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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’, a brilliant documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz about the controversy around the cult 1980 queer film Cruising.
We can always trust director Jeffrey Schwarz to deliver compelling documentaries about queer social history. The maker of I Am Divine, Tab Hunter Confidential, The Fabulous Allan Carr, Boulevard! A Hollywood Story and Vito is back with Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, the story of the controversy around the making of the 1980 queer cult-classic film…
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Check out the National Theatre’s ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’ (now online) its destined to a camp classic
The Importance of Being Earnest (A Trivial Comedy for Serious People) was Oscar Wilde‘s final play, and it premiered in 1895, literally weeks before he was imprisoned for being a homosexual. The irony is that the play wasn’t part of the prosecution’s evidence, yet over the years its queer subtext has been exploited to make…
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Queerguru checks out ‘CARY LEIBOWITZ | Too Personal Stay Away at TSL, Hudson’ NY
; Cary Leibowitz rose to fame in the 1990s under the moniker “Candy Ass.” Leibowitz makes bold, self-effacing artworks that comment on the contemporary art market, kitsch, Jewish identity, and queerness. Though he embraces a range of styles, his practice—which spans painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and other pursuits—almost always features text. His childish scrawl is…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘DOWN THE HATCH’ a night of queer comedy at Brighton’s KOMEDIA Club
Much like Provincetown Mass, Brighton in the UK has a larger-than-average queer population, so it makes sense that we would have a comedy night hosted by, performed by, and in front of a crowd that is predominantly queer. Up until 2023, our comedy night at Komedia was known as ‘Bent Double’, run and emceed by…
