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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews Mark Kydd on “OUR MARTIN IN THE BACKGROUND”
Our Martin in the Background * * * * Scottish Storytelling Centre. I’m not sure how I missed this gem at the 2025 Festival Fringe, but last week, Mark Kydd returned to Edinburgh for a special LGBT+ History Month and Valentine’s Day performance of his self-penned monologue, Our Martin in the Background, to a…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘THE LIBRARIANS’ on the scary rise of rampant book censorship from the Far Right
N.B. We are re-releasing Jose Mayogas review of Kim A Snyder’s excellent doc as it currently streaming FREE on PBS Indepenednt Lens It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury The documentary feature directed by Kim A. Snyder…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘ACTS OF LOVE’ about a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark
There is a legend in Greenland about the sun and the moon that pursues him, which is the subject of this film by Jeppe Ronde, which is based on real memories. The film is full of symbolism, a beautiful landscape in rural Denmark, a religious sect (New Age Christian community), a house with a corridor…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews BRIGITTE’S PLANET B about a pioneering Colombian transgender ecologist
This documentary, written and directed by Santiago Posada, relates to the life and work of trans woman Brigitte Baptiste. A visually stunning film, its introduction featuring jellyfish and mushrooms among other specimens alternates with a conversation that addresses the dual concept of nature: as a natural environment and/or as a genuine attitude. Is simulation natural?…
