queertiques
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Rocketman : Elton John enjoys a moment of self love
Rocketman, the tumultuous story of spangly superstar Elton John is a biography, a musical and a showcase of his back catalogue. A failure at one of them is saved by an outstanding achievement in the other two. Reginald Dwight (Taron Egerton) born a suburban nobody, changes his name to Elton John and leaves behind…
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Years and Years : Last minute signs of a grower from Russell T Davies & Russell Tovey
If you can get through the glib diversity of the first half of this new show the fertile mania of the last minutes suggest it will be worth it. Years and Years could become a dystopian roller coaster with an unpredictable and fun story arc. Years and Years by Dr Who’s Russell T Davis…
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All in My Family : how one traditional Chinese family accepted their gay son’s children
It was only as recent as 2013 that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party finally announced the decision to relax the one-child policy. Up to this time families were only permitted by law to have one child so it’s surprising that Hao Wu the filmmaker helming this short documentary actually has a…
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Trade : a melodrama about accepting your real identity
The sophomore film from writer/director/producer Trae Briers is a story about how a casual meeting between two very different men turned into a melodrama that not one of them could have predicted. Michael (Austin Miller) is a highly successful corporate lawyer who lives in a luxurious villa on the beach in Malibu with Ashley (Tiffany…
