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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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ITALY, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT
In 2009 I remembered being totally enamored with an irrepressible young Italian gay couple that documented the struggle of acceptance of gay rights in their Country and being totally horrified about the vitriol and power of the Far Right Political Parties that seem to make the American Evangelistic Conservatives seem like real sweethearts by comparison.…
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KAWA
This is an old fashioned coming-out story in which a 40 year old married man and father of two finally accepts his sexuality but by trying so hard to please everyone, no-one ends up happy at all. Based on an autobiographical novel by acclaimed New Zealand novelist Witi Ihumaera (‘The Whale Rider’) that the author…
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THE DECOY BRIDE
There are some late nights when one is brain-dead but too tired to sleep when you drift into unchartered territory in Netflix for something light and frothy to keep you afloat for a while. In my case it’s a very unwise move as its not a genre that I like or am even too familiar…
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MARINA ABRAMOVIC ; THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
This is a feature length documentary on MARINA ABRAMOVIC the celebrated Performance Artist as as she prepared for her major retrospective as Museum Of Modern Art in N.Y. in 2010. Premiered at SUNDANCE 2012 this is reprinted from my Festival Blog. It is a major event for any living artist to be given a retrospective…
