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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…
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Billy Goldenberg : the Hollywood composer you should know about : has just died
Billy Goldenberg, one of the most successful Hollywood composers that too few people knew about , has died aged 84 years ago. Queerguru had the pleasure of dining with him one night after he had just finished touring with “Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends,” which he created with Ms. Arthur. Goldenberg, openly gay, was…
