2023
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Shaun Dunne’s THE SOLUTION inspired by the gay porn industry premieres at Dublin Theatre Festival
Irish filmmaker/writer Shaun Dunne first came onto Queerguru’s radar when his film How To Tell A Secret was released last year. It was yet another story about HIV and the AIDS pandemic. We have viewed more films about this than we care to remember. However once in a blue moon, a feature film comes…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field” the iconic New York stylist, costumier, and fashion designer
Iconic New York stylist, costumier, and fashion designer Patricia Field has been breaking fashion rules for over 50 years. Directed by Michael Selditch, Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, celebrates her life’s work. One of New York’s original downtown club kids, Field opened her first fashion store in 1966. The store, in various locations,…
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17 Years Later its the sequel of the BOY CULTURE the hit sex work romance
17 years is a long time in calendar years but so much more in gay years. That’s the time it took to get a sequel of Boy Culture the multi-award-winning story of a gay male escort from filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka. In 2006 the escort X (Derek Magyar) was balancing complicated relationships with his…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews APOLONIA APOLONIA a documentary by Lea Glob at the London Film Festival
At times this documentary, filmed over a 13-year period by Lea Glob, seems suspiciously perfect. Centered on Apolonia Sokol, an enigmatic and beautiful artist, with a life full of bohemian tragedy, who the camera lovingly captures with her asymmetric haircut and perpetually half-smoked cigarette. It’s almost too curated, like a film rather than a…
