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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews THE FIRST FALLEN a Brazilian drama about the first wave of AIDS crisis in the early 1980s
The story takes us to Vitoria, Espírito Santo a state in southeast Brazil, in one year period time beginning on December 31st, 1982. We are introduced to biologist Suzano (Johnny Massaro), his sister nurse Maura (Clara Choreaux), nephew Muriel (Alex Bonini), and his circle of friends. Suzano is back from France where his “rich…
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Queerguru reviews LYNCH/OZ on how the auteur was influenced by The Wizard of Oz
Alexandre O Philippe‘s documentary LYNCH/OZ is a must-see for every movie nerd ….. especially the queer ones. It explores how the auteur David Lynch incorporated elements and themes inspired by The Wizard of Oz (1939) into his movies. Most notably 1990’s Wild at Heart included the main character seeing a vision of Glinda among other making other Oz…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews newly restored THE WOUNDED MAN (L´homme blessé) the 1983 film by Patrice Chéreau
Henri (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is a young man from a working family of four in an unnamed French city, his sister is going to Paris and they all go to the train station to say goodbye. The train station is also a house of glances where men search for action, a cruising place where a…
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Dolly Dingle Deconstructed by Queerguru’s Joel Craig
Monica Nolan’s book, Dolly Dingle Lesbian Landlady is a hidden treasure. I discovered the book at Provincetown’s East End Books back in 2018. The book cover enticed me. A woman in a red negligee looking at a brunette (sisters of Sappho?) at Christmas time hanging ornaments on a tree in some interesting house with a…
