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In 2009, Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body made its cinematic debut, but unfortunately, at the time of release, it made only $30 million in the box office and was poorly received critically. However, it was impossible to deny that Jennifer’s Body had a macabre charm. Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox were a timely duo, having both […]… Continue reading Jennifer’s Body Deserves a Reassessment — Cinema Etc.

The Queer East Film Festival is a platform which honours LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia. In response to COVID 19’s lockdown and the indefinite closure of independent venues, Queer East launches a new charitable initiative to celebrate inspiring queer activism and storytelling from East and Southeast Asia whilst also raising money for independent […]… Continue reading Queer East: HomeSexual Virtual Queer Film Festival — ART IS ALIVE

Also known as Pólvora en el corazón, Gunpowder Heart is a raw and angry film from Guatemala. Set (and filmed in) Guatemala City, Gunpowder Heart tells the story of two girlfriends. Claudia (Andrea Henry) is the calmer of the two and works at a call center, where she says that she spends almost all of… Continue reading SXSW 2020 Review: Gunpowder Heart (dir by Camila Urrutia) — Through the Shattered Lens

HE was known as ‘Mr Sex’, and in the golden age of Hollywood Scotty Bowers provided A-list stars with their own form of entertainment – through a gay prostitution racket run from a trailer in a petrol station. The handsome ex-marine – who started his business after a liaison with actor Walter Pidgeon in 1946 […]… Continue reading Real scandals behind Netflix’s Hollywood from ‘Mr Sex’ who fixed A-list orgies to Bond star fighting off mafia gangster — The US Sun

[ad_1] Where to Stream: Hollywood (2020) Powered by Reelgood It’s hard to think of a time period more glamorous than 1940s Tinseltown, and Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan do it justice with Netflix’s new series, Hollywood. The show tells the story of a group of aspiring actors, writers, directors, and producers all bound together by […]… Continue reading Is Ryan Murphy’s ‘Hollywood’ Based on a True Story? — brisbanesnews.com.au

The lack of rainbow in the colours of Bollywood. via Is India Ready for Queer Cinema? — Specs & the City

When it comes to queer pride – the joy of openly and organically living as a queer person – how is it possible to celebrate some bites of queerness in hetero entertainment, but then not others? Where do people draw a line between celebrating gayness, and then profiting from it and its audience? In complete […]… Continue reading Keeping an eye out for Queer-baiting — MoreColorPact

Sometimes, when I say I long for more stories with queer characters, I mean stories where they’re embroiled in intergalactic wars, or committing high-risk heists, or traveling through time and worlds, or navigating a post-apocalyptic landscape. Stories where the characters are permitted to simply exist as queer, where they’re defined by more than just the […]… Continue reading 20 Book Recommendations with Casual LGBTQ+ Representation —

Is homosexuality the monster or is it fear of change? “In a 1984 study of anti-homosexual attitudes, the investigators broke heterosexual’s fears of gay and lesbian sexuality into three topics: (1) homosexuality as a threat to the individual, that someone you know (or you yourself) might be homosexual, (2) homosexuality as a threat to others, […]… Continue reading The Homosexual Monster — Noelle’s Blog Posts

A very young, self-described male-to-female transgender, woman was tortured and murdered miles away from me this week. I live in Kansas, but only four hours away in a small Missouri town, a young girl was subjected to hell. It scares me, not for my own well-being, because I live in the shadow of a liberal […]… Continue reading Notes From A Red State — Mystery Doll