Wh Rsia unr fire culturally and polilly over s vasn of Ukrae, soon-to-be-released gay film Firebird offers a fascatg sight to gay love agast the backdrop of war.
Contents:
- THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
- ‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: STEAMY GAY COLD WAR DRAMA RELLS RSIA’S PAST ATROCI
- ‘FIREBIRD’ CAPTUR FORBIDN GAY ROMANCE DURG THE COLD WAR
THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
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New gay film Firebird offers a fascatg sight to love agast the backdrop of war. Based on a memoir by Sergey Fetisov, the steamy Cold War drama honors this lost chapter of gay history wh a handsome renrg that only ocsnally stumbl unr the weight of historil accuracy. There is an unniable tensn Firebird between s aspiratn to be a grty perd piece and s sire to be an exhibn of homoerotic beekkery, and I’m not sure the film’s director (Peeter Rebane) effectively signals to which si he’d prefer his dience to lean.
‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: STEAMY GAY COLD WAR DRAMA RELLS RSIA’S PAST ATROCI
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‘FIREBIRD’ CAPTUR FORBIDN GAY ROMANCE DURG THE COLD WAR
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