Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe veteran filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim who is also Germany’s most famous gay activist and has made over 150 short and feature films to date. His latest movie, currently playing the Film Festival circuit, is a thriller loosely adapted on one of the most notorious gay serial killers whose story played out in the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesVoguing and the ballroom scene of Harlem have created cultural ripples through the decades and across continents. It has been appropriated, reassembled, packaged, sold and on many occasions sold out. Madonna was one of the first mainstream artists to acknowledge it in a very visible way but there are shards of its impact on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis sophomore feature from American filmmakers Gabriel Abrantes, and Daniel Schmidt is a joyous bizarre tale that is a result of their wonderfully warped imagination. It won’t play well with everyone but if you get pulled in by their sheer lunacy you will so love how it all pans out. It’s the tale of Diamantino (Carloto Cotta) the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGift wrapped in sex, perversity and symbolism Don’t Look Down tells a simple truth: It’s hard to let go of a grudge because it’s easier to have someone else to blame when love does not go as wished. The film ticks out a countdown like a highly structured piece of conceptual theater. Olivier Ducastel … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWatching the glorious movie version of Downton Abbey on the big screen is just like being welcomed back home to old (rather grand) friends who we have missed . Of course we are not the visitors that Lord and Lady Grantham (Hugh Bonneville & Elizabeth McGovern) are expecting as they have just received a … Continue reading