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Courting Mr. Lincoln : did Joshua Speed really win his heart?
Much has been written about the special friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed. Louis Bayard’s novel is a fictional take, told from the views of Mary Todd and Speed. Since Lincoln and Speed almost always spoke to each other using surnames, I will do the same. Mary Todd relocated to Springfield, Illinois to live…
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Rocketman”s Taron Egerton sings Your Song
One of our very favorite clips from ROCKETMAN is not Taron Egerton being an outrageous Elton John, but when he is sitting down quietly at the piano composing ‘Your Song“. His rendition of what we think is Elton’s best song ever sends tingles down our spine. Check it out. The second video is…
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Andrew Ahn talks about his new movie DRIVEWAYS
Award winning queer filmmaker Andrew Ahn ( SPA NIGHT) took the Red Eye from #LA to spend 24 hours at Provincetown Film Society & Festival where he was screening his delightful sophomore film #DRIVEWAYS before he flew on to Frameline in SF. Whilst here he talked with QUEERGURU during the Fest’s Garden Party at Lands End Inn Provincetown Filmed by Dan Desjardins
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Tehran : City of Love …….for some people
This is the stories of three middle-aged sad and depressed Iranians trying to cope with the reality that love has simply passed them by.. In this very bittersweet comedy from writer-director Ali Jaberansari we see how these lonely individuals cope with the lack of a romantic relationship . Overweight Mina (Forough Ghajabagli) ironically is…
