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THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN
The Horror Show! is a fantastic new exhibition which has just opened at London’s Somerset House. Curated by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall, the exhibition celebrates the UK’s greatest cultural provocateurs and visionaries, examining how ideas rooted in horror have informed the past 50 years of creative rebellion in Britain. We are invited to…
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Queerguru reviews TRAMPS!: The Death of Punk. The New Romantics & The Art of Survival @ NY’s NewFest
Following in the heels of BLITZED the excellent documentary by Bruce Ashley and Michael Donald the remarkable story of how in the 1980’s a very small group of young people In London in a mere 18 months redefined a whole generation, comes another look at them in TRAMPS. Remarkably it’s the sophomore film from queer Canadian…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviewed #LookAtMe : when a Singaporean YouTuber publicly defends his gay twin all hell lets loose
#LookAtMe is the latest film by Singaporean film director Ken Kwek. Inspired by similar real-life events, Kwek explores the effects Singapore’s anti-gay laws, discrimination, surveillance, and human rights issues have on a mother and her two sons. Sean and Ricky Mazuki (both played by Yao) are twins in their late teens who live with…
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Todd Hughes talks about his memoir LUNCH WITH LIZABETH
Todd Hughes, one half of queer filmmaking duo EBERSOLE HUGHES (Mansfield 6667, House of Cardin) …..the other half is his husband David Ebersole …. has published his first book: a memoir of the Hollywood star of the 40’s and 50’s LIZABETH SCOTT. As a young man, Hughes had a major crush on her…
