Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe. Timothy Conigrave's memoir Holding The Man, published posthumously in 1994, is one of the touchstones of queer culture here in Australia. Widely regarded as a seminal novel about being gay, love and life in the time of AIDS, the novel was a poignant story about his long time love for John Caleo. The pair first met when they were …
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL 2016 REVIEWS
ALL REVIEWS BY GREG KING UPDATED APRIL 23 2016. REMEMBERING THE MAN. Timothy Conigrave's memoir Holding The Man, published posthumously in 1994, is one of the touchstones of queer culture here in Australia. Widely regarded as a seminal novel about being gay, love and life in the time of AIDS, the novel was a poignant story about his long time love for John Caleo. The pair first met when they were schoolboys at …
MELBOURNE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL – interview with programmer Spiro Economopoulos
by GREG KING The Melbourne Queer Film Festival commences at ACMI cinemas on March 31 and runs through until April 11, with a range of queer themed features, documentaries and short films. The centrepiece is the documentary Remembering The Man, about Timothy Conigrave. The opening night film is That's Not Us, which has been described as a modern day The Big Chill for the queer set, while the closing night film …
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