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“How are we doing here, folks? Does any of this make a lick of sense?”
‘Different from the Others’: The Oldest Gay Movie in Restored 35mm
“History, in the form of motion picture entertainment, continues to surprise.”
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“The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards have helped shake up the industry with its most explicitly progressive and comedic self-congratulating.”
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Talk Dirty to Me: A History of Eroticism in Four Short Films
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