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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Alfred & Jakobine
When a young pretty Danish girl was broke and stranded in Japan she asked a handsome American seamen in the Port in Yokohama for help, and a couple of bottles of Sake later, she was smuggled aboard his ship that was setting sail for Casablanca. A few days into the voyage they had fallen madly…
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The Circle aka Der Kreis
Even though he led a very closeted life, Ernst Ostertag went out in public to a gay Ball held by The Circle Magazine and met and fell in love with Robi Rapp, a drag act who was performing there that night, who would later become his life partner. The year was 1956, and the city was…
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Hot Guys With Guns
With opening credits that are a playful homage to those of a James Bond movie and with a song to match, you immediately assume that this tongue-in-cheek indie feature will probably not be a run-of-the-mill gay themed movie. And you would be right. It’s a very contemporary take on an old-fashioned detective story where the…
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Snails In The Rain
Every day on his way to University, linguistics student Boaz stops at the Post Office to check his mailbox to see if there is a letter telling him he has been awarded a Scholarship to continue his studies in Jerusalem. One day however, inside the box he finds a letter he has not been expecting,…
