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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews the excellent Narciso, a dark, sexy drama set in 1950s Paraguay. Screening as part of Miami´s Outshine Film festival.
Paraguay 1958 – the opposing forces of a brutal military dictatorship and the fledgling rock n roll music scene lock horns in Narciso, director Marcelo Martinesse´s tense, sexy, dark drama set in a closed society where not everyone is ready to open up. Handsome entertainer Narciso (Diro Romero) has just returned from a year in Argentina.…
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Queerguru’s TOP LIST OF MUST SEE MOVIES @ REELING 2026 Chicago’s Queer Film Festival
Back in 1981 when the first Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival took place , all the films were shown in a 90-seat folding-chair screening room on West Hubbard Street, and was completely sold out. Fast forward to 2026, and the Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival is the second longest-running film festival…
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LGBTQ+ communities around the world should fear Turkey intensifying clampdown
] Back in July, when a Virgin Gay Cruise ship was banned from stopping in a Turkish port, the official reason was that the group was “known for behaviors incompatible with the fabric of our society and our moral values”. i.e. the 1000 passngers were GAY and Rich Campbell, the president and CEO of Atlantis Events,…
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Queerguru Contributor JOEL CRAIG previews CODES OF BELONGING art by Georg Meyer-Wiel @ Tom of FInland Foundation
Since queer London artist and costume designer Georg Meyer-Wiel graduated from the Royal College of Art he’s become quite the globetrotter and has been awarded with critical and commercial acclaim, with major exhibitions at Hockney Gallery London, Henry Moore Gallery London, Michael Commerford Gallery Sydney and the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany. Earlier this year we covered his one-man show Travelogue at Bnude…
