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Like A Virgin

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An overweight teenage schoolboy with an alcoholic father and an absent colorful mother takes up the Korean version of sumo wrestling to win the big prize to pay for the sex-change operation that he so wants.  He has an infectious personality that helps win over his doubting teammates who physically tower over him ….. but it … Continue reading



Queerguru reviews Loose Cannons (aka Mine Vaganti) an affectionate queer Italian coming out story

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  The Cantone family pasta business in Italy is ready for some new blood. Dad is getting old and looking to his two grown-up sons Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) and Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) to take over so that he can retire.  Tommaso wants no part of it as he wants to be a writer and return … Continue reading



Matterhorn

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One of the many wee joys of this gentle absurdist Dutch comedy is that newbie director/writer Dierderik Ebbinge wastes no time in bothering with explaining the protagonist’s history but plunges you straight into the delightful and extremely odd story expecting you to fill in the blanks as the plot unfolds. By the time it literally … Continue reading



Me, Myself & Mum

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Guillaume has to ‘come out’ to his entire family but that’s no easy task in this quirky French comedy which has a neat twist on this perennial situation. His problem is that they all pronounced that he was ‘gay’ from birth and have treated him as an effeminate camp boy ever since.  The trouble is … Continue reading



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