documentary
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Chase Joynt’s ‘Framing Agnes’ on how the legacy of trans research shapes the future
Canadian trans filmmaker Chase Joynt can confidently leave this Sundance Film Festival clothing two awards, knowing he has been successful in a rare achievement. His sophomore feature-length documentary Framing Agnes is even better than his remarkable debut No Ordinary Man which he had co-directed with Aisling Chin-Yee. Joynt, whose day job is as Professor…
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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…
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Queerguru reviews : The Gospel According To André : the story of the late Fashion Grand Dame
Fashion Guru and former Editor-at-Large for American Vogue André Leon Talley puts a whole new meaning on the expression ‘larger-than-life’. In this very affectionate profile on him, filmmaker Kate Novack simply points her cameras at Talley and lets him perform. This charismatic African-American tastemaker loves the sound of his own voice as he gives his own highly edited version…
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This is Joan Collins : she bares all in this excellent new documentary
You don’t have to be British (or queer) to appreciate that 88-year-old actress Joan Collins really is a national treasure. Made a Dame by HM The Queen, she has always been the nearest thing that we Brits ever had to old-style Holywood Glamour. Her rollercoaster personal life took her through her marriages, and affairs…
