queertiques
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation : reviewed by Andrew Hebden
For those of us who might be outrageously, but fairly, accused of being more interested in mentioning that we have read Truman Capote or Tennesse Williams than actually reading them, this is the perfect documentary. Its mixture of biography, gossip, observations, and anecdotes in their famously distinct voices conveys a sense of both their…
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‘Unshockable’ Andrew Hebden reviews stomach churning PLAYDURIZM
If a movie sets out to arouse disgust and successfully achieves it does that make it a successful movie? While Queerguru is still musing on that one we can confidently affirm that our normal movie accompaniment of popcorn and diet coke was pushed to one side pretty quick in this nightmarish 90 minutes by Gem…
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Leading Ladies : a film by Ruth Caudeli
For her latest feature film, Spanish queer filmmaker Ruth Caudeli continues with her fixation with ‘navel-gazing’ which was the topic of her sophomore movie Second Star On The Right. Leading Ladies, filmed in Colombia, is the tale of five young women who have gathered together for a celebratory dinner for one of their number…
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Summertime : The most LA thing you will do this year
While the Miami head office of Queerguru’s international media conglomerate basked in 75 degrees this week, our London outhouse was caught in a surprise April snow shower. So we had to ask ourselves ‘are we really ready for LA in Summertime?’. Turns out we were thirstier than spring-breakers in covid lockdown. Let’s start by saying…
