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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 26 Jul 2018

You don’t have to be a moralist to see the tragedy of Scotty Bowers’s life…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 26 Jul 2018

A sexual-revolution pioneer, a “gay renegade” who was also “pre-gay,” a cultural saboteur, a sad old man in denial — we get a lot…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for NPR (1,713) on 25 Jul 2018

We are constantly rewriting our collective history, but few of us can do it with as much devilish glee as Scotty Bowers…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 25 Jul 2018

Mr…

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By Inkoo Kang (374) for Slate (2,081) on 25 Jul 2018

It’s an important corrective to many contemporary and historical accounts of Hollywood, reinstating the queerness that has too often been…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Jul 2018

As a candid and involving socio-sexual time capsule of postwar to pre-AIDS Hollywood and how one free-thinking pioneer made a secret society…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Jul 2018

In short, the movie doesn’t seem nearly skeptical enough of its subject, using his sometimes dodgy memory as a vehicle to remind audiences…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 25 Jul 2018

Thanks to Scotty Bowers in a no-holds-barred and highly entertaining documentary Hollywood legends are seen in a way you never could have imagined…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Jul 2018

The film poignantly reveals that the secret history of Hollywood is really an alternate history of America…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 22 Jul 2018

As our understanding of sexuality and its “fluid” nature among much of the population changes, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Jul 2018

At a certain point, anyone who reads Bowers’ book or sees this film has to decide whether to believe him or not…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Jul 2018

Tyrnauer smartly dissects how stifling the era’s sexual politics were — and his affectionate portrait of Bowers sneaks in some balance…

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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Hammer to Nail (208) on 24 Jan 2018

By the time the film ends with Scotty's 91st birthday, we emerge feeling simultaneously soiled and invigorated…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 25 Sep 2017

Scotty and the Secret History' is a fascinating portrait that neither lionizes nor judges its subject. It merely lets you take him for what he is…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Sep 2017

Tyrnauer captures this figure with empathy, humor, and as much fascination as we too possess watching…

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