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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews “The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival”
THERE ARE NO MIRACLES, THERE IS ONLY WHAT YOU MAKE Tamara de Lempicka Director Julie Rubio drives us in a green Bugatti while providing a chronologically accurate portrait of a XX Century female artist looking for the future, an outstanding woman in the broad sense of the word. Through vintage family films, vintage and…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews GANYMEDE : an intense, well-paced, unpredictable queer drama with a serious message
Every year nearly 2 million young LGBTQ+ people in the USA seriously consider suicide, the likelihood of a suicide attempt increasing 8-fold if conversion therapy has been attempted on the youth. Over 700,000 people in the USA have been subject to conversion therapy. These shocking statistics were part of the inspiration, along with the…
Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews THE BUS DRIVER a short trans film from Mynamar screening at NY’s. PRIDEFULL Fest
The Bus Driver is short documentary film produced by The Scottish Documentary Institute and directed by Ku Ki. Released in May 2024, it follows a day in the life of a trans bus driver and his wife as they try to make a living in a country beset by curfews and power cuts. …
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ACSEXABILITY an unmissable very personal story from Brazilian filmmaker Daniel Gonçalves
DESIRE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, FOR EVERYONE. Joao Paulo Lima The first sequence of this Brazilian documentary is a long descriptive one, orally rich and visually intriguing with silhouettes that fade out to allow what follows, a profoundly human narrative right up to the end. The film is a salutation to the ancestors whose…
Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘the formidable’ GINGER JOHNSON BLOWS OFF at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Ginger Johnson Blows Off https://www.pleasance.co.uk/ What do you do after realising all your dreams by winning Ru-Paul’s Drag Race UK in 2023? This is the question asked by the formidable Ginger Johnson (aka Donald Marshall) in Ginger Johnson Blows Off. Well, first of all you plan a show for Soho Theatre at the Edinburgh…
