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THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN
The Horror Show! is a fantastic new exhibition which has just opened at London’s Somerset House. Curated by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall, the exhibition celebrates the UK’s greatest cultural provocateurs and visionaries, examining how ideas rooted in horror have informed the past 50 years of creative rebellion in Britain. We are invited to…
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Al Pacino hosts a gala screening of DOG DAY AFTERNOON at The Actors Studio
Sidney Lumet’s ‘Dog Day Afternoon has become something of a cult classic since its release in 1975. Based on the real-life story of a bungled bank robbery and hostage situation that couldn’t have gone worse if they tried. Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning,the movie was both a critical and box office success.…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews “Triangle of Sadness” a funny & surreal satire at London Film Festival
If, by some random cataclysm (or Mondays as we now call them), you only got to see the first three scenes of the satire Triangle of Sadness you would still have rarely seen a more finely observed depiction of how money and status wreak havoc in our culture. The rest of this funny and occasionally…
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‘Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York’
In 1987 when Ron Goldberg was just 28 years old he discovered that ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power was about to hold a rally near his workplace. He was not normally into any form of political protest, but like all of us gay men at that time he was scared, angry, and more…
