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Oliver Hermanus talks about MOFFIE his excellent harrowing coming-of-age drama
The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in apartheid where the white minority still dominates and persecutes the ‘colored’ population. They however are not the enemy in this…
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Wojnarowicz: an excellent new doc. on one of NY’s greatest queer artists/activists
The exceptionally talented queer artist David Wojanarowicz’s name may not easily trip off one’s tongue but at least now thanks to Chris McKim’s incisive documentary his place in the echelons of queer culture will finally be totally undisputed. Wojanarowicz died of AIDS in 1992 just 37 years old, but this new film makes us all…
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P Town’s Tennessee Williams Fest goes Outdoors
For so many (theatre queens?) Provincetown is totally synonymous with Tennessee Williams. This great queer American playwright not only wrote some of his best work there, but he also had it performed at the Town’s theater. That’s when he wasn’t too busy admiring and enjoying some of the best local sights that came in…
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Leslie Jordan sings with Gospel Royalty on his new album
We were looking for an appropriate way to celebrate Easter when we came across a brand new album of Gospel duets. No surprise at that until we discovered it was the work of one of Queerguru’s favorite funnyman: the irreligious Leslie Jordan. I mean we know when Leslie is in his (Emmy Award-Winning) Beverley…
