Seat in Shadow
Avant garde sculptor and artist Henry Coombs helming his first feature film stretches both his imagination and our patience in this new micro-budget Scottish gay psycho drama. It’s the story of Albert an aged gay therapist (David Sillars who also co-wrote the script) who is inveigled upon by an old friend (a scene stealing Marcella McIntosh) to … Continue reading
SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL: The Next Five Days
The 24th Edition of the SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL kicked off on October 10th at Three Dollar Bill Cinema BUT panic not as the next coming 5 days they have an excellent program of some impeccablae and diverse LGBTQ movies . The QUEERGURU team have seen most of them, and so here are the … Continue reading
Sebastian
It’s impossible to be openly gay in Sebastian’s small remote hometown in Peru so his homophobic mother, who as the town’s attorney is a person of some importance, gives him money to go and live far away in the US. Now years later having established a new life as a chef in L.A. complete with a … Continue reading
Sebastian
For his feature film debut which he wrote, directed and starred in, Canadian filmmaker James Fanizza chose a feel-good romance which may not exactly be Shakespeare (!) but however it is the stuff that hopelessly romantic gay men just love. Set in his native Toronto, Fanizza plays Alex a frustrated artist who is making … Continue reading
Second Star on the Right : a story of friendships
This is one of two lesbian dramas that Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli has playing on the film festival circuit and they both share the two of the leading ladies Alejandra Lara, and Silvia Varón. Second Star on the Right is the story of four 30-something-year-old women who have been friends since schooldays. Now grown … Continue reading