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Paris Is Burning

August 2023

  • Michael Alogna at a drag ball in about 1955, as seen in the documentary “P.S. Burn This Letter Please.” (From Michael Alogna : Reno Martin, LLC)

    P.S. Burn This Letter Please by Craig Olsen review – tales from New York’s drag scene

    An eccentric retelling of the lives, loves and traumas of 1950s and 60s queens

May 2017

  • Ewen Spencer captures Europe’s Voguing scene

    Strike a pose! Europe's voguing competitions – in pictures

    The stylised dance routines of New York’s gay subculture have made their way to the continent, captured on camera by British grime photographer Ewen Spencer

October 2015

  • Nigel M Smith

    Why TV could teach cinema a lesson about how to treat trans characters

    Nigel M Smith
    Trans characters in Hollywood have too often been played by cisgender actors – The Danish Girl, About Ray, Dallas Buyers Club – but new indie movie Tangerine follows TV’s example and features two trans women in its leads

August 2015

  • Performers at the recent Amy Grimehouse Paris is Burning Tudor Realiness night at the National Trust’s Sutton House in London.

    Amy Grimehouse is Secret Cinema's trashy, drag-loving cousin

    The underground movie night specialises in camp screenings and immersive events, from Tudor drag balls to doggy assault courses. Just don’t be surprised if a raw fish lands on you

January 2015

  • Paris Is Burning

    Film blog
    Paris Is Burning sizzles again at the Sundance film festival

    Jennie Livingston’s classic documentary on New York’s late-1980s LGBT communities has been restored and given a home at the UCLA archive, writes Brian Moylan

April 2009

  • DVD review: Paris Is Burning

    We're lucky director Jennie Livingston documented these events, says Phelim O'Neill

January 2007

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