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The Exception
It would be wrong to even infer that Brit filmmakers ever play down the sheer atrocities that occurred during WW2, but there is definitely a whole platform of them who somehow make their war dramas seem almost like a squabble between gentleman that has somehow got out of hand. The Exception is very much…
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John Waters talks to Queerguru. @ Provincetown Film Festival 2017
Provincetown’s own Renaissance Man John Waters sat down to talk to queerguru at #PIFF2017 to share how busy he is ……as usual. The Pope of Trash who has called P Town his summer home for decades has always been a major force in the Film Festival too, and we literally caught him for a…
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Bob Mizer’s Beefcake (NSFW)
The legendary photographer Bob Mizer’s career really took off in 1947 when he was convicted of the unlawful distribution of obscene material through the US mail. He had always been one who was known for pushing boundaries in his work, and in an era when the mere suggestion of male nudity was not only frowned upon but…
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Maudie
This rather sentimentalized biopic by Irish filmmaker Aisling Walsh based on the life of the Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis is essentially a wonderful vehicle that showcases the exceptional talent of British Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins who steals very single scene. Maud was born at beginning of the 20th century and suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, and when…
