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‘TAKE THAT’ the rise, fall and record-breaking reunion of one of the UK’s most iconic boy bands: on Netflix
Our inbox has recently seen a whole flurry of music biopics/documentaries:Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Diane Warren : Relentless, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, David Bowie – The Final Act, etc., etc., and now the latest one is on TAKE THAT, the 90’s Boy Band. A new three-part documentary on Netflix…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews the restored classic Luchino Visconti’s CONVERSATION PIECE (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno)
A film from 1974 by Luchino Visconti may have autobiographical connotations. It introduces us to il Professore (Burt Lancaster), a well-studied and traveled man who lives comfortably and quietly in his flat located in the heart of Rome. He has a lively interest in arts and literature, and he lives with a loyal housekeeper and cook,…
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Queerguru reviews A MAN WITH SOLE: THE IMPACT OF KENNETH COLE : with the biggest social conscience in the Fashion Industry
I was always aware of the witty campaigns the American footwear designer KENNETH COLE ran as part of his personal commitment in the fight against AIDS, but I had no idea of either its depth or its success. Dori Berinstein‘s documentary “A Man With Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole,” finally tells the world of…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews DAD GENES a touching doc about discovering family
What is a Family? This is the question at the centre of Dad Genes, a touching documentary that follows the story of Aaron, an affable fifty-year-old single man living a simple life from a tiny room in a Seattle artists’ co-op, where he juggles an administrative job and caring for his aged mother with Alzheimer’s.…
