queertiques
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Herr von Bohlen Private
Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach was known for many things including being the last of the Krups the 400 year old German dynasty who were the country’s largest weapons manufacturers. When he was born in 1938 in Berlin his family’s business was such a staunch supporter of Hitler’s war that the Fuhrer granted them special…
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Carlos Jáuregui : The Unforgettable Fag
In this documentary that tells the story of the leading Argentinian LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui, someone comments at one point ‘it’s important for our community to know where we have come from’ to which we would add, it is equally vital that we know who propelled us along the way too. Every LGBT community has a hero,…
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Sensitivity Training
One of the reasons that this comic drama falls quite short of being really funny is that it is about two extreme stereotypes who are the focus of a very thin plot that holds no surprises or twists once the main thrust of the story has been revealed at the very beginning. It’s essentially the…
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A Date for Mad Mary
It is important to understand in this totally enchanting Irish dramedy that the Mary (Seána Kerslake) in the title is not mad in the conventional sense of the word, and this is just a label hurled at her by people who simply do not know how to cope with her wild and nonconforming spirit. She has…
