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Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING debuts on Netflix
Netflix has just revealed it will be screening Beyoncé’s film HOMECOMINg next week on April 17th. The documentary filmed at Coachella Festival last year show’s the singers stunning performance that paid tribute to historically black colleges and universities. (In fact many of them will get a Preview Screening before the general release). In the…
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Dykes, Camera, Action! a look at the history of lesbian filmmaking
In Caroline Berler’s excellent investigation into lesbian cinema, which is a must see for any queer cinephile, she attempts to give us a female version of The Celluloid Closet. It is a valiant attempt as there are not nearly as man queer women’s movies and they have always been overlooked by those produced by gay…
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HALSTON : Hallowed designer reduced to the JC Penney rack
2019 could be the year the world rediscovers Halston, the groundbreaking designer who drove some of the key looks of the 70s and 80s. Not only have 80s looks been resurfacing for some time but Ewan McGregor is about to star in a TV dramatization of his life and work. Disappointingly this documentary by…
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Light In The Water
Lis Bartlett’s debut feature documentary is an affectionate look back at how the legendary West Hollywood Swim Club started back in the early 1980’s and survived some both turbulent and very successful times to morph into being West Hollywood Aquatics Team – who also go by “WH2O”. These pioneer gay sportsmen first banded together to…
