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Problemista is a surreal adventure the debut feature from El Salvadorian queer writer/director Julio Torres

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    Any movie starring Tilda Swinton automatically goes on Queerguru’s ‘must-see list’ and her latest one Problemisto looks totally fab.  It’s the debut feature of director Julio Torres the queer Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor best known for Saturday Night Live.  Torres also stars in the movie as Alejandro an aspiring toy designer from … Continue reading



Queen of Amsterdam aka Chez Nous

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This delightful feel-good Dutch gay movie has blended elements of  ‘Mission Impossible’ with those of ‘La Cage Aux Follies’ that results in a very camp and decidedly old-fashioned jewel-heist comic caper. It all starts at the Chez Nous Bar in Voetboogstraat Alley in the center of Amsterdam where Bertie is the reigning Drag Queen on the … Continue reading



Queer as Folk is re-born …. and not a day too soon

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    Is it our imagination or is the Peacock Channel positioning itself to have the best queer content on TV today?  Well having the re-booted Russell T Davies’ iconic award-winning QUEER AS FOLK  will most certainly boost their case. The new show is based on the American version of the show (which was inspired … Continue reading



Queerguru @BFI Flare : JUMP, DARLING ….. Cloris Leachman’s exquisite swan song

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When you reach the end of the road you are on, what can you do? There are two answers, you stop or change direction. In Cloris Leachman’s final film made prior to her death, both these alternates are explored, and the poignancy is inescapable. Leachman plays Grams, the aging grandmother grown tired, frail, and distanced … Continue reading



Queerguru goes back Down Under to review ‘THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL’ at Queer Screen: Mardi Gras Film Festival

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  I think the point of realizing that I was laughing at all the wrong places in this misguided camp comedy  was when Hunter found his wife lifeless on their apartment and covered with blood and he still feels obliged to ask the corpse  “Are you  dead?” It seems that the photographer-turned-writer/director  James Dimitri helming … Continue reading



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