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Radha Blank’s highly entertaining ‘The Forty-Year-Old- Version’ reviewed by Queerguru’s Janet Prolman
“The Forty-Year-Old- Version“ is a highly entertaining film written, directed by, and starring Radha Blank. The title, a play on words (remember “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin?”), signals that despite its heavy subtext of the sexism, racism, and ageism in the theater world, the tone and delivery are not without humor and a bit of spoofing, The…
KITZ: a bunch of rich glamorous snow-bound kids in a Reality TV series that you will either love ….or hate.
All those Reality TV shows that are all sparkle and no substance have so much to answer for. Now German TV has jumped into the act with a scripted drama series called KITZ set in the real-life Austrian ski resort town of Kitzbühel, It is all about sex on the ski slopes: gay, straight …
Longing Gazes : Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews Rebecca Hall’s brilliant directorial debut film PASSING
Rebecca Hall’s brilliant directorial debut “Passing” is the first film adapted from Nella Larsen’s groundbreaking novel of 1929 and is currently available on Netflix. Ostensibly about passing for “white” racially, both novel and film delve into issues of identity, sexuality, and repression: passing to accommodate societal norms and expectations. Irene Redfield’s (Tessa Thompson) carefully…
Who Killed Sara? (And do you really care?)
Rather than write a full review of the Netflix Mexican mystery thriller streaming series Who Killed Sara, we thought we would simply show you why it was such a smash hit within the queer community. The series follows Álex Guzmán (Manola Cardona) who, after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did…
