Be Gay Do Crime: John Waters, Park Chan-wook and more the new BFI season

Contents:

• GUNNSHOTS: TOP 10 GAY CRIME FILMS
• THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

GUNNSHOTS: TOP 10 GAY CRIME FILMS

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THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’

The Gay Male Slth Prt and Film.

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