Given the subject matter I don’t think Studio 54 could have failed to be a lot of fun, and Matt Tyrnauer’s new documentary doesn’t disappoint. Opening in April 1977, the club was an overnight sensation, attracting a host of New York’s most glamorous celebrities who partied alongside gays and ordinary partygoers. Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Liza Minnelli, […]
In 1980, producer Allan Carr released one of my favourite films of all time – the bloated disco-comedy-atrocity Can’t Stop the Music, starring the Village People as themselves (shockingly they cannot act, so they are supported by stars like June Havoc and, er, Caitlyn Jenner). After the sensational success of Grease (then the highest-grossing musical […]
So it’s Valentine’s Day in a few days. Five to be exact. And this year we are expecting zero cards. This is partly because we’ve just moved and no one knows our address. But partly because, well, it’s just been a bleak few months in the dating world. But we’re shrugging off the heteronormative idea […]
Last week we revealed how directors Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan were preparing to premiere their new documentary, Strike A Pose, at the Berlin Film Festival. Featuring the dancers from Madonna’s iconic Blond Ambition tour and the Truth or Dare documentary aka In Bed With Madonna, they explain what life was like for them at […]
