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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the new ED ATKINS show, now on at London’s Tate Britain Gallery.
One of the best art shows in London is also one of the hardest to tell you about. Influential British multi-media artist Ed Atkins presents a mind-blowing series of works from the last fifteen years, now on at Tate Britain. Atkins is best known for his computer-generated videos and animations. Repurposing contemporary technologies in unexpected…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘ACCIDENTAL FRIENDS’ an Italian queer rom-com screening at OUTshine Miami’s Queer Film Fest
Accidental Friends (Amici Per Caso) directed by Max Nardari, is a gay Italian rom-com that feels like it should have been made thirty years ago but has been made today, perhaps only because same-sex civil partnerships, but not marriages, were made legal in Italy in 2016. Its comedy depends on worn-out stereotypes and clichés about…
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Richard Chamberlain one of our very first TV/Film hearthrobs dies aged 90
If you were an adolescent boy …. or girl….. back in the early 1960s then there is a very good chance your first heartthrob was Richard Chamberlain i.e. DR KILDARE of the hit TV series. He was devastatingly handsome and we totally obsessed with him for the 5 years run of the show. Sexuality was…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ASOG : a powerful tale of survival amd overcoming adversity
The opening credits provide a warning, the actors in the film are real people who survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. Also known as super typhoon Yolanda, this force of nature brought devastation, death, and sorrow to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines in early November 2013. Years later the mourning is…
