queertiques
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Boys on Film 20: Heaven Can Wait : Heavy going on the way to Heaven
Hidden in this collection of shorts are two or three better, more focused films. It is too long to bare all the weight of its sombre content in one sitting. Anyone trying to bake their way out of their coronavirus confinement will be familiar with the problem that a good ingredient, eaten too often,…
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No Angel – A Life of Marlene Dietrich : a legendary Queer Icon
In 1999 American Film Institute named Marlene Dietrich as the ninth-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. We think if we polled gay men (of a certain age) for Legendary Queer Icons in Gay History, Dietrich would rate much higher than that . For those of you reading this who have never heard of…
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Fantabulosa: the story of Kenneth Williams a legendary funny Brit Queer Icon
The late great Kenneth Williams could easily be described as Britain’s own Charles Nelson Reilly. Both men were celebrated classical trained actors who worked with all the major stars of their day, but they actually found their own fame with their outrageously camp and genius comic humor which made them both much loved national treasures. They were…
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Becoming Courtney Act: How drag made Shane Jenek queen of his own identity
If you’ve never been a fan/admirer of Shane Jenek aka drag queen Courtney Act, then this intimate portrait from Australian TV will change all that Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series , each just 30 minutes long, with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people’s own words. …
