biography
A Very British Scandal : the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
When most people think of a scandalously divorced woman who became a British Duchess, their minds turn to Wallis Simpson the American socialite who was the reason that the King of England abdicated in 1936. However, there was another cause celebre 30 years later when the heiress and divorcee Margaret Whigham and third wife…
Queerguru’s Jonathan Kemp raves about “Poly Styrene : I Am A Cliche’
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of a documentary like this nor the significance of women like Poly Styrene. Not that there were or are many women like her. She embodies all that was good and true about punk even as she transcends the label and reconfigures every stereotype, turning them all into ironic…
Queerguru reviews Jessica Chastain’s Oscar worthy performance in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
We have to confess that as Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s exhilarating 2000 film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, is one of our favorite queer documentaries of all time we approached the new film with the same title with such trepidation. Thankfully it turned out to be groundless as although this feature drama written…
Yes I Am : The Ric Weiland Story : a true Queer hero
We all need heroes and role models. Especially in the LGBTQ community. Most of the ones we have are very colorful and loud. However, there are some like Rik Weiland who are far from that. Yet this very quiet private man, who sadly took his own life in 2006, is probably the most important…
