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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Glow : story of legendary Swiss IRENE STAUB who lived in the fast lane and died tragically young.
Glow is an interesting documentary about legendary Swiss muse, Irene Staub. Part of Zurich’s underground scene in the 70s and 80s, Staub’s iconic looks, vivaciousness, and lust for life charmed everyone she associated with, from Fellini, Catherine Deneuve, Bowie to Jagger. Staub, also known as Lady Shiva, was variously a muse, model, punk singer…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews MAKE UP a story of unexpected male bonding
French restaurant critic blogger Sacha (Hugo Andre) moves into handsome Irish stockbroker Dan’s (Will Masheter) West London house as a lodger. Bumbling tee-total Sacha lives a fairly solitary existence and suffers from OCD, or neurodivergence. Dan is dynamic and successful, although has split up from his wife and drinks too much. On the face…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews HIDDEN LETTERS the compelling tale of Chinese calligraphy that is secret code for women only
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, WOMEN IN CHINA WERE BORN TO OBEY THEIR FATHERS, HUSBANDS AND SONS. FORBIDDEN TO READ AND WRITE, THEIR VOICES WERE SILENCED. MOST LEFT NO RECORD OF THEIR LIVES. Nushu has many levels, is a secret that belongs to Chinese women, it is calligraphy made by women to preserve a secret…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CASA SUSANNA a compelling documentary about a secret haven for trans men & women in the 1960s
Casa Susanna is a compelling documentary about a group of cross-dressing men/trans women in early 1960s America. Acclaimed French screenwriter/director Sebastien Lifshitz opens up a world few of us would know about had it not been for a set of photographs found at a New York flea market in 2004. The early 1960s…
