documentary
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘MAN ON THE RUN’ the story of Paul McCartney’s life post BEATLES
Paul McCartney shares his personal story, after his split from the Beatles, in the comprehensive new documentary, Man on the Run. In 1970, news of the group’s break up has been kept from the public. It is John who triggers the rupture by secretly leaving the group, but in the media, Paul appears responsible, when…
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Angelo Madsen talks about “A BODY TO LIVE IN” his compelling doc on queer body modification
Angelo Madsen is an American filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist. and an educator. His latest film A BODY TO LIVE IN, is essentially a biographical documentary of the artist known as Fakir Mustafar, considered to be one of the founders of the modern primitive movement. However, Madsen uses Farkir’s art of pioneering work, promoting piercing as…
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MARC BY SOFIA, an intimate documentary on the designer Marc Jacobs by his filmmaker friend Sofia Coppola
Marc Jacobs, the fashion designer, was once listed as one of the 100 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America, and somewhere along the way, he made friends with other very creative people. One of them is the multi-award-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola, who won an Academy Award for Lost in Translation, and whose latest…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews BRIGITTE’S PLANET B about a pioneering Colombian transgender ecologist
This documentary, written and directed by Santiago Posada, relates to the life and work of trans woman Brigitte Baptiste. A visually stunning film, its introduction featuring jellyfish and mushrooms among other specimens alternates with a conversation that addresses the dual concept of nature: as a natural environment and/or as a genuine attitude. Is simulation natural?…
