Getting It : when misery meets depression are they a love-match?
Getting It is one of those slightly old-fashioned queer movies that maybe lacking in budget which it substitutes with as much enthusiasm as it can possibly muster. Mainly coming from Tom Heard in his debut feature film as writer/director/producer/star. He plays Jamie a self-absorbed and somewhat embittered middle-aged gay man stuck in a miserable … Continue reading
Ghosts of the République : the journey of a French gay couple to become parents
For his sophomore documentary filmmaker Jonathon Narducci is back looking at unusual family relations. His debut movie ‘Love Me’ was about old American men handing over thousands of dollars in the hope of being able to persuade young Russian girls to be their future brides We’ll confess that we ended up laughing at the … Continue reading
Giant Little Ones
Teenagers Franky (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas (Darren Mann) have been best friends since kindergarten and are totally inseparable. Both are handsome jocks who are on the school swim team together and very popular with all the girls in their class. Then one drunken night after they have celebrated Franky’s 16th birthday, the two … Continue reading
Gimme One : Andrew Hebden reviews a BFI London World Premiere
Queerguru won’t be camped out at London’s Leicester Square for the British Film Festival this year. Social distancing has forced most of the content online. We’re gutted. On lockdown since March it’s another grim nail in the coffin of the UK art scene. Or so we thought. However this little surprise from director Montague … Continue reading
Girl Gets Girl
Inés’s (Celia Freijeiro) life is always a mess because she simply wants it all. Or at least she wants to make out with every single good looking girl that she comes across regardless of the circumstances. We learn this in the opening moments of this hilarious Spanish farce in which it seems that every woman … Continue reading