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‘THE NEW LOOK’ or how Christian Dior dethroned Coco Chanel to become the most influential Fashion Designer in post WW2 in Paris
Apple TV has just released the first teaser trailer of the highly anticipated series The New Look. Set in post-WW2 Paris, it is the story of the rise of courtier Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) and how his new fame overshadows Coco Chanel. (Juliette Binoche) During the war, Dior was employed by Lucien Lelong…
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‘John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’. a new documentary on Apple TV
All of us of a certain age will be able to tell you where we were the day that John Lennon died. (I was actually with Freddie Mercury that night ….not that he was aware). Lennon’s life has been the subject of several films …… the best of which is Nowhere Boy which was…
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Queerguru’s James Judd gets totally captivated with Bradley Cooper et al in MAESTRO
Leonard Bernstein was highly influential in American cultural life. As the composer of musicals, operas, ballets, and film scores including West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, he lived at the center of popular culture. He was also bisexual, horny, studly, and married with children but engaged with male lovers in a…
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Queerguru’s TOP PICKS of MUST SEE FILMS at Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney Australia
It’s a new year which means a whole new round of some of the very best QUEER FILM FESTIVALS around the Globe. The first out of the block as usual is Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney, Australia which runs from 15th Feb – 29th Feb The wonderfully diverse program for…
