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Queerguru reviews A FRIEND OF DOROTHY a gem of a movie with the indefatigable Miriam Margoyles
It may come as a bit of a shock for fans of Graham Norton’s TV Chat Show that there is so much to the potty mouth veteran lesbian actress Miriam Margolyes. In her native UK the 84-year-old BAFTA-winning character actress gained a cult following for her enormous body of work from her Charles Dickens Solo…
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Queerguru reviews ELEANOR THE GREAT starring the indomitable 95 year Academy Award Nominee JUNE SQUIBB
We are not sure what came first in this equation, Double Oscar Actress Nominee Scarlett Johnson, making her film directing debut, or Oscar Actress Nominee 95-year-old June Squibb making her first starring role, but the combination made for sheer movie magic Miss Squibb plays Eleanor Morganstein, a high-spirited widow who lives in Florida and shares…
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Queerguru reviews EXIT INTERVIEWS when you get to find out what went wrong (or right)
Being a displaced Brit here in the US is one continuous learning curve, trying to learn and adapt to American practices. Joining that list now is ‘Exit Interviews’, which my trusty Oxford English Dictionary explains is a survey conducted with an individual who is separating from an organization or relationship …. a kind of ‘what…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas’ reviews ONLY GOOD THINGS (Apenas Coisas Boas) the latest film from Daniel Nolasco
An erotic queer romantic melodrama written and directed by Daniel Nolasco, it portrays a relationship that outlasts several decades , from a rural area to an urban one. It is 1984, young black bearded Antonio (Lucas Drummond), lives in Catalao, Brazil, he is a lonely farmer who has cows and makes cheese. Young, attractive and curly-haired Marcelo (Liev Carlos) …
