1968
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‘Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews a restored ‘WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?’ the (totally fab) 1965 queer-ish neo-noir cult classic film
Who Killed Teddy Bear? is the 1965 queer-ish neo-noir cult classic film you’ve never seen. Directed by Joseph Cates, and starring bisexual Hollywood beefcake legend Sal Mineo, the beautiful Juliet Prowse and the legendary Elaine Stritch, the psycho-drama Who Killed Teddy Bear? has now been digitally remastered and is due for general release to a…
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The Queen : the 1968 classic Drag film lovingly restored
This wonderful sllce of LGBTQ from 1968 perfectly captures the world on NY Drag when the height of their existence was simply winning a Beauty Pageant. Thankfully this debut documentary by filmmaker Frank Simon has been lovingly restored this year as part of the Stonewall 50 Celebrations. It is a piece of cinema verite…
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The Killing of Sister George
Robert Aldrich’s stunning movie of Frank Marcus’s Broadway hit play was way head of its time when it was released in 1968. It was one of the first to ever get an X rating from the Censors, the Catholic Church loudly condemned it as ‘immoral trash’, respected Film Critics of the day bitterly dismissed it,…
