Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKudos to Netflix for commissioning this original heartfelt Polish family drama series which as its title hints has a glorious queer theme . The elegant and well-turned-out Sylvester Bork (Andrzej Seweryn) has three passions in life. His very successful Tailors shop in Paris that he is about to retire from for a new life … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn 1981 the CDC published its first article marking the first official report of what would later become known as the AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) epidemic, and by 1985 it was a full-blown global pandemic. That was also the year that Buddies the first American film to dramatize the subject of AIDS was released. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIts been 12 years since Peruvian writer/director Javier Fuentes-León’s award-winning queer fantasy/romance UNDERTOW grabbed all our attention. Not just because an LGBTQ film from his country is still a rarity but because it was such a remarkable and wonderful ghost story. This tale of a married fisherman who struggles to reconcile his devotion to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere is a tinge of sadness to watching The Duke when you realize that it became the swan song of British film and theater director Roger Michell who recently died aged 65… Michell’s work included a number of critically acclaimed productions at the National Theatre. His filmography included The Buddha of Suburbia , Hudson in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesI have to admit to part intrepidation and part excitement when it came to watching Greyson Horst‘s debut THROUPLE about to have ts World Premiere at Boston’s Wicked Queer Film Festival. A throuple, or menage a trois as the French call it, is defined in the dictionary as “a relationship between three people characterized … Continue reading