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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews MEDUSA DELUXE a ‘hairdressing whodunit’ @ BFI London Film Festival
Medusa Deluxe, written and directed by Thomas Hardiman, is a whodunnit set in the backstabbing world of competitive hairdressing shows. Completed in one shot that meanders through a claustrophobic set like a deranged Cluedo board we are sent on a hunt to decipher which of the coiffed caricatures is the killer. It’s definitely a…
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SERGEI EISENSTEIN : Erotic Drawings
The legendary Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein was known in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). In its 2012 decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th greatest film of all time. And he was universally recognized as one of the greatest filmmakers…
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Shooting Star : a Porn Star Musical written by a Porn Star
Could ‘Shooting Star’ the musical become like the Hamilton of the gay adult film industry? After all when it premiered in Los Angeles recently, the LA Times called ts “A traditional American musical: A HEARTWARMING TALE of misfits.” “ Written by Florian Klein aka Hans Berlin the adult films star, in what we suppose…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews LUKAS DHONT’s ‘wounding masterpiece’ CLOSE at BFI London Film Festival
On a film that loosely follows the seasons, to say that Lukas Dhont’s Close might make you weep is as inevitable as saying winter might follow autumn. The emotions are so finely evoked in this masterful coming of age drama they could have been drawn with an eyelash. 13-year-olds Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi…
