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Queer Matter : News, Reviews And Interviews
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I’m Still Queer
Since the disastrous result of the U.S. Election which will probably end up with an enormous number of homophobic misogynist racists running the Government, now more than ever our community needs to take stock to ensure that they do not turn back the clock on all the rights that we fought so hard for so…
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The Legacy of Alexander McQueen
The French journalist and filmmaker Loïc Prigent has carved himself a considerable reputation for his impressive resume of fashion documentaries that have profiled some of the leading designers of the day, and a whole series of films that took a look behind the scenes at Fashion Week. Last year Prigent produced one his finest films today called The…
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Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
There are very few filmmakers who consistently produce sure-fire hits with every movie they make like the two-time Oscar winner Ang Lee, but even he is seems is not completely infallible. His latest one boasts the very latest experimental technology that affects how we see it all but somehow it seems like that it is at the expense…
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Elle
The movie opens with such a shockingly brutal rape scene that stuns one into disbelief. Even knowing that it is helmed by Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven who directed the controversial Basic Instinct, and is based on a story by Phillipe Dijan the author of Betty Blue, still doesn’t quite prepare one for the fact that…
