There is something eternally fascinating about survival stories — not necessarily the ones that involve Robert Redford on a sinking boat orSandra Bullock in a leaky spacecraft, but real survival stories, of people going on with their lives after the sometimes brief period that defined them. That fascination is multiplied, shaded with regret, nostalgia, and…
New in our Filmography is Truth Or Dare / In Bed With Madonna. We couldn’t have timed it better as it’s been almost 25 years since it made it’s memorable debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991. Not only that but the Dutch documentary Strike A Pose following up on what happened to the…
..’Second place in the documentary category went to Strike a Pose, a surprisingly touching Dutch film that follows the fate of six dancers who toured with Madonna on her 1990 Blond Ambition tour. Third place went to Korean documentary Weekends from director Lee Dong-ha. Read full article at Hollywood Reporter
At the drop of a hat, any serious Madonna fan can run down the most indelible moments fromTruth or Dare (or In Bed with Madonna). The highest-grossing documentary ever at the time of its release, the film details the on-and-off-stage antics of her 1990 Blond Ambition world tour. My highlight would be when the tenacious pop…
Checking in on Madonna’s Blond Ambition dancers 25 years later, this Dutch documentary looks at what happens once the performance high is over and the celebrity bubble pops. Remember when Madonna used to be playful and fierce, and her iconoclastic performance stunts were about pop provocation and spectacular chutzpah, not just frantic bids to stay…
The moving Strike A Pose documentary featuring the dancers of the Blond Ambition Tour in 1990, premiered last night at the Berlinale Festival in Berlin. So far it has been receiving nothing but praise, check the documentary out yourself when it will be shown in Dutch theaters this May. We will keep you up to…
So far at Berlinale, there have been groundbreaking films, films about love, films about current affairs, movies about the past and some looking to the future. Some push the boundaries of reality, while others really stick our noses into the nitty gritty of surviving, both at home and on the other side of the borders…
Linda Posnick Backing singers are rarely name-checked, let alone encouraged to let their own personalities shine alongside that of the star they’re supporting. So the fact that an extraordinarily gifted group of male dancers was front and centre of Madonna’s acclaimed and controversial Blond Ambition Tour of 1990, and the accompanying backstage documentary “Truth or…
The backing dancers Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Oliver Crumes by Lisa Guarnieri It’s 25 years since seven male dancers were picked out by Madonna for her Blond Ambition tour. They became gay role models and celebrities in their own right but inevitably the bubble burst, as a new film reveals. It’s just over 25 years…
Last week we revealed how directors Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan were preparing to premiere their new documentary, Strike A Pose, at the Berlin Film Festival. Featuring the dancers from Madonna’s iconic Blond Ambition tour and the Truth or Dare documentary aka In Bed With Madonna, they explain what life was like for them at…
STRIKE A POSE – a Dutch production featuring Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes III, Salim Gauwloos, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Carlton Wilborn and Sue Trupin, dancers on Madonna’s infamous Blond Ambition Tour will document their experiences on the tour in 1990. ‘In 1990, seven young male dancers – 6 gay, 1 straight – joined Madonna on her…
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