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God Forbid: “The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty”
Americans are heading to the Polls today for the Midterm Elections and extreme Republicans are already disputing the results without even casting a single vote. It seems therefore an appropriate occasion to sit down and watch “God Forbid’ a new documentary about how a sex scandal that sharply demonstrates how low US politics…
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Queerguru’s Richard Gilles reviews PEACEFUL starring two giants of the French cinema
In Peaceful, writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot gives the lion’s share to two giants of the French cinema, Mademoiselle Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. A story within the story: in real life, Catherine Deneuve suffered from a stroke during a scene in a hospital and it took two years for the film to be finished. There…
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THE HORROR SHOW! A TWISTED TALE OF MODERN BRITAIN
The Horror Show! is a fantastic new exhibition which has just opened at London’s Somerset House. Curated by Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard and Claire Catterall, the exhibition celebrates the UK’s greatest cultural provocateurs and visionaries, examining how ideas rooted in horror have informed the past 50 years of creative rebellion in Britain. We are invited to…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviewed #LookAtMe : when a Singaporean YouTuber publicly defends his gay twin all hell lets loose
#LookAtMe is the latest film by Singaporean film director Ken Kwek. Inspired by similar real-life events, Kwek explores the effects Singapore’s anti-gay laws, discrimination, surveillance, and human rights issues have on a mother and her two sons. Sean and Ricky Mazuki (both played by Yao) are twins in their late teens who live with…
