queertiques
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I’m So Excited
From Pedro Almodovar, the undisputed king of high camp and high drama, comes this rather silly spoof of an airplane disaster movie : although in truth the only catastrophes that will befall any of the passengers are the results of the chaotic lives that they have temporary fled from on the ground. The action is…
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Crutch
Poor sixteen year old David is really on his own. His father has left the family home to live with his mistress which means his alcoholic mother now stops hiding the drink and just gets off her face every day; his elder brother moves out and in with his girlfriend, and his younger sister never comes home.…
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Edie & Thea : A Very Long Engagement
By the time that Edie Windsor spotted Thea Spyer across a crowded Manhattan restaurant in 1962 she was already divorced and in an attempt to defuse her lesbian tendencies, had been through several affairs with men. These two very good looking women in their early 30’s took an instant shine to each, and as they…
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In Bloom
This is the rather gritty story of a hip very young gay couple in Chicago’s ‘Boystown’ coming to terms with how tough one’s first love can be. Kurt is a small time drug dealer who supplies pot to his peers, whilst Paul his boyfriend of two years has a dead-end job in a local grocery…
