queertiques
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Berlin, I Love You ; the latest in the I Love You Cities movie series
The ‘I Love You City’ series of movies started off with such a bang with the first film ‘Paris I Live You’ in 2006 but has been a rather major disappointment ever since This latest, and the 4th in the franchise, is based in Berlin and as usual boasts an impressive line up of…
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Dykes, Camera, Action! a look at the history of lesbian filmmaking
In Caroline Berler’s excellent investigation into lesbian cinema, which is a must see for any queer cinephile, she attempts to give us a female version of The Celluloid Closet. It is a valiant attempt as there are not nearly as man queer women’s movies and they have always been overlooked by those produced by gay…
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J T LEROY : Literary Bandit’s Haul of Mirrors
The story of this literary hoax is a confusing one but the movie is a Dummy’s Guide to JT LeRoy and lays out the pieces in a way that begins to make sense. As it holds up a mirror to people pretending to be who they are not it is hard to decide if…
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Men Of Hard Skin : a dark abusive coming-of-age tale set in the Argentinian countryside
Teenage Ariel (Wall Javier) lives in a large rambling farm outside of Buenos Aires with his machismo father ( Claudio Medina) and older sister (Camila Diez) after his mother had upped and left some years previously. .He’s a major disappointment to his father as he is a quiet sensitive boy who shows no interest…
