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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Maryam Touzani’s beautifully poetic drama THE BLUE CAFTAN
Le Bleu du Caftan (The Blue Caftan) is director Maryam Touzani’s (previous film Adam) beautifully poetic drama about the relationship between a closeted Moroccan tailor, Halim, (Saleh Bakri), his dying wife Mina (Lubna Azabal), and their gay male apprentice Youssef (Ayoub Missioui). Premiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Touzani takes her time in…
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Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds : a true Believer
If it wasn’t for Howard Stern of all people I may never have heard of Imagine Dragons, and in particular their frontman Dan Reynolds. On his radio show recently Stern had the band do a jazz version of Believer, which I subsequently learned had been a major hit for the band. So a…
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DIANA : The Untold And Untrue Story
I guess you could say that writer/performer Linus Karp has one of those delightfully warped minds we have come to expect ….. and really love from our favorite queer talented acts. We often have a discussion in the Queerguru Office about how gay can you actually get. In the case of Linus…
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I Didn’t See You There : a film by Reid Davenport
Opening in a few select metropolitan movie theaters is first-time director Reid Davenport’s stunning thought-provoking Sundance Award-Winning Documentary Feature As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport set out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself.…
