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HELMUT BERGER ‘The Most Beautiful Man In the World’ and longtime lover of Luchino Visconti dies aged 78
Austrian actor Helmut Berger, who was both incredibly handsome and talented was made into a major star in European cinema by auteur filmmaker Luchino Visconti who also became his boyfriend albeit there was a 40-year age difference. Visconti cast Berger in a spectacular role in his landmark 1969 epic The Damned in which he played…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews HIDDEN LETTERS the compelling tale of Chinese calligraphy that is secret code for women only
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WOMEN IN CHINA WERE BORN TO OBEY THEIR FATHERS, HUSBANDS AND SONS. FORBIDDEN TO READ AND WRITE, THEIR VOICES WERE SILENCED. MOST LEFT NO RECORD OF THEIR LIVES. Nushu has many levels, is a secret that belongs to Chinese women, it is calligraphy made by women to preserve a secret…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CASA SUSANNA a compelling documentary about a secret haven for trans men & women in the 1960s
Casa Susanna is a compelling documentary about a group of cross-dressing men/trans women in early 1960s America. Acclaimed French screenwriter/director Sebastien Lifshitz opens up a world few of us would know about had it not been for a set of photographs found at a New York flea market in 2004. The early 1960s…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden’s ★★★★★ review of Eddie Izzard’s spellbinding GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Eddie Izzard: Great Expectations ★★★★★ Garrick Theatre. London One day someone will be tasked with writing the autobiography of Eddie Izzard. A hilarious standup comedian. A tireless athlete who ran a charity marathon a day, 6 days a week, for 7 weeks. A fearless juggler of gender expectations. And now an extraordinary storyteller who…
