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The Queen has had a Facelift and is coming Back
In 1968, way before Paris is Burning and the ubiquitous Drag Race, filmmaker Frank Simon shot his debut documentary about the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant. This glorious piece of cinema verite that captured a group of drag queens vying to be the winner has been lovingly restored in 4K, and thanks to the…
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Queer Brazilian filmmaker DANIEL NOLASCO talks to Queerguru about his stunning new doc MR. LEATHER
Brazilian queer filmmaker DANIEL NOLASCO’s fascinating new documentary “Mr. Leather” is a very affectionate profile of Brazil’s growing gay leather community which he manages to demystify for all of us. Totally intrigued we tracked him down to to Rio on the eve of the film’s North American Premiere at Miami’s OUTshine LGBTQ Film Festival.…
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The Boys In The Band are coming Back
Ryan Murphy who has shaped himself into being an innovative Patron Saint of LGBT entertainment, has just announced his latest new venture which has us all celebrating with joy. Last year he produced a Broadway revival of Matt Crowley’s The Boys In The Band to mark the 50th Anniversary of the original groundbreaking production…
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ROCKETMAN : a celebration of Elton John’s life with all the highs and lows
This is a behind the scenes look at the highly anticipated ROCKETMAN movie that tells the story of ELTON JOHN’S breakthrough years with a respect that was never accorded to Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. The story shows this larger-than-life story of how a shy young Reginald Dwight transformed into one of our generation’s…
