to one of his favorite subjects.  He enlisted queer award-winning director Nickolaos Stagias (I’m A Stripper) to make this very useful and ‘educational’ film ‘Balls‘ Essentially it’s a documentary about the body part most associated with manhood and what happens when that’s taken away. Our … Continue reading



After two disappointing films, will it be 3rd time lucky for the legendary HALSTON

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  Will it be 3rd time lucky for Halston?    One of the most successful fashion designers who was such a phenomenon in the 197Os  has so far been so badly served by two less-than-adequate.  First Ultrasuede : In Search of Halston in 2013 and then in 2019 Frédéric Tcheng disappointing and rather clumsy Halston.  … Continue reading



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