Transit Havana
Transit Havana is an intriguing documentary from Dutch filmmaker Daniel Abma that is essentially a commentary on what it is like to be transgender in socialist Cuba especially now that is going through a state of flux since the Regime is lightening up after the US started making friendly overtures at last. Abma chooses … Continue reading
Tremors (aka Temblores )
For his sophomore film TREMORS, which is also the 2nd movie from Guatemala with an LGBTQ story line, the award-winning writer/director Jayro Bustamante was met with some resistance at the casting stage when over 80% of the local actors refused to play a gay man. He needn’t have worried though as he chose the … Continue reading
Trixie Mattel : Moving Parts review
We had no idea of what to expect from this intriguing documentary on Brian Firkus aka Trixie Mattel who, second time around, became a winner on Ru Paul’s Drag Race, albeit a rather controversial choice. Mattel is part of the current coterie of drag queens whose fame is based on their success rate on … Continue reading
Tucked : Drag Queens’s Bucket List is short and very sweet
If you only had 6 weeks to live, what would you do? If you don’t know, aren’t sure, or aren’t ready, this charmer is a terrific place to start. Jack or Jackie (Derren Nesbitt) is a 75 year old pub drag queen of the most traditional foul mouthed and boozie kind. Married for 54 years his wife’s death came … Continue reading
Turn Back Time : Hardy Haberman’s 1996 film LEATHER
Hardy Haberman is an author, filmmaker, educator, and designer and also a prominent figure in the leather/fetish/BDSM community. His short film Leather that he made in 1996 shines a light on the leather subculture. The film explores the semi-religious experience of bondage and discipline. For the film’s subjects, leather offers a way to build … Continue reading