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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ELEPHANT a Polish intimate story about choosing freedom above family obligations.

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  Polish landscape and rural life are beautifully shot in this fictional drama that portrays families living rooted in tradition and discomfort,  no doubt the effects of the last strong Soviet influence on Poland still project its shadow in the lives of the older ones in the small village. We are introduced to young Bartek … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews “Maybe Someday” a story about new beginnings

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This fiction film was inspired by the real-life story of the director Michelle Ehlen when her relationship fell apart. A discontent Jay (Michelle Ehlen) says goodbye to her wife Lily (Jeneen Robinson), who has been honest about an infidelity that  Jay cant deal with.   She needs to detach and time to heal so she decides to … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews NOT KNOWING a queer Turkish drama now streaming online

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    Writer and director Leyla Yilmaz in her second film Not Knowing  (“Bilmemek”) gives a glance of Turkish society in general, and in particular, the portrait of a family of three, living in pre-pandemic Istambul.  Sinan (Yurdaer Okur),  the father, works with containers at the port for a big sea transportation corporation that has … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews THE FIRST FALLEN  a Brazilian drama about the first wave of AIDS crisis in the early 1980s

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  The story takes us to Vitoria, Espírito Santo  a state in southeast Brazil, in one year period time beginning on December 31st, 1982. We are introduced to biologist Suzano (Johnny Massaro), his sister nurse Maura (Clara Choreaux), nephew Muriel (Alex Bonini), and his circle of friends.  Suzano is back from France where his “rich … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews the French queer drama ‘ DON’T LOOK DOWN’

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  In one night full of intriguing glances in a very small apartment with a glorious of Paris, four gay men and a woman get along and learn a little of each other while. Their being together has a specific purpose and one that bounds them all. The viewer gets hints by some action off-camera, since … Continue reading



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