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The film of iconic QUEEN Rock Montreal show is playing in an IMAX near you THIS WEEKEND ONLY
Fans of one the best-ever rock groups QUEEN should make tracks to their nearest IMAX theater this weekend to see This exhilarating live concert from 1981 is a window into Queen in their most unalloyed form, giving audiences a larger-than-life, front-row immersive experience. The film was digitally re-mastered for the first time into the image…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah raves about Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS “A moving, must-see work of genius.”
Coming-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an…
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Queerguru talks with the charismatic queer artist CARL HOPGOOD about how his art mirrors his life
Like Queerguru’s own Editor, CARL HOPGOOD, is a dispaced Brit. He studied at the (legendary) Goldsmiths College in London, and after two solo shows in Mayfair, he ended up in LA inspired by David Hockney’s and his (very homoerotic) A Bigger Splash. It’s a long way from his birthplace in Wales but it…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews AFTERGLOW a funny, and sensual exploration of polyamory
AfTERGLOW ✩✩✩✩ Southwark Playhouse, London It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, and the irony is not lost on us as the first scene of Afterglow, written and directed by S. Asher Gelman, plunges headfirst down a rabbit hole of naked, balletic grinding. It’s January in London and 0 Celsius outside but the thermostat is turned…
