Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer filmmaker Lisa Donato who is known for her short films got her first feature film directing job from actress Yeardley Smith. Smith who was both producing and starring in Gossamer Fold, has a reputation as a good ally of the LGBTQ community. She chose well as Donato’s debut turned to be one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBack in the ‘dark ages’ the only way we could see any LGBTQ person on our television screens was if they were manic depressives, seriously unhappy, or dead. Now this Holiday season with every American TV Cable Company insisting on doing their own LGBTQ movie, the pendulum has swung completely the other way. Stuck … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis heart-touching wee queer film is the work of 27 year old ex-model turned filmmaker Christian Coppola (a ‘distant’ member of THAT family). Shot over three days in NY’s Plaza Hotel, “DADDY” is the story of, an 80-year-old man who checks into the Plaza Hotel to celebrate his wedding anniversary. It’s the first time he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesActor Tim True steps behind the camera for his directing debut for the drama Here Awhile which he also cowrote. It’s the story of a prodigal lesbian sibling, 30-something-year-old Anna (Anna Camp), who has finally come home just to die. Her cancer is well-advanced and inoperable so she has returned to the family home … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe very next day after queer filmmaker Craig Bettendorf and his crew celebrated Treading Yesterday’s world premiere at Dances with Films in Hollywood, the euphoria quickly disappeared. It was the night of the mass-killing at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. The bitter irony (if that’s the right word) is that ‘Treading Yesterday’ Web Series … Continue reading