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‘Unshockable’ Andrew Hebden reviews stomach churning PLAYDURIZM
If a movie sets out to arouse disgust and successfully achieves it does that make it a successful movie? While Queerguru is still musing on that one we can confidently affirm that our normal movie accompaniment of popcorn and diet coke was pushed to one side pretty quick in this nightmarish 90 minutes by Gem…
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Hysterical : the fiercest funny Ladies
Hysterical a documentary from FX that is now screening on Hulu has one of THE best line ups of fierce funny women for a very long time They remind us that Stand-up comedy had always been a male domain. Only a tiny handful of women have broken out of the brutal world of comedy…
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Elton John + Rina Sawayama : Chosen Family
We love the fact that at the grand old age of 74, Sir Elton John’s music is still as relevant as ever. Here he has teamed up with Rina Sawayama to make a heart-string-pulling new version of Sawayama’s single “Chosen Family” that celebrates finding love and acceptance within one’s friendship circle, or chosen family. Sir…
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Leading Ladies : a film by Ruth Caudeli
For her latest feature film, Spanish queer filmmaker Ruth Caudeli continues with her fixation with ‘navel-gazing’ which was the topic of her sophomore movie Second Star On The Right. Leading Ladies, filmed in Colombia, is the tale of five young women who have gathered together for a celebratory dinner for one of their number…
