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2021 promises to be another RED HOT YEAR
If you actually need a reason to welcome in 2021 after this (in the words of HM The Queen) ‘Annus Horribilis’ then photographer Thomas Knights has the answer. Yesterday he launched his RED HOT CALENDAR 2021 CAMPAIGN with the first sneak pictures, which seem even hotter than hell. This is one of the very…
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Monsoon: going back home will not always work out as you plan
Queer Cambodian/Chinese filmmaker Hong Khaou’s sophomore movie that draws heavily from his own past unfolds at the slowest of paces in a very similar style as his debut film Lilting. This time the story is about a British/Vietnamese man going back to his birthplace for the first time since he was 6 years old…
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Bette is Back!
Actually our headline is slightly misleading as The Divine Miss M was recently seen on our screens in the Ben Platt drama The Politician. But she has been busy during the COVID lockdown starring in a COASTAL ELITES a socially distance satire which has been filmed remotely for HBO Max. Bette plays a ‘leftie’…
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The Sound of Identity : how Lucia Lucas made Don Giovanni soar
There will come a time in our (distant?) future when filmmaker James Kicklighter can make a documentary like this when the sole focus is on the extraordinary voice of opera singer Lucia Lucas with barely a mention of the fact she is transgender. However right now we still need films like this which add…
