The Skin of the Teeth : Queerguru goes down the rabbit hole so you don’t have to
Styled as “Grindr meets Get Out” this claustrophobic and at times atmospheric contemporary fable might make some think twice before popping the next anonymous pill with the next anonymous guy. Josef King (Pascal Arquimedes) is over for a follow up date to a random hook up he made in a club with Jesse, whose … Continue reading
The Summer House
From whatever angle you approach it, there is no question that The Summer House makes for very uncomfortable viewing. The story of well-to do middle class Swedish family with a very comfortable life style that at very first glance seem like they should be as happy as Larry. Markus Larsen (Sten Jacobs) is a partner … Continue reading
The Third One aka El Tercero
Argentinian director’s Rodrigo Guerrero’s second feature is a very slight and charming tale about a one night stand that may change a young man’s outlook on life and love. We first see 22 year old near-naked Fede at his laptop on a chatline talking to Franco The conversation soon gets very intimate and graphic … Continue reading
The Wedding
This intriguing autobiographical wee film helmed by Egyptian/American filmmaker Sam Abbas who wrote, directed and starred in it, is full of promise which sadly is often over-shadowed by the movie’s rather deadpan and flat production. Abbas plays Rami living in New York’s Lower East Side with his fiance Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) who is anxious to … Continue reading
Top 3: Animated romcom is radically mainstreaming
And so we come to the closing movie of the Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest 2019 with a seemingly odd choice that is radically hetero normcore. And we like it. There is absolutely nothing queer about Top 3, other than it is a romantic comedy between two men. A lot of the output of … Continue reading