Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCanadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan may be sick of being constantly described as a wunderkind, but when you are just 24 years old like he is and have already made four head-turning mind-blowing Award winning movies, then the description is more than apt. Not content with writing and directing each of them he usually loves to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThirtysomething Laurence is a very successful and popular high school teacher, and loves his girlfriend Fred and their very full and happy life together in Montreal. Yet despite all that he has going for him he always has a perpetual nagging sensation that something is amiss. Deep down he has always really known that essentially he feels like … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe town in question that has this dubious title is Montreal, and the story (loosely based on real life) starts in 1976 when it was considered one of the world’s top nightclub destinations. The aging star with the big ego is Bastien Lavallée, a TV show host and radio DJ whose top dance music shows make … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideCanadian actress turned filmmaker Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family and friends for this fascinating documentary which could have also been titled ‘All About My Mother’. To tell her story Polley has enlisted her interview subjects that she calls ‘The Storytellers’ to help piece together the life of her mother Diane Polley … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAngelo is 30 years old and still living at home with his clingy parents, but one of the very many family traditions in his house in Montreal’s Little Italy is that you only leave when you die, or when you get married. For Angelo, the latter is not an option as he is gay ….. … Continue reading
