Ultrasuede : In Search of Halston

Halston was the US’s first haute couturier to be taken seriously.  From milliner to revered iconic fashion designer in a very short this flamboyant and fun-loving man firmly put his sartorial stamp on everything in the Studio 54 era so that his ‘star’ on Fashion’s Walk of Fame in NY rightly proclaims ‘The 70’s Belonged to … Continue reading

UMA THURMAN GET ANOTHER AGENT, PLEASE.

As most of the movies I chose to watch are quite serious and some times heavy going, (the next movie on my viewing list is ‘Benda Billi’ : a doc about 5 African paraplegics who start up a Band), I do occasionally feel the need for a quick fix of some funny light relief.  This … Continue reading

Un Final Feliz aka Happy Ending

  One of the (many) joys of subscribing to QUEERBEE is that every month they add new films to their online  library . QueerBee lovingly present expertly curated short films from a queer perspective, straight from the directors themselves, so more people like us can see them. Short films so often struggle to reach the … Continue reading

Un-Royal Variety Show

There is a very quaint British theatrical tradition that was started in 1912 for King George V to help raise funds for Variety Artistes’ Benevolent Fund and is still going strong today. Originally called The Royal Command Show implying that all the Acts had been asked to perform by the King himself, it later morphed into … Continue reading

UN//TITLED: An Anthology of Queer Contemporary Art, 2016-2020 Balaclava.Q reviewed by JONATHAN KEMP

Established by artist/director Stiofan O’Ceallaigh in 2016 in response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, and named after the hood/headwear that obscures the face/identity and associated perhaps most powerfully with terrorism – and more recently with Pussy Riot – Balaclava.Q is an International Queer Art Project & Collective focused on connecting, promoting and creating … Continue reading

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