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Richard Chamberlain one of our very first TV/Film hearthrobs dies aged 90
If you were an adolescent boy …. or girl….. back in the early 1960s then there is a very good chance your first heartthrob was Richard Chamberlain i.e. DR KILDARE of the hit TV series. He was devastatingly handsome and we totally obsessed with him for the 5 years run of the show. Sexuality was…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ASOG : a powerful tale of survival amd overcoming adversity
The opening credits provide a warning, the actors in the film are real people who survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded. Also known as super typhoon Yolanda, this force of nature brought devastation, death, and sorrow to Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines in early November 2013. Years later the mourning is…
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Meet STEVIE BANKSTER a queer singer/songwriter from Australia who we should all know about
We have just ended our coverage of the Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival , which was celebrating its 32nd year, and is now Australia’s largest film festival of any kind (and one of the top five queer film festivals in the world). It is highly regarded by filmmakers worldwide and is the most…
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Andrew Ahn talks about ‘THE WEDDING BANQUET’ his (fab) new rom-com that just premiered at BFI Flare London’s Queer Film Fest
Filmmaker ANDREW AHN‘s latest movie, THE WEDDING BANQUET, was inspired by Ang Lee’s film of the same name, but now is featuring two queer couples One of the gay men makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. but plans evolve as…
