• PRIDE : Photography of Stonewall & Beyond by Fred W. Darrah

    PRIDE : Photography of Stonewall & Beyond by Fred W. Darrah

      Fred W. McDarrah was a staff photographer for The Village Voice and an author who  became famous for documenting the cultural phenomenon known as the Beat Generation from its inception in the 1950s.  His other claim to fame was his whole body of work photographing New York’s’ LGBTQ scene before and after the Stonewall…

  • Steam Room Stories : The Movie : a hammy comedy with semi-naked men

    Steam Room Stories : The Movie : a hammy comedy with semi-naked men

      The one dependable thing about director JC Calciano’s  LGBT comedies is that he never requires you to think much..  He never tries to over-complicate them so within the first 10 minutes you know the entire plot.  He will never ever deviate from it, unless he can add a scenario that he can mine another…

  • Drive Me Home : a road trip to reconciliation

    Drive Me Home : a road trip to reconciliation

      For his feature film directing debut Simone Catania has made this intriguing road movie about a couple of childhood friends who became estranged when they grew up.  Antonio (Vinicio Marchioni) had inherited his grandfather’s old farmhouse in a remote part of Sicily, but at 15 years old all he wanted to do was escape…

  • Mike Sullivan and his mirrored masks

    Mike Sullivan and his mirrored masks

      Queer artist Mike Sullivan breezed into #PTown for Mike Sullivan Pop-Up at Studio Lacombe where he had an Exhibit of his exquisitely  flamboyant collection of masks and crowns. He talked with QUEERGURU about his art and his creative processes.   The interview conducted by Roger Walker-Dack was filmed by Dan Desjardins at Studio Lacombe…