Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn Ash Chastain’s new comedy drama he has somewhat overloaded the neurotic Petunia family in New York with such a whole textbook of quirks, hangups and affectations that adding all the different story strands together makes for a rather dysfunctional movie. I should quickly add that its not without its charm and has a few … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPablo is a wide-eyed innocent young teenager, who left alone to his own devices in his rather luxurious home when his parents take off the beach, films the toys he smashes up as part of some childish scenarios. When he’s not doing that he shoots half naked pictures of himself for girls on the Internet that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTwo blue collared gay men living in a small town in Texas are both finishing chapters in their parallel lives. Gabe, a 35-year-old closeted construction worker is trying to recover from being dumped by his lover who preferred to stay with his wife after all. He can at least seek some consolation that he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis psychological thriller is set in the Trinidad where, with its patriarchal society, homosexuality is still closeted and is very much stigmatized. Therefore this story about James an older very successful businessman (Gareth Jenkins) who befriends Gregory an 18 year old dirt-poor student (Petrice Jones) and eventually seduces him, plays out as much of a melodrama than … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe fact that this film ever got made is a real achievement in itself is something of miracle/breakthrough. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd queer movie to come out of Romania. The first was Beyond The Hills, which when we reviewed it in 2013, we found overwhelmingly bleak. Poppy Field, the debut … Continue reading