2016
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One Kiss
Clutching a newly won Italian Golden Globe comes an insightful teen drama that adroitly tackles a whole slew of issues such as homophobia, bullying and date-rape sex. Despite the serious nature of it’s subject matter, the movie opens on a very sunny note infusing such warmth and humor throughout that doesn’t prepare one at all…
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Wanna See Your Name in Lights?
Making queer cinema has never been easy. Despite the boundless amounts of talent, and proven track records of filmmakers, and the abundance of LGBT Film Festivals eager to bring new work to audiences, and the success at the box office, especially via global streaming platforms, raising the necessary financial investment is still as tough as…
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Among The Believers
This new documentary by filmmakers Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi makes a sterling attempt to a semblance of an understandable explanation of the ongoing internecine war in Pakistan between the government authorities and the Taliban insurgents. They start with the cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi who heads up the Red Mosque network of schools known as…
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Turn Back Time …….. Sing If You’re Glad To Be Gay
Brit singer/songwriter Tom Robinson started his band in 1976 and their debut punk rock album went ‘gold’ just two years later. TRB, as the band were known, were voted “Best New Band” and “Best London Band” for the year 1977 by listeners at the Capital Radio Music Awards. Like many of the ‘new wave’ groups of…
