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Queer ’90’s : a Snapshot of the Watershed Decade
A new movie Art House is always a cause for a celebration, but when it opens with such lofty plans as The Metrograph, then it’s sort of like a wet-dream for real hardcore cinephiles. The two screen theater opened in March this year in Ludlow Street on New York’s Lower East Side and also encompasses a…
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Mrs Merton : a true British comic legend
Mrs Merton is a quintessential British TV legend. The creation of the brilliant comedienne/writer Caroline Ahearne, this ‘elderly’ agony aunt was the host of an BAFTA Award-winning mock TV chat show that ran for three years from 1995 on the BBC. Celebrities lined up to be her guest even though none of them were spared…
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The Crown set to be a Royal success for Netflix this Fall
Two-time Academy Award Nominee Peter Morgan continues his fixation with HM Queen Elizabeth with his latest creation that he has written and executive produced for Netflix. The Crown, which is set to be the company’s most expensive original drama series to date, chronicles the tumultuous early days of the young Queen’s realm, so don’t expect Dame…
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Scottish Queer International Film Festival’s 2nd Edition Shines
The Scottish Queer international Film Festival in Glasgow may be the new kid on the block as it is just about to have its Second Edition, but it does however have an eclectic schedule of edgy and idiosyncratic programming that would put some much more established queer festivals to shame. For four days starting Thursday…
