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Who is Glenn Dunks
Glenn Dunks is an award-winning freelance writer, critic and festival programmer, focusing on film, the arts, and travel who's riginally from Melbourne, Australia, but currently based in New York City. On this website you will find assorted links and other work of mine as well as blog posts on assorted topics. Click here for more. If you would like to contact me about anything including work commissions please contact me at
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- Right now I have no sense of humour about this. I'm sure you worked hard on your ironic tweets or Facebook jokes, but I ain't laughing.
- On one hand, I hope to see people get active these next four years. On the other hand, I worry many will concede. If Trump can win...
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- Clinton losing many swing states by a margin smaller than the third party votes. @ and @ should be ashamed.
- Never have the confines of a big city felt more necessary for minorities. Never have these communities felt more threatened.
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Tag Archives: Gay and Queer Cinema
You’re Killing Me a Scary, Gorgeous Good Time
This review originally appeared on Same Same. “He’s not scary, he’s gorgeous.” In another movie, a darker more serious movie, a line like this by George about his new mysterious boyfriend Joe may be cause of interrogation. A moment of … Continue reading
This Film is a ‘Nasty Baby’
This review was original published at Same Same. If you’re unaware of the works of Sebastian Silva, then Nasty Baby is probably a good place to start. His best film yet, and certainly his most accessible, it’s a wonderfully funny … Continue reading
Posted in Film, LGBTIQ Tagged Gay and Queer Cinema, Kristen Wiig, New York, review, Sebastian Silva Leave a comment
‘Tab Hunter Confidential’
This review was originally published on Same Same. What famous Hollywood actors might we be seeing documentaries about in 40 or 50 years’ time discussing how they kept themselves in the closet for fear of losing out on a career … Continue reading
Angry as a ‘Cut Snake’
This review was originally published on Same Same. The crime drama has become the de facto Australian genre of choice. Whether we like it or not, local film and television creators are infatuated with the sordid goings on of criminals … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTIQ, Uncategorized Tagged Australian Cinema, Gay and Queer Cinema, review, Sullivan Stapleton, Tony Ayres Leave a comment
Putting on the Ritz with Magic Mike XXL
This review is reworked from the original featured at SameSame. Channing Tatum is back with his buddies – and minus his shirt – and they’re going on the road in Magic Mike XXL. Let’s start for a moment with that … Continue reading
Posted in Film, LGBTIQ Tagged Channing Tatum, Gay and Queer Cinema, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Joe Manganiello, Magic Mike, Matt Bomer Leave a comment
54: The Director’s Cut Rises Like a Phoenix
This review was originally published on The Film Experience. The history behind Mark Christopher’s wannabe decadent, sexually-charged disco epic 54 is almost as interesting as the real life nightclub it uses as its setting. Originally conceived as a disco-themed coming-of-age … Continue reading
Posted in Film Tagged Director's Cut, Disco, Gay and Queer Cinema, Music, Musicals, New York, queer, review, Ryan Phillippe Leave a comment
The Boys of Summer… Suddenly, Last Summer.
I wonder if it’s for the best that the trilogy of acclaimed Tennessee Williams plays of the 1950s were all directed by different people, lest their power with themes of the repressed queer, simmering madness, and familial tensions be put … Continue reading