2025
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Queerguru reviews EXIT INTERVIEWS when you get to find out what went wrong (or right)
Being a displaced Brit here in the US is one continuous learning curve, trying to learn and adapt to American practices. Joining that list now is ‘Exit Interviews’, which my trusty Oxford English Dictionary explains is a survey conducted with an individual who is separating from an organization or relationship …. a kind of ‘what…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas’ reviews ONLY GOOD THINGS (Apenas Coisas Boas) the latest film from Daniel Nolasco
An erotic queer romantic melodrama written and directed by Daniel Nolasco, it portrays a relationship that outlasts several decades , from a rural area to an urban one. It is 1984, young black bearded Antonio (Lucas Drummond), lives in Catalao, Brazil, he is a lonely farmer who has cows and makes cheese. Young, attractive and curly-haired Marcelo (Liev Carlos) …
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NY”s NEWFEST steps up to the plate when Desperado Queer Film Fest in Arizona is Cancelled
Last month, the organizers of the Desperado LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Phoenix announced that they canceled the event “in direct response” to Trump’s executive order aimed at ending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at publicly funded institutions. This would have been their 17th Edition. In their statement, the organisers said Continuing with the festival this…
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Matthew López’s THE INHERITANCE “the most important American play of the century. ” regional premiere at The Round House, Bethesda
Back in 2018, when Matthew López’s drama THE INHERITANCE had its world premiere in London, the august conservative newspaper, The Telegraph, hardly known for its hyperbolic headlines, declared it “the most important American play of the century. Set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to…
