Movie preview : OF AN AGE: possibly the best queer romance of 2023
When Goran Stolevski’s sophomore feature film OF AN AGE premiered at Melbourne’s Queer Film Fest this summer, it received a rapturous reception. The Guardian Newspaper was quick to declare this Australian film a modern queer classic. Now come next Valentine’s Day we will be able to see for ourselves when Focus Features releases the … Continue reading
Mr Angel
Buck Angel is a brawny muscular red-headed good-looking bearded hunk. With his heavily tattooed body, his twinkling eyes and his infectious smile, he is in fact one very hot man. Although he isn’t technically. In our label-fixated society Buck is actually transgendered, or as he loves to describe himself so succinctly, he is ‘a man … Continue reading
Mr Leather: Daniel Nolasco demystifies Brazil’s leather community
Daniel Nolasco’s intriguing documentary “Mr. Leather” is a very affectionate profile of Brazil’s growing gay leather community. He kicks off his tale with a highly amusing parody that hints at some dark political intrigue that ended up making Barbudo the very first winner of the Mr Leather title, and now the de-facto organiser of … Continue reading
Mr Soul! the queer man who was the pioneer of Black TV in the US
Growing up as a white Jewish kid in London in the 1960’s carried with it a great deal of cultural delights in a decade that was hailed as ‘swinging,’ but as I grow older I realise that my slice of middle-class England was so frightfully British. We may have given birth to the Beatles … Continue reading
Mucho Mucho Amor : The Legend of Walter Mercado
The legendary 86-year-old Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado hadn’t appeared on camera for a decade when filmmakers Kareem Tabsch and Cristina Costantini turned up on his doorstep with their crew. This world mega-star’s daily TV show had once beamed into over 150 million homes daily and although this fascinating documentary covers his sudden absence … Continue reading