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rants and raves of the best & worst of queer cinema


El Principe aka The Prince : a homoerotic Chilean jail drama

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  El Principe aka The Prince, the directing debut of filmmaker Sebastián Muñoz is  one of  most homoerotic prison movies we have seen for some time, and it bears the influences of other queer movies of that genre.  The main difference of this tale set in Allende’s Chile in the 1970s is that  young Jaime … Continue reading




Lingua Franca : the tale of an undocumented Filipino trans caregiver

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  NY based Filipino trans filmmaker Isobel Sandoval’s heart-wrenching third feature film is sadly one of those tales of the moment that seem like they can never end well. Its the story of Olivia (played by Sandoval) who is an undocumented Filipino caregiver who looks after Olga an elderly Russian Jewish women (Lynn Cohen) in … Continue reading



Welcome to Chechnya : the story behind the purge to exterminate all LGBTQ people

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  The former Newsweek investigative journalist turned filmmaker  David France’s third documentary is one of the most harrowing depictions of contemporary LGBTQ life that we will ever have to sit through. Fortunately France and his team are skilled enough to tell the stories with such heartfelt compassion that we don’t just feel like voyeurs but … Continue reading




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