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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews The Summer With Carmen : two friends on a beach plan a movie about their lives
Bright and sunny Greece, summertime and Demosthenes, a good-looking man that captures the eye from beginning to end of the film, an educational one (instructions included) on how to write a script, develop characters, and write about fiction based on facts. A comedy that embraces us, viewers into a platonic friendship. We follow…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews THE VISITOR the latest film from Bruce LaBruce premiering at Berlinale
An alarm and an off voice saying immigration destroys families introduce us to this mind-blowing tale while watching a homeless man wandering on the banks of the River Thames, where he finds a suitcase from which comes out a sculptural tattoed African naked man. Viewers are introduced to the cast of characters: the…
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TURNING THE SCREW : a look back at composer Benjamin Britten’s fascination with young boys
The English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was one of the most prominent figures of 20th-century British classical music, known for works such as the War Requiem and the opera Peter Grimes. In 1937, Britten met the tenor Peter Pears through a mutual friend, and in 1939, the relationship turned romantic. From then on Britten wrote…
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The West Coast Premiere of Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions: A Rock Opera Meditation on Queerness
We try so desperately to describe people as geniuses……. it’s such an overused term ….. but we always make an exception when talking about Taylor Mac. American actor, playwright, performance artist, director, producer and singer-songwriter who is self-described a “fool” and “collagist”. He has resisted categorization by the press after being described as Ziggy…
