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  • A film still from the movie Only God Forgives. It is an image of Ryan Gosling as Julian against a backdrop of a warehouse which is bathed in blood red light. Julian stands looking direct into the camera in white shirt, tie and waist coat with his fists up ready to fight.

Polari Magazine’s Favourite Films of 2013

24 Dec 2013 / Comments Off / in Features/by

Films of 2013.

From Ryan Gosling in art house, Divine in drag and Gore Vidal in memoriam, here is a selection of Polari Magazine’s Favourite Films of 2013.

Touched by the Divine

20 Mar 2013 / Comments Off / in Oral Histories/by

A Queer Family of Characters.

Andi Fraggs recalls watching his first Divine film, Hairspray, and how it started a lifelong fascination with “the most beautiful woman in the world”.

“My mother had some bright pink sequined outfits in the cupboard from the ’80s and I told her, ‘You should wear them now! -You would look like Divine’, which I truly meant as a compliment.”

I Am Divine: An Interview with Jeffrey Schwarz

18 Mar 2013 / Comments Off / in Interviews/by

LLGFF 2013 Gala Film.

Christopher Bryant talks to Jeffrey Schwarz about his documentaries Vito and I Am Divine, which launched the 2013 London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

“Divine became a star through word of mouth, with the right people in the big cities saying, ‘have you heard about this movie where this queen eats dog shit, you have to go and see it.”