documentary
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Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews “Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Show,” @Provincetown International Film Festival
I would not have seen “Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Show,” at the Provincetown International Film Festival had a gay male filmmaker friend not urged me to do so. I owe him a debt of gratitude, as I urge you to do the same when it screens on HBO Max on June 30. I…
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‘Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel’ a true story about one of the last bastions of homophobia
On the balcony of the Holloway Motel on the iconic Route 66 in West Hollywood, a man would sit with a laptop in front of him, drinking wine. The motel hadn’t been in use for a while and was in the process of changing hands to become interim housing for the homeless. Filmmaker Ramiel Petros…
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Queerguru’s Peter Herbert reviews ‘STRANGE JOURNEY: The Story of Rocky Horror’ a documentary by Linus O’Brien about his father’s cult film
Strange Journey is a documentary made by Linus O’Brien about his father’s all-time cinema hit The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The film opens in Hamilton New Zealand where locals revere local boy Richard O’Brien, who left for London aged 22 in 1964 and shot to unexpected fame in 1973 when he wrote what is described…
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WELCOME TO THE TOOLSHED : the story of a queer Leather Bar in Palm Springs en route to its premiere at Cannes
There is nothing we like more at QUEERGURU than talking with filmmakers who are as passionate about queer cinema as we are. Just like Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard who usually make scripted features. Today, we caught up with them en route to the Cannes Film Festival, where their first-ever doc is premiering at the…
