queertiques
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WIG : the revival of WIGSTOCK with a look at its glorious past
Chris Moukarbel‘s film WIG about the revival of the icon NY drag festival was always going to be a flattering and affectionate profile as Neil Patrick Harris, and his husband David Burtka helped produce the film after they has partnered with Wigstock creator Lady Bunny to revive the event last year. Moukarbel used ample archival…
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5B : an inspiring tale of courage of the nurses and patients in SF’s first AIDS Ward
Two time Oscar winning filmmaker Paul Haggis’s first foray into a non-fictional feature is an insightful and affectionate look at the country’s first ever AIDS Ward : 5B at San Francisco General Hospital. Opened in 1983 not only would it become the busiest of its kind, but more importantly the dedicated nursing staff implemented a…
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Burn The House Down : Stilettos still kick in France
Despite the title’s reference to the original vogue movie Paris is Burning this French documentary serves up a vibrantly haphazard fresh slice of chic. It builds on, rather than just borrows from, the African American ballroom scene. If you like your intersectionality joyful, human and juicy rather than dry, theoretical and earnest this stiletto…
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An Almost Ordinary Summer : until two family patriarchs want to marry
This crowd-pleaser Italian rom-com is the tale of two polar opposite families who have unwitting been brought together for a summer vacation because the two patriarchs have a secret they want to share. The setting is a stunning seaside mansion which is the home of the rather grand art dealer Toni (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) who has…
