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Queerguru reviews MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS with a pitch perfect performance by Lesley Manville
Sometimes the rest of the (film) world takes time to catch up with what we Brits have known for years. Actress Lesley Manville is one such case. A favorite of Mike Leigh in all his ensemble movies ….. and picked up awards for appearing in his Another Year. And although her resume is jampacked…
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Queerguru’s Richard Gilles reviews WE (NOUS) another innovative film by Alice Diop
Alice Diop films the suburb where she grew up and still lives, crossed by a suburban train line, the common thread of her 4th documentary, Us. This unifying title sums up the ethics of the film director for whom the stories of immigrants who freshly arrived in France, and the identity of the host…
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Queerguru’s MUST SEE MOVIES @ Outfest Film in LA
The 40th Anniversary of Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival kicks off on 14th July 2022. Its an 11 day Festival with over 200 films inclusive of feature narratives, documentaries, short films, and episodics that cover lmost the entire LGBTQ+ spevtrum. It includes a roster of festival favorites, an impressive 42 world…
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The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley
This very affectionate profile on the actress/model April Ashley is long overdue as is evident in how her star quality simply shines through so bright on the screen.. April’s complicated roller-coaster life would have defeated any lesser person but since she somehow survived being born into a poor working-class Catholic family in 1935 in…
