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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…
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There is Nothing Like A (British) Dame
You really need to be a Brit or an Anglophile to understand the Queens Birthday Honours List and why today people up and dow the country are celebrating that the veteran actress June Whitfield, whose most famous role was playing Edina’s long suffering mother in Absolutely Fabulous, has been made a Dame. The Honours…
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P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes dish all about Mansfield 66/67
Married husbands, the delightful filmmakers P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes stopped by the Sage Lounge to dish with queerguru about their new deliciously camp and surreal documentary Mansfield 66/57 on the blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield which is currently showing at #PIFF2017. Filmed by Hussein Wentz for ‘queerguru reports’ on PTV’s Channel 99 …
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Boycott Dolce & Gabbana For Real
Two years ago when the designing duo behind the ubiquitous luxury clothing line Dolce & Gabanna came under heavy fire from the LGBTQ community for their very disparaging remarks about the freedom of same-sex couples to their children, they took five months to come up with a very lame public apology. The fact that…
