2020
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House of Hummingbird : a Korean queer coming-of-age tale
This debut feature film from Bora Kim of a quiet and confused 14 year old Korean schoolgirl is loosely based on her own giving a real sense of authenticity to this unique coming-of-age story. Plus its also set in 1994 which proved a significant year in South Korea’s history. Eighth-grader Eun-hee (Ji-hu Park) is the…
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I Loves You Porgy ….. live on PBS Great Performances on July 17th
We may be spoilt for choices with so much culture now being streamed online right now, but here is one real treat we would not dream of missing. This Friday, July 17, PBS’s Great Performances will present the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019 production of George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward’s Porgy and Bess. Directed by…
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Tituss Burgess : Dance M.F.
Here’s not one, but THREE, takes of queer four-time Emmy Winner actor/performer TITUSS BURGESS with his new Pride video DANCE. M.F. This fab new song is a love letter to all the party people who in spite of the pandemic, are still committed to “live their best lives“, party on down and celebrate Pride…
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Helmut Newton : The Bad And The Beautiful
It’s been 15 years since the iconic German/Australian photographer HELMUT NEWTON had a fatal car accident as he drove into his beloved Chateau Marmont in LA. It’s also been over 30 years since “Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge” the last documentary on him surfaced. And the fashion/media landscape has changed so very much…
