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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews FLESH AND FUEL (Du fioul dans les artéres) @ Cannes Film Festival
A study on loneliness and longing directed by Pierre Le Gall Etienne (Alexis Manenti) is a French container truck driver, and he moves through Europe in daily long shifts. His job is a demanding one on the road, the truck is his shelter also, sometimes he even cleans himself on board. By night,…
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Queerguru’s Scotland Contributing Editor Robert Malcolm reviews Richard Gadd’s new TV series ‘HALF MAN ‘
I have to admit that I approached Richard Gadd’s new BBC and HBO series, Half Man, with some reservations. The violent working-class Scotsman is a trope that is too familiar and reinforces a national stereotype that the country can well do without. I was also concerned that this tale is told by Gadd, a middle-class…
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Queerguru´s Resident Party Boi Ris Fatah visits THE ROSES OF ELAGABALUS a gorgeous queer club house in Dalston, East London.
Are you in the mood to raise your queer nightlife game? Then check out The Roses of Elagabalus, a super-swish queer club house in the heart of Dalston, East London. With a cocktail bar, restaurant, cabaret space, and a hidden basement bar and dance floor, The Roses of Elagabalus packs a lot into its…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews JINKX MONSOON’S ‘UNMISSABLE’ 5-star turn as JUDY GARLAND in ‘END OF THE RAINBOW’
The final, tragic days of legendary queer icon Judy Garland are brought back to life in End of The Rainbow, a haunting, mesmerising spectacle starring Jinkx Monsoon (Drag Race, Chicago, Oh, Mary!) now on at London´s beautiful Soho Theatre in Walthamstow. Directed by Rupert Hands, writer Peter Quilter´s play has been performed many times since…
