Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWriter/director John Butler’s enchanting coming-of-age movie about two very likable 16-year-old boys in an Irish Boarding School seems to sidestep some of the grittier aspects of homophobia to ensure that the end result is an engagingfeel-good movie that the LGBT community is bound to make it into one of the more popular hits of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIrish filmmaker John Carney seems to have the edge when it comes to making movies on singer/songwriters. His first one was ‘Once‘ which became this enormous sleeper hit that garnered a Oscar for Best Song, and then spawned the smash hit Broadway musical that won 8 Tony Awards. In his second movie ‘Begin Again’ the singer/songwriter this time … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere are two very distinct parts to Havana the capital of Cuba . One is the colorful picturesque area that has been freshly renovated and is where the tourists hang out, and the other is the seedy dilapidated streets where the local inhabitants struggle on a daily basis just to make ends. This story of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe all think that the grass is always greener elsewhere even when our home turf is Dublin and the lush countryside. Well, that at least is what this group of seven 20-something-year-old gay and lesbians think and they have opted to chance their arm and start new lives in Barcelona, one of Europe’s most … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhen John is not goofing off with his best friend Shane, he is driving his taxi around some of the more seedier downtrodden neighborhoods on the fringes of Dublin looking for fares. Pickings are slim and he pleads with his boss to give him more shifts to make ends meet. He needs the money to … Continue reading
