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Sal
James Franco continues his somewhat unhealthy fixation with gay history and culture in his latest turn behind the camera. His new movie was on Sal Mineo the ‘out’ gay actor who starred along James Dean in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and who was nominated twice for Best Supporting Actor Oscars. However it was hardly a…
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We Always Lie To Strangers
The opening scenes of this new documentary …. with its perfectly wonderful title …. reels off a whole list of extraordinary facts about the small town of Branson in Missouri that you are almost tempted to book a flight there immediately. With a local population of just over 10000 all year round, they get a remarkable 8…
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I Am Divine
Glen Milstead aka Divine was unquestionably John Water’s finest actor and muse. Not simply because of his talent that was as outsize as his physique, but because like Waters he was both totally fearless and dared to push the boundaries of bad taste as far as he possibly could. And he did it all in…
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Have no great expectations of Mike Newell’s new much abridged version of Charles Dicken’s classic story but you will at least get a real visual treat that Oscar nominated cinematographer John Mathieson has created here with his dramatically lit sweeping landscapes. Of all the previous 18 + times this story has been brought to the big and…
