2020
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Halloween …because sometimes its scary being gay
Queerguru always thought that we queers loved Halloween because it was yet another holiday where we could dress up , and even crazier than ever. However we are told by our new friends at image+nation its also because sometimes it’s scary being queer.. They should know because as Canada’s first LGBTQ film festival…
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Netflix’s two major musicals : Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Prom
Netflix has not one, but two big musical films about to be released and vying for both our hearts, minds and Academy Awards too. The first one Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, an adaptation of August Wilson’s Tony Award Winning play about the Chicago blues titan. With Viola Davis giving a sublime performance in the…
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Helping Daddy celebrate his Anniversary
This heart-touching wee queer film is the work of 27 year old ex-model turned filmmaker Christian Coppola (a ‘distant’ member of THAT family). Shot over three days in NY’s Plaza Hotel, “DADDY” is the story of, an 80-year-old man who checks into the Plaza Hotel to celebrate his wedding anniversary. It’s the first time he…
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Jean-Baptiste Huong : Sweet Fantasies 2021
Jean-Baptiste Huong is a director, editor and image designer based in Paris. Each year he produces a stunning new Calendar featuring a whole coterie of handsome men. The strong silent ones. His frames all tell a Story. And even if he likes to feature partially or fully naked men, he does so with a…
