Memories of a Penitent Heart
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Memories of a Penitent Heart: Review
Memories of a Penitent Heart
Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo
Blackscrackle Films
Reviewed by T.J. Banks
Cecilia Aldarondo remembers meeting her uncle, Miguel Dieppa, once as a child. Six…
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Pose
Created by Ryan Muphy, Brad Falchuk & Steven Canals
FX
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
It’s 1990 in NYC. Madonna’s hit single “Vogue” is ruling the…
The Normal Heart
The Normal Heart
Directed by Ryan Murphy
HBO Home Entertainment
Reviewed by Robert Kingett
Sometimes it takes a raindrop to ignite a tidal wave when fighting for equality….
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by Ren Jender
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by Chip Alfred
Photos Courtesy Border2Border Entertainment
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1985
Written & directed by Yen Tan
MuseLessMime Productions/Cranium Entertainment
Reviewed by John Francis Leonard
1985 is a film about secrets—the secrets we think we’re hiding, but are…
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