queertiques
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Summer Nights aka Les Nuits d’Eté
After its wonderfully dramatic and promising opening scene with one middle-aged transvestite dishing out therapy to another matronly looking one lying on the couch, Summer Nights slowly muddles it way through a series of stories that often fail to make much sense. The main plot strand concerns Mylene the one lying on the couch…
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The David Dance
Late into the night he is Danger Dave, but when this chatty highly-opinionated dj turns off the mike after his gay radio show in Buffalo NY is over, he reverts back into shy Dave who is someone who has a hard time accepting himself let alone interacting with others. When the movie opens his show…
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Triple Crossed
After he had finished his posting serving in the military in war-torn Afghanistan during which time he witnessed his best friend being killed, Chris Jensen is struggling to adapt back into civilian life. Unable to find a job, as no one seems prepared to want the services of a somewhat damaged ex-serviceman, he has resorted…
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Folsom Forever
Mike Skiff’s illuminating new documentary on the Folsom Street Fair, one of San Francisco’s iconic gay events, starts off by dispelling a few of the myths that surround its 30 year history. Initially the Fair was created in 1984 as part of a growing protest movement that objected to the enforced gentrification of what previously…
