Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Josh Howard’s inspiring new documentary that he co-directed with Jill Landes plays a crucial role in bringing to our attention a difficult period in LGBT history that we really should all know about, and never forget that The Lavender Scare is the story of what became the most successful witch hunt in American history … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWorlds Aids Day seems the most perfect time to watch this thought provoking short movie from filmmaker Matthew Puccini. It’s the story of Jude who goes to a walk-in Clinic in a suburban strip Mall to have an HIV test. Actually throughout the story the word HIV is never mentioned , but it is very … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFind out what happens next when Harry (Joshua Berg) wakes up one morning to discover a naked man in bed with him. He remembers nothing of the night before besides consuming a great deal of alcohol but Thom (Luke Striffler) tells him that besides talking about his girlfriend half the night, Harry had expressed … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesYou really need to brush up your knowledge of the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua to appreciate writer/director João Pedro Rodrigues’s very queer take on the legend of his life. It is both surreal and provocative and demands a great deal of of patience from its audience when it strays off on confusing tangents. Fernando (Paul … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe openly gay Brit actor Russell Tovey (TV’s Looking) currently wowing audiences in London’s Royal National Theater in previews of a revival of Angels in America, gives a tour-de-force performance as a closeted football player in The Pass. In possibly a career-best, Tovey repeats a role which he first created in the stage play of the same … Continue reading