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Queerguru reviews : The Gospel According To André : the story of the late Fashion Grand Dame
Fashion Guru and former Editor-at-Large for American Vogue André Leon Talley puts a whole new meaning on the expression ‘larger-than-life’. In this very affectionate profile on him, filmmaker Kate Novack simply points her cameras at Talley and lets him perform. This charismatic African-American tastemaker loves the sound of his own voice as he gives his own highly edited version…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga with “Postcards from Guatemala / Saint Sebastian”
On January 4th 2022, Queerguru posted “Postcards from the Edge: a Benefit for Visual AIDS” a highly recommended art show to follow up every annual edition, not to be missed! AIDS is always a concern and the pandemic is far to be over. Those postcards, and the ones Mike Nichols gave us in his…
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Queerguru: THE BEST QUEER BOOKS OF 2021
Queerguru asked two of our prominent book reviewers for their FIVE FAVORITE QUEER BOOKS OF 2021. Queerguru London Contributing Editor Jonathan Kemp writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches creative writing at Middlesex University. He is the author of two novels – London Triptych (2010), which won the 2011 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BENEDETTA : violence, sex, love and madness : not a typical Nuns story!
Benedetta is the latest masterpiece from acclaimed movie director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Elle). Set in plague-ridden Renaissance Italy during the 17th Century, Benedetta is based on the true-life story of a lesbian nun, first captured in Judith Brown’s 1986 biography of Sister Benedetta Carlini. Starring Virginia Efira as Benedetta, Charlotte…
