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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews MASC the debut feature from London-based artist Bertil Nilsson @ TIFF
Most movies are a passive watch where we sit at home or in a movie theatre and the story unfolds before us. ‘MASC’ from writer/director/producer Bertil Nilsson makes you work. This is by no means a bad thing, but it doesn’t make for a straightforward movie to review, not least because I don’t want to…
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Queerguru’s PETER HERBERT reviews THE 2026 ALTERNATIVE MISS WORLD competition in London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
As if to bring an end to one of London’s longest heatwaves, the good earth at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre was invigorated by much-needed rain. This was also a forceful addition to Gaia the great mother of life, as the theme of the latest instalment of The Alternative Miss World on Sunday 13 Sept…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews the excellent Narciso, a dark, sexy drama set in 1950s Paraguay. Screening as part of Miami´s Outshine Film festival.
Paraguay 1958 – the opposing forces of a brutal military dictatorship and the fledgling rock n roll music scene lock horns in Narciso, director Marcelo Martinesse´s tense, sexy, dark drama set in a closed society where not everyone is ready to open up. Handsome entertainer Narciso (Diro Romero) has just returned from a year in Argentina.…
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Queerguru’s David Allen reviews ‘THE PAIN AND THE POWER : THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF LOGAN LYNN’
‘Who am I?’, ‘Maybe you could tell me who I am?’ These are the two questions Logan Lynn asks his audience at the start of his documentary ‘The Pain and the Power: The Life and Crimes of Logan Lynn’. Over the next couple of hours, he takes us on a journey from his early years…
