Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOne of the sheer joys and benefits of being a queer film reviewer is that we get to be on the frontline to see how and when our community emerges from the darkness of our past and continues to self-determines its own destiny. Its also the way we can learn about the other parts … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLondon’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDivorce rates for couples over fifty have increased in recent decades, largely because it’s now more socially acceptable to be a single older person, and also because more older people are now financially and emotionally independent. Turtles, a new Belgian/Canadian comedy-drama by David Lambert, examines what happens when Brussels couple Thom (Dave Johns) and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere is no reason why my beign shy shoul keep us apart… In a land not so far away, we learn about generosity, female relationships and queer romance. A white fluffy Dandelion´s seed pods flies around and gets into a room with pink walls where Helen´s hands receive it. Helen (Louise Brealey) lives with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFOAM ⚝⚝⚝⚝⚝ Foam is a brilliant new play on at London’s ground-breaking, award-winning Finborough Theatre in Earls Court, a theatre that’s been specialising in new and rediscovered plays since 1980. The debut play from playwright Harry McDonald, Foam, is loosely based on the life of infamous gay skinhead Londoner Nicky Crane, whom we … Continue reading
