Tag: Netflix
RUSTIN : the story of the most powerful gay and human rights activist who never got the recognition he deserved
It’s been 20 years since the award-winning documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin by Nancy D. Kates and Bennett Singer was on our screens. So this new Netflix feature RUSTIN written by Academy Award Winner Dustin Lance Black and Julian Breece is well overdue. Rustin was an African-American leader…
First preview of MAESTRO the sophomore film directed by Bradley Cooper about Leonard Bernstein the quintessential Musician
Leonard Bernstein was not just an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian, but he was considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time and the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. As well as being one the most celebrated prolific musicians, by all accounts his…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WHAM! an affectionate profile of one of the most successful pop acts of the 1980s.
The UK at the beginning of the 1980s was a highly-charged environment. Thatcher’s brutal economic policies, high youth unemployment, the urban riots of the summer of 1981, and very politicized new wave and Two-Tone music scenes fuelled a tense atmosphere. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were best friends, having met at school in 1975…
Netflix’s CLASS: a clash of lifestyles, resentments, envy, and sexual attraction set in an Indian High School
One of the great things about NETFLIX programming it refuses to be insular like major TV channels and it schedules such a wonderful selection of shows and series from around the globe. Especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ programming. There is Elite, a show from Spain that follows the antics of a wealthy group…
Netflix’s GLAMOROUS may be the queerest new TV series this Summer
Please do not say a word to Ron DeSantis but Netflix has just announced a new TV series that they promise to be super gay. Glamorous is the story of aimless twenty-something Marco Meija, (Miss Benny) a gender non-conforming makeup artist who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when model-turned-mogul Madolyn Addison (Kim Cattrall)…