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Poland’s own “Stonewall” and how the Polish LGBTQ community are fighting back
This new powerful I-D Video from director/producer Isolde Penwarden takes us inside the very unsettling situation of the LGBTQ community in Poland which over the past two years has seen its rights stripped away. In the east of the country, their very existence is outlawed with the creation of so many official LGBTQ-free zones. …
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WEST NORTH WEST a Japanese queer drama that explores themes of gender, sexuality, nationality, and religious identity
Set amongst the bustling crowds and underground karaoke clubs of Tokyo, WEST NORTH WEST explores themes of gender, sexuality, nationality, and religious identity through the complex desires of three women. The film is now featuring on PeccadilloPOD, a new On-Demand platform for LGBTQ+ cinema. Beautiful Kei (Hanae Kan) works at a cocktail bar,…
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London : wanna learn something (old) new?
In London this week and at a loose end? Our tip for trying something new would be to take the bus to Walthamstow for a Sashiko+Boro – Japanese Mending Workshop. Well, it may be new to you but Boro is the age-old Japanese art of mending textiles and is literally translated as rags or scraps…
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Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews DRIVE MY CAR a ‘soul-feeding and visually breathtaking’ film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Japanese writer Haruki Murakami enjoys a cult status among the readers of the 21st century. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi undertook the mammoth task of adapting his short story ‘Drive My Car’ into an eponymous film. The result is soul-feeding and visually breathtaking. The film has an unmistakable life force in it that is contagious. …
