Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLeave a comment on Tucked
Despite a long and successful career veteran British actor Derren Nesbitt is hardly a household name, and you would have to possess a remarkable memory for example to remember that he played a handsome blackmailer in the groundbreaking gay classic Victim in 1961. Now 83 years old and still working, he turns in a … Continue reading
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Made for BBC’s TV august arts program ARENA earlier this year, this piece of sheer cinematic joy has had its name tweaked (for some inexplicable reason) and now courtesy of IFC Films is heading to selected movie US movie theaters this Fall. The new title is a tad misleading as these four of the … Continue reading
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It’s been over 20 years since Steve McLean’s feature film directing debut Postcards from America which was based on the writings of David Wojnarowicz was released. His sophomore feature Postcards from London, that he wrote as well as directed, may have been intended primarily as an intriguing flight of his very vivid imagination (which it is) but after … Continue reading
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We have a lot to be grateful for the box office successes of the Hotel Marigold movies as they have opened studio heads eyes to the reality that good Brit comedies talented veteran actors can become commercial hits. This latest one may only have one actual Dame with Imelda Staunton, but it’s cast of … Continue reading
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Gilles Paquet-Brenner‘s take on Agatha Christie’s novel Crooked House with a script by Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey) and a rather wonderfully starry cast with some campy performances, and filmed on location in the stately Hughenden Manor, had all the ingredients for being a far better movie than it was. Despite all these elements it had … Continue reading
