Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe openly gay Mexican filmmaker Julián Hernández has won the prestigious Teddy Award for Best LGBT Feature Movie from the Berlinale twice, which is an exceptional achievement that has only been matched by the late British auteur Derek Jarman. Hernández’s last feature film (for which he won his 2nd Teddy) and which was probably his best too, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis rather harrowing narrative about an extended black family in the 8os’ & 90’s in semi rural Mississippi was an inspired choice for the opening movie of ‘O’ Cinema, Miami’s newest edgy Art House Theater. A deeply disturbing debut film from writer/director Tina Mabry, which is even more disturbing on reflection when I discovered after … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in the midst of apartheid where the white minority still dominate and persecute the ‘colored’ population. They however are not … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSince 1996 when East Palace, West Palace was the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly homosexual theme was released, there have been very few films to follow its lead. Like with MONEYBOYS it is deemed too unsafe to make Chinese queer film actually in situ, so filmmakers such as Taiwan/Austrian C.B. Yi use … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer Cambodian/Chinese filmmaker Hong Khaou’s sophomore movie that draws heavily from his own past unfolds at the slowest of paces in a very similar style as his debut film Lilting. This time the story is about a British/Vietnamese man going back to his birthplace for the first time since he was 6 years old … Continue reading