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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘CECIL BEATON’S FASHIONABLE WORLD’, a retrospective of the legendary Vogue photographer, artist, costume designer and illustrator.
Glamour and queerness have long been interesting bedfellows. One of the pioneers of such fabulousness was Sir Cecil Beaton, the iconic British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer, and costume and set designer. This autumn, the multiple Academy and Tony award-winning talent is being honoured by London’s National Portrait Gallery with a…
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ELSKA Magazine devotes its latest edition to regular gay Angelinos sharing their souls….. (and more)
It always brightens our day when the latest issue of ELSKA our favorite queer photo-zine, lands in our in-tray. We’ve been big fans of editor/chief photographer Liam Campbell since 2016, and he has taken us around his (queer) globe several times now. To us, it’s his knack of seeking out a cross-section of the local…
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Ira Sachs and Ben Wishaw almost made three films together in a row.
You could be forgiven for thinking that maybe there is ‘something’ going on between filmmaker Ira Sachs and actor Ben Wishaw. The two of them are currently promoting the release of the biographical Peter Hujar’s Day, which centers on an extended conversation between Hujar (Ben Whishaw), a brilliant but struggling photographer, and his close friend,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the brilliant ‘Blue Moon’, directed by Richard Linklater starring Ethan Hawke & Andrew Scott
Breaking up is hard to do, romantically or otherwise, especially in a very public scenario, and where alcohol is involved. Director Richard Linklater’s latest film, Blue Moon, examines the tragic 1940s professional break-up between Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) and his composing partner Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). The duo, America’s Gilbert and Sullivan, were…
