queertiques
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Queerguru reviews PEPPERMINT : A Deeper Love : an affectionate profile of the iconic New York City trans drag performer
It’s almost impossible not to fall in love with iconic New York City trans drag performer Peppermint in this very affectionate warts-and-all documentary A DEEPER LOVE from filmmaker Oriel Pe’er This is not just her life story but a brilliant snapshot of the struggles for trans visibility in the current moment. She’s been living in her Harlem apartment for the past…
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Adam & Steve The Second Coming : a preview of a sequel to the hit 2005 Rom Com
When Craig Chester‘s debut movie, ADAM AND STEVE, was released 20 years ago, he was hailed as a New Queer Cinema icon. It was by no means ‘the queer movie’ of the time, as this was the same year that Brokeback Mountain burst onto our screens and picked up 8 Academy Award Nominations (winning 3). …
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the restored version of THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING a queer Native American indie drama
My Film Title of the Year award goes to The Business of Fancydancing, although it’s in fact a re-release of Sherman Alexie’s 2002 Native American indie drama. What a genius title! Alexie, a Native American himself, examines the lives of a few characters around the Spokane tribe. The chief protagonist is Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams),…
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Queerguru reviews ‘I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE ‘ a memoir of queer Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková
Making a film just from photos is no easy task, and takes a great risk of whether it will succeed. Like in the case of Czech writer/director Klára Tasovská, who opted to make a memoir of Czech photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková’s life and work through some 3000 prints. She may not be a household name to…
