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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ELEPHANT a Polish intimate story about choosing freedom above family obligations.
Polish landscape and rural life are beautifully shot in this fictional drama that portrays families living rooted in tradition and discomfort, no doubt the effects of the last strong Soviet influence on Poland still project its shadow in the lives of the older ones in the small village. We are introduced to young Bartek…
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CLAY FARMERS : a queer western romance that preceded Brokeback Mountain by 18 years
Clay Farmers is a queer western-based romance that was made in 1988 a full 17 years before Brokeback Mountain, although it never created anything like the same impact as its successor. It is the debut, and only feature-length film from director A P Gonzalez from the only script ever written by Michael Moore was…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden tells us Dumbledore is SO GAY!
Dumbledore Is So Gay ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse, London First, let us reassure you, JK Rowling has not participated in, or endorsed this play. The title Dumbledore is so Gay is one of many references to the obsessions of the play’s hero, Jack (Alex Britt) a fanboy of the wizarding world. There is…
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‘John Waters: Pope of Trash’, a brand new Exhibit opens at The Academy Museum next month in Hollywood
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Hollywood has just announced they are hosting the first ever comprehensive Exhibit to celebrate the work of queer auteur filmmaker John Waters. In the past 50 years he has given us some iconic cinema inc Pink Flamingos and Desperate Living, to Cry Baby and Serial Mom. Without Waters, the world…
