Last Night in Soho at the London Film Festival : reviewed by Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden
“London is a lot” is repeated several times in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho. And if London is a lot, then the distilled essence of London’s fashion and party scene in Soho is a lot more. And then there is Wright’s imaginatively fertile fairy tale gothic horror movie centred in Soho and the … Continue reading
LBGTQI+ Movie Night In Bangkok – documenting queer Lives in the Asia region
Thailand is getting back to normal with the just-announced LGBTI+ Movie Night to be held March 24, in the wonderful gardens of the Embassy of the Netherlands on Wittayu Road in Bangkok (recently renamed Krungthep Manahakorn). The event is organized by the embassy in cooperation with Document Our History Now (www.documentourhistorynow.org) The previous event … Continue reading
Leave It On The Floor
When Brad’s homophobic mother discovers he is gay, she throws him out of the house. Sleeping rough in her old car (that he ‘liberated’) he finds a new home in the bizarre and wonderful world of ball culture. It’s an underground scene in which different ‘Houses’ compete on a dance floor catwalk to see who is … Continue reading
Leitis In Waiting
Joe Wilson’s fascinating new documentary sheds light on a threat to the very existence of a small LGBTQ community the other side of the world that makes for very compelling viewing. It is set in the tiny island Kingdom of Tonga, where the locals are very proud of the fact that theirs is the only Pacific … Continue reading
Les Invisibles : French gay seniors tell their stories
We finally managed to cross off another film that has been on the Queerguru must-see film since 2012 when it won a César for Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire). Les Invisibles by queer French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz a two-time Teddy Award Winner is a tender look at a group of French seniors who … Continue reading