Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDrawn this Way is a one hour television documentary which dives into the pages of gay comic book characters and their creators. In the studio, in the comic book shops, at the fan-crazed conventions, and at home with the artists – you’ll find out what it means to be a Doorq, how to come out … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLis Bartlett’s debut feature documentary is an affectionate look back at how the legendary West Hollywood Swim Club started back in the early 1980’s and survived some both turbulent and very successful times to morph into being West Hollywood Aquatics Team – who also go by “WH2O”. These pioneer gay sportsmen first banded together to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis somewhat surprising Greek/LGBT film has no dialogue, very little in the way of plot but is poetic and a sensuous account of a relationship that is trying to survive. The two young men leave the city and hitch hike to a deserted beach on the isle of Crete hoping that the peaceful and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesErik and Erika is the dramatization of the extraordinary life story of Austrian World Skiing Champion Erika Schinegger who relinquished her title when she finally became Erik. Born in 1948 to a farmer’s wife, as the baby had no physical signs of any genitalia, the midwife declared that she was a girl, and the family … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis very first LGBT movie made in Slovenia makes for very scary viewing. This debut feature from filmmaker Darko Stante is a brutal twist on a coming out tale that is both compelling and and also shockingly violent. It’s the tale of Andrej (an exceptionally talented Matej Zemljic) a dispirited teenager who drifts from one … Continue reading
