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Bizarre
Lest there be any doubt we should start by saying that his new movie from French director Etienne Faure truly deserves its title more than any other cutting edge movie released on the fringes that we have seen this year. It is actually taken after the name of the Brooklyn Cabaret Club that 18-year-old Maurice…
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Limited Partnership
As the dust settles down on the historic decision of SCOTUS to pave the way for same-sex marriage to be legalised for all Americans in every State some commentators still consider we achieved so much in a short time. That is probably because what is in their mind as the starting point was when the…
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How To Win at Checkers (Every Time)
Since 11-year-old Oat’s construction worker father had a fatal accident he has grown more dependent on his older brother Ek who he completely idolises. After their father’s death the boys are now orphans Ek has to leave school early to get a job to provide for the family as they are now looked after their…
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Before The Last Curtain Falls
The German/Canadian documentarian Thomas Wallner’s record of the closing night of the ‘Gardenia’ the famous Belgian Cabaret that had been touring Europe for the past years pries far too closely for comfort into the melancholy filled lives of the performers. They are a group of elderly, mainly overweight, transsexuals and gay men who are drag…
