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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews SANDBAG DAM a superb coming-of-age drama that was nominated for the Teddy at the Berlinale
Marko, a popular, sporty teenager, lives with his family in a village in Croatia which is prone to flooding. He is in his last year at high school but has decided not to go to college in order to help his father start up a car repair business. He has a girlfriend Petra, and a…
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Queerguru reviews ENIGMA : the very different stories of trans pioneers APRIL ASHLEY + AMANDA LEAR
In 2012, a year after her death at the age of 86, Channel 4 (in the UK) screened a near-perfect documentary, The Extraordinary Live of April Ashley. Ms. Ashley was a charismatic trans pioneer who transformed herself from a working-class seaman to a glamorous model/society lady who tout London (especially the gay community)…
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THE FACE MAGAZINE ; CULTURE SHIFT a major retrospective at The National Portrait Gallery , London
London’s National Portrait Gallery takes an intense step back in time this month with the launch of The Face Magazine: Culture Shift, a retrospective of the mass of iconic imagery published by the style bible during its 24-year reign beginning in 1980. Created by Nick Logan, who had previously reinvented the NME and…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews DYING BRIEFLY (Seré breve al momento de morir)
Classic dance routines turn bloody in this tale of rivalry and ambition directed by Juan Briseño. We are introduced to Arsenio (Joan Kuri) and Sebastián (Martín Saracho), both are members of a classic dance company to which the second joined recently. Guys are attracted to each other, their empathy shows through smiles and glances…
