biopic
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The Conductor: the tale of a feminist whose best friend is a trans man
The real reason that Dutch filmmaker Maria Peters’ movie The Conductor came on Queerguru’s radar in the first place is that the secondary plot line centers on a trans man refreshingly played by the talented trans actor Scott Turner Schofield, This biopic is the heavily dramatized take on the true story of Antonia Brico…
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Rocketman : Elton John enjoys a moment of self love
Rocketman, the tumultuous story of spangly superstar Elton John is a biography, a musical and a showcase of his back catalogue. A failure at one of them is saved by an outstanding achievement in the other two. Reginald Dwight (Taron Egerton) born a suburban nobody, changes his name to Elton John and leaves behind…
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Pasolini : on his last days
After premiering at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals back in 2014 Abel Ferrara’s movie ‘Pasolini’ has for some unknown reason has been stuck on a shelf somewhere until now. However now Kino Lorber the distributor of indie and art house movies has released the film to select US movie theaters. It’s the story…
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The White Crow ; the story of the original Bad Boy of Ballet
For his third time behind the camera the two time Academy Award nominated actor Ralph Fiennes has tackled the story of the defection to the West of Rudolph Nureyev the Russian who was one of the greatest dancers of all time. With a script by two time Academy Award nominated writer David Hare, this…
