Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter just reviewing The Courier a British spy thriller set in the 1960’s, we are going further back in time to the 1950’s for a classic British farce that is just being released on Blu Ray. Exactly why Independent film studio Film Movement are resurrecting is unsure. This quintessential British post-world-war-2 movie will no … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTo most Americans (and other non Brits) 89 year old Dame Patricia Routledge is best known as the social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket (that’s pronounced Bouquet) in the long running hit TV sit.com Keeping Up Appearances. There is of course a lot more to this the veteran classically trained actress than that. She was a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterGreat news if you live in Europe or your computer can play Region 2 DVD’s as next week sees the release of a fully restored high definition version of The Naked Civil Servant, unquestionably one of queerguru’s favorite classic queer movies. From 1976, it tells the remarkable true story of Quentin Crisp, self-proclaimed England’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTwo years shy of its 5oth Anniversary, Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play The Boys In The Band has been revived for a run in London’s Park Theatre. Originally opening off-Broadway just a year before the Stonewall riots which would signal a major shift in the start of the the first throes of ‘gay liberation, although the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAustralian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s starts his awe-inspiring take on Shakespeare’s most violent tale of Macbeth on the battlefield on the mist-drenched Scottish heath that he stages dramatically like an epic, but bloody opera. It sets the pace for what turns out to be one of the most enthralling adaptions of the Bards work on the … Continue reading
