queertiques
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Circumstance
This coming-of-age story tells of two teenage girls, who are best friends, dealing with all the restrictions of growing up in Iran today. The girls are exploring their emerging sexuality as they become part of Tehran’s underground party scene. When an older brother straight out of drug rehab becomes a religious zealot and even joins…
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L’Amour Fou
The best part of this disappointing mish-mash of a film is the opening sequence which is footage of Yves St Laurent announcing to the world that he is about to retire. In a highly dramatic speech that he stumbles through in which, amongst other things, he confesses to the demons (drink and drugs) he has…
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Absolute Wilson
As part of my continuing process of brushing up on American Cultural Icons I viewed Katherina Otto-Bernstein’s 2006 documentary on ROBERT WILSON, who is arguably the pre-eminent avant-garde theater director/artist in the world. I shouldn’t have been quite so ignorant of Mr. Wilson as although he is American, most of his work has been in Europe where there is…
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Queerguru reviews Loose Cannons (aka Mine Vaganti) an affectionate queer Italian coming out story
The Cantone family pasta business in Italy is ready for some new blood. Dad is getting old and looking to his two grown-up sons Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) and Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) to take over so that he can retire. Tommaso wants no part of it as he wants to be a writer and return…
