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Beats Per Minute (BPM) is a big winner – again
Less than a month after it swept the boards of the LUMIERE AWARDS France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes, ROBIN CAMPILLO ’S masterful movie BPM BEATS PER MINUTE was the big winner at the César Awards (France’s Oscars) last night. It picked up 6 Awards including the Best Film prize along with wins for editing, original screenplay, supporting actor, score and…
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The extraordinary How To Make A Pearl
Landing in the queerguru office this morning was a new extraordinary short film from the documentaries division of The Guardian Newspaper in London. We intended to take a quick glimpse and come back and watch it later, but it was one of those remarkable stories that begged for our immediate attention, and so we viewed it…
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Adam Rippon winning hearts and minds (as well as an Olympic Medal)
Sometimes the media are a tad too quick to idolize sportsmen especially the ones that have medals hanging around their necks. However, in the case of the young openly gay Olympic Ice Skater Adam Rippon who has barely been out of the headlines these past few weeks, he deserves every single drop of adoration that has been piled on him. Not…
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What if Hollywood told the truth?
If Hollywood really told us the truth about their films and made sure their posters called it as it really was, would we still go see the movies anyway? The very talented funny guys at TheShiznit.co.uk turned their attention to all of this year’s Oscar Nominated films, and these are a few examples of their take on…
