Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesA Place Of Our Own is a new feature film about the trials and tribulations of a couple of transgender women In Bhopal, India, and is a tragic reminder of how life for them has not progressed at all in society. The film, made by the Ektara Collective, an independent collaborative of filmmakers which … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPanama’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Picture Oscar is Arturo Montenegro’s ‘Everybody Changes’ about how a middle -class family survives after the father decides to transition into a woman. Federico (Arantxa de Juan) is a happily married businessman with a wife and three sons living in a very small Panamanian town. His wife Carol … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFerzan Özpetek’s feature film Hamam aka [Steam: The Turkish Bath] in 1997 is one of those movie-making debuts that stick in your memory. In it, Özpetek takes a mesmerizing look at how special places and people can transform other people. This romantic drama film is a haunting joy Since then this Italian/Turkish queer … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe title of Jason Karman’s debut feature film is also the name of the family restaurant in the movie but it could almost pass as a critique too on this charming coming-of-age story. Set in an anglo-Asiian community in East Vancouver where the Wong family all seem to have their own identity crisis caused … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKudos to the programmers of Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney that they awarded the honor of being the Opening Night Gala film to Of An Age. This emotionally resonant coming -of age from Macedonian-Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski reminded me of the powerful impact that Francis Lee created in 2017 with his debut God’s … Continue reading