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Queerguru previews ‘PROUD’ a fab new queer Polish TV show on HBO Max
HBO’s hot new series is a queer Polish drama called PROUD and focuses on Filip Raczyński (Ignacy Liss) a male model in his late 20’s who we meet wandering the back rooms of a club full of naked men. He’s currently crashing at his sisters’ apartment but that doesn’t stop him bringing four of the…
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Pierre Le Gall, won the inaugural Queer Palm Revelation Prize @ CANNES for his excellent debut Flesh and Fuel
As the Cannes Film Festival shuts down its screens after another year, there are the usual rumblings about its relevance for the film industry and beyond. The ongoing debate is between those who view it as the essential “cathedral” of global cinema and critics who see it as an insular, elitist “bubble” struggling to adapt…
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Tchaikovsky’s Child of Glass : when the great man searches for his self-expression @ Opera Holland Park
We are not totally sure of the difference between an opera and a music-drama, but the UK premiere at Opera Holland Park of Tchaikovsky’s Child of Glass is definitely the latter. It wrestles with Tchaikovsky’s search for self-expression during a time when his homosexuality was condemned. Forever seeking to share his deepest feelings, yet haunted by…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews London’s QUEER EAST FESTIVAL featuring Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, arts and moving images
London´s Queer East festival returns this 1 May – 6 June at venues across the city, including The Barbican, The ICA, BFI Southbank, Battersea Arts Centre and many more. Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image. The festival explores what it means to be…
