Mark Morellini, Author at Star Observer /author/mark-morellini Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTI agenda since 1979 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:31:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Mark Morellini, Author at Star Observer /author/mark-morellini 32 32 ‘Die Bully Die’ Directors On Their LGBT Horror-Comedy Short /artsentertainment/die-bully-die-directors-on-their-lgbt-horror-comedy-short/231444 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 02:00:26 +0000 /?p=231444 This post originally appeared on CityHub. BY MARK MORELLINI What happens when a man who was bullied at high school for being queer bumps into the bully 17 years later ...

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Nat Jobe Is Lola In The New production Of Hit Musical Kinky Boots /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/nat-jobe-is-lola-in-the-new-production-of-hit-musical-kinky-boots/216119 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 03:58:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=216119 Inspired by true events and based on the 2005 film by the same name, the original Broadway production of this musical garnered six Tony awards including Best Musical, Best Actor ...

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Queer Horror Flick ‘Death Drop Gorgeous’ Has It All /news/queer-horror-flick-death-drop-gorgeous-has-it-all/205615 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 07:36:05 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=205615 Monster Makeup, LLC is an independent entertainment company based out of聽Providence, Rhode Island in the USA. Aside from creating music, art and scary monsters, they now also produce low budget ...

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Interview With Teenage Kicks Director Craig Boreham /artsentertainment/interview-with-teenage-kicks-director-craig-boreham/200246 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:00:35 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=200246 The independent Aussie LGBTQI flick Teenage Kicks performed well in several film festivals in 2016 and was picked up to screen on streaming services in the US. The film was ...

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REVIEW: Sia’s New Film – Music /artsentertainment/review-sias-new-film-music/199950 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:30:36 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=199950 Nine-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sia made her directorial debut in this musical drama and stated that her film 鈥渨ill rip your heart out and put it back together again.鈥 Kate Hudson ...

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REVIEW: Ammonite /artsentertainment/review-ammonite/199910 /artsentertainment/review-ammonite/199910#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:30:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=199910 Aptly described as an art-house film, Ammonite may shock discerning audiences owing to the extremely graphic sexual content which literally borders on soft porn. The story centers on Mary (Kate ...

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Rainbow Shorts At Flickerfest 2021 /artsentertainment/rainbow-shorts-at-flickerfest-2021/199914 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:30:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=199914 This prestigious short film festival returns to Sydney聽 celebrating its 30th anniversary and the Rainbow Shorts Program, which is a dedicated program for LGBTQI shorts from around the world, should ...

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Movie Review: ALASKA IS A DRAG /artsentertainment/movie-review-alaska-is-a-drag/199610 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 21:30:47 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=199610 Be prepared to fall in love with this award-winning independent dramedy, Alaska Is A Drag, which explores the issues that LGBTQI communities must contend with. Leo (Martin L Washington Jr) ...

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REVIEW: End Of The Century /artsentertainment/review-end-of-the-century/199386 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 05:30:09 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=199386 Sit back, enjoy, and most importantly feel your body heat rise, as the sexual energy between these two men arouses every red-blooded gay man in the audience. Gay culture is ...

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REVIEW: Ellie & Abbie (And Abbie’s Dead Aunt) /artsentertainment/review-ellie-abbie-and-abbies-dead-aunt/198443 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:02:04 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=198443 When teenage student Allie tells her mother (Marta Dusseldorp) that she鈥檚 gay, her deceased Auntie Tara returns from the dead and announces, 鈥淐ongratulations on coming out 鈥 I鈥檓 your fairy ...

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REVIEW: Two Little Boys /artsentertainment/review-two-little-boys/197686 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 07:30:34 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197686 Two Little Boys is undoubtedly one of the most harrowing and confronting LGBTQI shorts ever produced. Filmed entirely in a school locker room the story surrounds a young gay man鈥檚 ...

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Queer Screen Film Festival 2020 /artsentertainment/queer-screen-film-festival-2020-2/197630 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:30:23 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197630 The 8th Queer Screen Film Festival returns with a program that includes 11 narrative features, three documentaries, and three packages of short films. Owing to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival will ...

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Queer Screen Film Festival 2020 /artsentertainment/queer-screen-film-festival-2020/197519 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:30:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197519 The 8th Queer Screen Film Festival returns with a program that includes 11 narrative features, three documentaries, and three packages of short films. Owing to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival will ...

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REVIEW: Sequin In A Blue Room /artsentertainment/review-sequin-in-a-blue-room/197273 /artsentertainment/review-sequin-in-a-blue-room/197273#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:30:59 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=197273 Australian films that deal with homosexuality have been few and far between over the years, but there are three that come to mind which enjoyed success at the all-important box ...

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Virtual Sydney Film Festival /artsentertainment/virtual-sff-lgbti-program/195918 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:30:36 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=195918 The COVID-19 lockdown has resulted in the cancellation of many film festivals this year owing to the unprecedented social distancing laws in place. The 67th Sydney Film Festival, however, has ...

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