queertiques
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Fin de Sigle/End of the Century : Poem, painting or dream?
For anyone who has traveled alone the first 12 wordless minutes of Fin de Sigle are so recognizably real that you don’t realize you are being set up for a love story that is not quite a poem, a painting or a dream. Gustavo, or Ocho (Juan Barberini) as he is known by his childhood…
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By The Grace of God : a powerful dramatization of when the Catholic Church in Lyons condoned abuse.
French queer auteur François Ozon is always full of surprises . His prolific output of films has ranged from the very profound and serious to the outright camp, and never failing to delight even with his less successful films. He changes tack again with his latest movie an engrossing take on a-ripped-from-the-headlines story that…
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HAM : A Musical Memoir : Sam Harris’s life story so far
The singer and Tony nominated Broadway actor Sam Harris wrote a memoir, which he parlayed into a one man stage show picking up Ovation Awards in LA, and now its a full blooded film. Most people know of Harris from when he won TV’s first ever talent show Star Search back in 1987 but…
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Those Peculiar Days : which never always work out as you wish
Queer Mexican filmmaker Churcho E. Quintero follows up his intriguing sleeper hit Velociraptor with this new tale of group of adolescents who use a weekend away in the countryside to explore their sexuality and test their relationships. It’s just after High School Graduation and Isobel (Sofia Sylwin) wants to take a trip was from…
