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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews the restored classic Luchino Visconti’s CONVERSATION PIECE (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno)
A film from 1974 by Luchino Visconti may have autobiographical connotations. It introduces us to il Professore (Burt Lancaster), a well-studied and traveled man who lives comfortably and quietly in his flat located in the heart of Rome. He has a lively interest in arts and literature, and he lives with a loyal housekeeper and cook,…
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Queerguru reviews A MAN WITH SOLE: THE IMPACT OF KENNETH COLE : with the biggest social conscience in the Fashion Industry
I was always aware of the witty campaigns the American footwear designer KENNETH COLE ran as part of his personal commitment in the fight against AIDS, but I had no idea of either its depth or its success. Dori Berinstein‘s documentary “A Man With Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole,” finally tells the world of…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews DAD GENES a touching doc about discovering family
What is a Family? This is the question at the centre of Dad Genes, a touching documentary that follows the story of Aaron, an affable fifty-year-old single man living a simple life from a tiny room in a Seattle artists’ co-op, where he juggles an administrative job and caring for his aged mother with…
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Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel : probably the BEST TV home decor show you will ever see!
Back in the early 1990s, a man named Ken Lowe got the idea to create a home renovation and gardening cable TV network. That idea came to fruition in 1994 as HGTV, and it started slow, but a few years later, the decorating genre exploded in the cable market. Like most other aspects of television…
