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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews the restored classic Luchino Visconti’s CONVERSATION PIECE (Gruppo di famiglia in un interno)
A film from 1974 by Luchino Visconti may have autobiographical connotations. It introduces us to il Professore (Burt Lancaster), a well-studied and traveled man who lives comfortably and quietly in his flat located in the heart of Rome. He has a lively interest in arts and literature, and he lives with a loyal housekeeper and cook,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the restored version of THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING a queer Native American indie drama
My Film Title of the Year award goes to The Business of Fancydancing, although it’s in fact a re-release of Sherman Alexie’s 2002 Native American indie drama. What a genius title! Alexie, a Native American himself, examines the lives of a few characters around the Spokane tribe. The chief protagonist is Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams),…
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Thunderbirds the campest TV show from the 1960s is being restored and re-released
;If you were born after the 1960s, then culture-wise, you were shortchanged as you missed the very best TV series of that decade :THUNDERBIRDS. Set in the 2060’s this sci-fi drama concerned the exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation with a secret base on an island in the Pacific Ocean. International Rescue operated a…
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‘Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews a restored ‘WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?’ the (totally fab) 1965 queer-ish neo-noir cult classic film
Who Killed Teddy Bear? is the 1965 queer-ish neo-noir cult classic film you’ve never seen. Directed by Joseph Cates, and starring bisexual Hollywood beefcake legend Sal Mineo, the beautiful Juliet Prowse and the legendary Elaine Stritch, the psycho-drama Who Killed Teddy Bear? has now been digitally remastered and is due for general release to a…
