Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPablo is a wide-eyed innocent young teenager, who left alone to his own devices in his rather luxurious home when his parents take off the beach, films the toys he smashes up as part of some childish scenarios. When he’s not doing that he shoots half naked pictures of himself for girls on the Internet that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBruno and his girlfriend Anna have just broken up. She is now dating a new guy, Pablo, though she still has her ex as for regular booty calls on the side. Bruno was convinced that after some time apart, the two would get back together for good…but soon he realizes that Anna is quite smitten … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis psychological thriller is set in the Trinidad where, with its patriarchal society, homosexuality is still closeted and is very much stigmatized. Therefore this story about James an older very successful businessman (Gareth Jenkins) who befriends Gregory an 18 year old dirt-poor student (Petrice Jones) and eventually seduces him, plays out as much of a melodrama than … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe fact that this film ever got made is a real achievement in itself is something of miracle/breakthrough. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd queer movie to come out of Romania. The first was Beyond The Hills, which when we reviewed it in 2013, we found overwhelmingly bleak. Poppy Field, the debut … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCéline Sciammawho has already given us Water Lillies, Tomboy, Girlhood and Being 17. confirms her position as one of the leading queer filmmakers with this her latest, and finest film to date. Portrait of A Lady on Fire is an historical drama set in the 19th Century that tells of a forbidden affair between … Continue reading