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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ROSIE a warm-hearted Canadian tale about love in chosen families
Rosie is a warm-hearted Canadian tale about love in chosen families. Set in 1980s Montreal, Rosie (Keris Hope Hill) is a young orphaned child who, following her mother’s death, is sent to live with her only known relative, artist Aunt Frederique (Melanie Bray). Frederique, however, lives a very chaotic, hand-to-mouth existence and can barely look…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews QUEEN OF THE DEUCE at DOC NYC
From the late ’60s to the mid-’80s, in the notorious Times Square area known as the Deuce, the eccentric, Greek-born Chelly Wilson built a straight and queer porn cinema empire and a reputation as one of the savviest and charismatic figures on the scene. With a cigarette in hand and bags of…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews HOMEBODY a tender drama about gender expression
WHEN THE LIPSTICK IS A STATEMENT A tender fictional film with visually attractive drawings, moving images, and ingenious storytelling of a boy that inhabits for a while the body of his babysitter. Curious Johnny (Tre Ryder) and sensitive Melanie (Colbi Minifie) share daily life activities while Johnny´s mother is away. She is his…
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Richard Gilles Queerguru’s Paris Contributing Editor reviews SHOCKING ! THE SURREAL WORLDS OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD) houses many of Elsa Schiaparelli’s seminal fashion items. After staying dormant for decades, the label was re-launched in 2014 thanks to couturiers like Christian Lacroix and SHOCKING ! THE SURREAL WORLDS OF ELSA SCHIAPARELLI Bertrand Guyon. Since 2019, when Daniel Roseberry was appointed artistic director, the name Schiaparelli is once…
