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  • Stonewall : a queerguru pick

    Out gay director Roland Emmerich was on the receiving end of some very nasty vitriolic abuse by people condemning his new movie outright purely on the first sight of a trailer.  A petition was even drawn up urging people to boycott the movie even though no-one had still actually seen it yet to judge it…

  • Jeffrey Schwarz talks Tab Hunter

    Amongst Emmy Award winning director Jeffrey Schwarz’s prolific output are four excellent documentaries on iconic gay figures : first it was activist & cinephile Vito Russo, then celebrated porn actor Jack Wrangler, followed by the definitive profile on John Water’s favorite actress Divine.  I get to talk to him now about his latest movie on…

  • I'm Back You Bastards

    The Toronto International Film Festival  is richer than ever this year with so many more World Premieres of new movies that are going to feature high on both queerguru’s ‘must see’ list but also in the nominations for Academy Awards.   One such essential piece of potential glorious silliness is Australian filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse’s adaption of Rosalie…

  • Can I Have Your Number?

    Can I Have Your Number?

    Here’s a first look at another highly anticipated new movie which will have its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. ‘Freeheld’ is based on a true story about Police Officer Laurel Hester who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and who wants to ensure that her domestic partner Stacie Andree gets her full official…