queertiques
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Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp reviews DEREK JARMAN’s first film (Sebastiane) and last film (Blue)
Serving as bookends to his filmmaking career, these two titles offer a fascinating insight into Jarman’s themes, obsessions, and aesthetics, as well as representing the powerful trajectory of one artist’s life/work. From painter to set designer (most famously on Ken Russell’s The Devils) to filmmaker, even if he claimed to never seeing himself as one.…
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Zola : a black comedy that verges on not-so-soft porn
Movies are often stories adapted from a stage drama, a novel, or a memoir but this is probably the first time we have come across based on a string of Twitter posts. This was the story of a very unusual road trip in 2015 by A’Ziah-Monae “Zola” King that was subsequently detailed in a…
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Joe Bell : a gay film for straight eyes
Mark Wahlberg may be the headliner in this poorly conceived melodrama, but it is 21-year-old Reid Miller who shines through as the real star. Based on a true story, which has been disappointedly adapted for the screen by Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain) this is a gay drama made specifically for straight eyes. It…
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Sex, Drugs & Bicycles
For those of you who haven’t yet realized that the Netherlands is a queer utopia, now may be the time to catch up with the rest of the world. A new award-winning documentary titled “Sex, Drugs & Bicycles” is an American view on the paid vacations, universal healthcare, LGBTQIA+ acceptance, and windmills of The…
