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After Louie’s Vincent Gagliostro on daring us to dream again
The veteran gay activist/author/playwright Larry Kramer was right. Again. After Louie is indeed a movie that had to be made. Filmmaker Vincent Gagliostro talks about his directing debut with this powerful and entertaining inter-generational drama about AIDS. Starring Alan Cumming and Zachary Booth the story tackles how we are all coping now the the…
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God’s Own Country : a sneak preview
God’s Own Country a breakout hit at both Sundance and Berlinale Film Festivals (where it was nominated for a Teddy for Best Queer Feature) is a remarkable debut from openly gay Brit writer/director Frances Lee, and unquestionably one of best queer love stories for a very long time. Set in the wilds of Yorkshire (hence…
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Run(a)way Arab
It’s nigh on impossible not to really like Amrou Al-Kadhi an out and proud queer Iraqi drag queen / activist / writer / actor / journalist / filmmaker. He is also disarmingly charming to boot. The London-based founder and star of Denim the drag superstar group has always been such an articulate advocate about being…
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level
Great 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…
