{"id":28230,"date":"2020-04-23T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=28230"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:39:28","slug":"circus-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/circus-of-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys On Film Review: Circus Of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CIRCUS OF BOOKS Trailer (2020) Netflix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cxksd8ytFJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the age of coronavirus, you are probably couped up at home like us with nothing but a fridge full of food and <strong>Netflix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling chilled? Stressed out to the max even more? Well we&#8217;ve got a suggestion for you.<\/p>\n<p>So you already bin-watched <strong>Tiger King<\/strong> like the rest of the world and feeling like there is nothing left of interest to watch on the streaming sites? Well good news, hot-doc <strong>Circus Of Books<\/strong> has dropped on <strong>Netflix<\/strong> and it&#8217;s a must watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I got to see <strong>Circus Of Books<\/strong> at the European premiere at the <strong>BFI London Film Festival<\/strong> and it was quite easily the best documentary I saw last year on the festival circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Circus of Books<\/strong> tells the unconventional story of a heteronormal family who just happened to run the most legendary gay porn bookstore in LA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>How did they get there? Well, that&#8217;s quite a story.<\/p>\n<p>Told through eyes of <strong>Hustler Magazine<\/strong> guru <strong>Larry Flint<\/strong>, Gay porn icon <strong>Jeff Stryker<\/strong>, <strong>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/strong> Queen <strong>Alaska Thunderfuck<\/strong> and the store&#8217;s employees, friends and family, <strong>Circus Of Books<\/strong> is more stranger than fiction &#8211; yet charming and quirky and full of light, love and and the endless pursuit of our constitutional rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What did Raj think about <strong>Circus Of Books<\/strong> &#8211; watch our latest <strong>Boys On Film<\/strong> episode to find out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Circus of Books REVIEW | Boys On Film\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98gZoV9IvrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of <strong>Boys on Film<\/strong> are released every week, so make sure to subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCaNc2JH146PLiqAxP2SWdvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Phil Marriott\u2019s YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more <strong>EQ Music<\/strong> film and television reviews, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/category\/film-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Film\/TV channel<\/strong><\/a> right here on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circus of Books tells the unconventional story of a heteronormal family who just happened to run the most legendary gay porn bookstore in LA&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,522,151],"tags":[517,1129],"class_list":["post-28230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bfi-london-film-festival","category-boys-on-film","category-film-reviews","tag-boys-on-film","tag-vivarium","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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