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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews PETER VON KANT from the French gay auteur François Ozon
IS THE VICTIM AND VICTIMIZER AN ENDEMIC DUALITY IN THE HUMAN CONDITION? The film is a free adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder´s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, a play and a movie that refer to power relations in a triangular situation between women, and gave its director the international recognition he deserved…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews DIVA: Live from Hell at the Turbine Theatre, London
Diva: Live from Hell ☆☆☆☆ The Turbine Theatre We don’t get to quote our favourite artist very often. No, it’s not Beyonce, calm yourself. It’s actually Louise Bourgeois, who, in her time, was the Beyonce of avant-garde sculpture. Bourgeois once embroidered onto a napkin ‘I have been to hell and back. And let me…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND where the kids are not alright
THE KIDS ARE NOT ALL RIGHT… In this feature film debut from Trevor Anderson, the highlight is the performance of newcomer Vaughan Murrae as Robin, in a nonbinary lead role. They play an American child that arrives in Edmonton, Canada to live with their smoker father. It is 1987, at school, Robin´s classmates…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews a new production of STRAIGHT AND NARROW
Straight and Narrow ☆☆☆ Above The Stag Theatre. London There is something jarring about Straight and Narrow, currently running at the Above the Stag Theatre. Written by Jimmie Chinn and heralding the directorial debut of Mark Curry it takes a moment to realize what it is. Set in the 1980s and first performed…
