Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlthough we see a great deal of the legendary shoe designer Manolo Blahnik in this enchanting profile on him, he evidently had only agreed to the project with director Michael Roberts if he kept the cameras primarily on the impressive list of fashion heavyweights and celebrities who lined up to testify that Blahnik is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMansfield 66/67 is a deliciously camp and funny romp by filmmaker married duo Todd Hughes and P. David Ebersole that is loosely based on the life of Hollywood pin-up and blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield. They make a point of stating right from the start that their documentary is based on press cuttings and rumors … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe prolific gay filmmakers Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato start this latest documentary of theirs on the celebrated and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1989 with the scene of the right wing Republican Senator Jesse Helms angrily pleading with the Senate to stop the public funding of the latest Mapplethorpe Exhibition. The fact it didn’t actually receive any monies … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPat Dwyer and Stephen Mosher met when they were both college students at the hometown University of North Texas back in 1985. It was, they both fervently claim, a case of love at first sight, and they have rarely been apart since then. And now 25 years later and living in New York, they want … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHow do you make an intimate documentary when your subject refuses to be photographed? Ask Reiner Holzemer who hot from his acclaimed profile on Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten he turned his attention one of Noten’s peers Martin Margiela. To be honest it was Margiela’s demand was hardly news to Holzemer as he … Continue reading
