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Matthias + Maxime : another superb queer drama from Xavier Dolan
The prolific French/Canadian Xavier Dolan is unquestionably one of the ten best queer filmmakers today. And he’ll be at the top of of the list too. In 2009 at the tender age of 20 his debut film I Killed My Mother, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, won him three prestigious awards…
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Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
News today from the Venice Film Festival is that a new doc from queer Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino called Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams has been brought by Sony Pictures Classic. It’s the colorful tale of how Ferragamo an impoverished cobbler from Naples left his home in Italy to go to Hollywood to seek fame and…
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Metro Sexual : a queer comedy about a serious subject
Arriving on US screens (and in Canada too) this month is the latest comedy export from Down Under. Metro Sexual is a fast and furious low brow Australian sitcom TV web series that gets its laugh from an incessant stream of potty mouthed humor about body parts in distress . Set in Metropolitan Sexual…
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The Boys In The Band : looks as good as it sounds
By all accounts director Joe Mantello has surrounded himself with a superb cinematographer (Bill Pope) and production designer (Judy Becker) and three Art Directors (Kiel Gookin, Annie Simeone and Alexander Wei) to ensure the stunning look of this new adaptation of Mart Crowley’s queer classic The Boys In The Band. With its all…
